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OPE report finds Idaho’s 9‑1‑1 system underfunded and data‑poor; committee votes release and scopes feasibility follow‑up
Summary
An OPE report released to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee found funding shortfalls, staffing gaps, inconsistent local cost tracking, and limited statewide oversight for Idaho’s 9‑1‑1 system; the committee voted to release the report and later asked OPE to do a feasibility assessment to scope a deeper cost analysis.
The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee voted to release a performance evaluation of Idaho’s 9‑1‑1 system and asked OPE to scope a feasibility follow‑up to answer outstanding cost and consolidation questions.
Tasha Schreiter, a senior evaluator at the Office of Performance Evaluations, presented the report after the committee voted to release it. Schreiter told members that Idaho has 48 primary public safety answering points (PSAPs), funded in part by a $1 per‑line monthly surcharge that has not changed since 1988. The report found that a majority of local centers do not believe they receive sufficient funding and that staffing and technology…
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