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Norton authorizes application for up to $350,000 PSAP resiliency grant and proclaims 911 Telecommunicators Week
Summary
Norton City Council on April 7 authorized the police department to apply for a Virginia Department of Emergency Management PSAP Resiliency Grant of up to $350,000 to update the city’s 911 dispatch center and adopted a proclamation recognizing April 12–18 as National Public Safety (911) Telecommunicators Week.
Norton City Council unanimously authorized the Norton Police Department to apply for a Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Resiliency Grant of up to $350,000 and adopted a resolution recognizing April 12–18, 2026, as National Public Safety (911) Telecommunicators Week.
The city manager, Jeffery A. Shupe, told council the grant program is 100% funded with no local match but that the state appropriation had not been…
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