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Meriwether County officials discuss $343,000 dispatch consoles and larger 9-1-1 radio infrastructure upgrades
Summary
Public-safety staff said existing handheld radios need back-end core and console upgrades; staff identified $343,000 for six new dispatch consoles and described a phased plan to build local core servers and additional towers. Commissioners asked for an independent audit and phased cost estimates.
County public-safety staff and commissioners spent much of the May 11 work session on a multi-part upgrade of the county’s 9-1-1 and radio infrastructure, saying handheld radios already purchased require additional back-end components before they function fully.
An agency official described how the current configuration routes radio cores out of Tallahassee and how latency and disconnections can occur when the remote link is interrupted; he said placing a core locally at the 9-1-1 center would improve resiliency and speed.…
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