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Prince George County board weighs reclassifying sworn police IT post to deputy director to shore up public safety technology
Summary
County staff presented a plan to reclassify a sworn police officer who handles public safety IT into a deputy director of IT to create redundancy and meet federal compliance; the board requested more cost and vendor-support details and did not reach consensus that evening.
Prince George County officials on Monday presented a proposal to reclassify a sworn police officer position into a deputy director of information technology to address gaps in public safety IT coverage and compliance.
Major Nate James Nicholas, acting police chief, told the Board of Supervisors the county’s public safety IT responsibilities now cover roughly 160 field devices and more than 30 specialized law‑enforcement programs and that the current model—relying on a sworn officer with IT duties—creates a single point of failure. "Today, we're discussing the foundation of our modern response capabilities, our public safety IT infrastructure," Nicholas said, arguing that the…
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