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DeKalb seeks clarity and state flexibility for NextGen 911 funding and a real-time crime center
Summary
County staff told commissioners DeKalb has invested $8 million in an ESInet and asked the legislature to clarify allowable uses of NextGen 911 funds so jurisdictions can build integrated real-time crime centers; legal staff recommended adding an explicit allowable expense to avoid doubt.
DeKalb County officials urged clarity and flexibility in NextGen 911 funding to support new technologies including a potential real-time crime center.
Tara, speaking for the CEO, told the committee: "So we put $8,000,000 into our ESInet system." County legal staff said many functions of a real-time crime center likely fit current allowable uses of NextGen 911 funds but recommended including explicit language so counties could spend fee revenue on real-time crime-center capabilities and to remove any doubt.
Dan Baskerville and Mr. Welch said drafting specific statutory language will better demonstrate what the county seeks to allow. Commissioners asked staff to define how much state versus local funding the county would request and to draft proposed language. Michael Petty, who had reviewed the legal issues with the law department, was recognized for prior work on the 9-1-1 question.
The committee directed central staff and legal to draft language and return with a specific funding request and possible legislative language ahead of the next ops meeting.
