Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
The city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications will pay $75 million dollars to upgrade the 911 center. The new system will accept texts, photos and videos, and it will be able to automatically pinpoint a cell phone caller’s location. That same technology will be able to find the nearest
first responderpolice officer or firefighter.The city’s current 911 system is almost 25 years old making it important to upgrade considering most calls come from cell phones. The new system will be able to handle all digital inputs. Both police and fire dispatch operations in the city will have access to the same information in real time. The transition to the new 911 center will take 3 years.
#1 by CrabbyMilton on January 29, 2020 - 7:03 AM
indeed. When there is so much waste and foolishness, it’s nice to see that some believe in spending money where it’s most important.
#2 by John Antkowski on January 28, 2020 - 5:54 PM
Money well spent!
#3 by Bill Post on January 27, 2020 - 8:45 PM
This is good news and absolutely necessary that Chicago have this state of the art technology. It is truly amazing. According to the article it will take 3 years to complete. I wonder if it’s begun yet because based on the time line it won’t be completed until 2023 assuming that they begin the project this year.