Macomb County staff recommend replacing ATOSS after repeated 911 call failures; move to full board

Jun 10, 2026

After months of service-impacting outages and more than 700 support tickets with the county's ATOSS 911 call-handling system, staff presented a five-year, $2.28 million proposal to adopt Axon's Apex 911 system and recommended terminating ATOSS; the board voted 10-0 to move the purchase to the full board for final approval.

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County staff on Tuesday told the Macomb County Board of Commissioners that recurring audio failures, dropped calls and frequent system outages tied to the county's ATOSS 911 call-handling system require a replacement and asked the board to move a proposed five-year contract with Axon for its Apex 911 platform to the full board.

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