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Mutualink CEO urges Greenlee County to operationalize multi-county school-safety system
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Chrissy Coffey, CEO of Mutualink, asked the board to allow a longer presentation about a multi-county interoperability system that links radio and broadband for school safety and all-hazards response, saying Sheriff Ellison helped overcome vendor-IT roadblocks to operation.
Chrissy Coffey, CEO of Mutualink, spoke during the call to the public to describe the company’s school-safety interoperability work across 10 Arizona counties and to request a longer briefing to explain partners and operational use.
“At a high level, this project and funding actually started out as a rural interoperability project,” Coffey said, describing the effort to bring together disparate radio systems and to leverage local infrastructure where broadband is sparse. She said the system can bridge radios and broadband providers (FirstNet, AT&T, Verizon) and serve school-safety, flash flooding and search-and-rescue once operationalized.
Coffey thanked Greenlee County Sheriff Ellison and said the sheriff’s involvement recently helped the project overcome vendor-and-IT obstacles so the system can be used in Duncan and other local jurisdictions. She asked the board to consider a longer presentation so staff and supervisors can better understand system partners, capabilities and operational steps.
Chairman Gomez and other board members thanked Coffey and asked the sheriff and county staff to coordinate a follow-up demonstration and presentation at a future meeting.
