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Public Safety committee greenlights emergency‑communications contracts; sheriff reports fewer overdoses and rising jail population
Summary
The Public Safety committee approved multiple resolutions to upgrade emergency notifications, lease tower space, and install microwave links; the sheriff reported March staffing and response metrics and said overdoses and overdose deaths declined from 2024 to 2025.
Greene County's Public Safety committee approved a slate of measures to upgrade emergency communications and heard a multi‑part report from public‑safety staff and the sheriff's office about recent calls, training and overdose trends.
Public‑safety staff opened with March activity data: "EMS calls 644, fire 174, police 1,789, unknown 573, total 3,180," and inbound 9‑1‑1 calls of 3,225, with mutual‑aid EMS of 70 and fire mutual aid of three. Staff then presented six resolutions on the agenda, which the committee advanced by voice vote.
Key communications items included Resolution No. 4 to…
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