By Dian Ver Valen
The Times
County Approves New Computer System for Dispatch
Purchase means Columbia County, Walla Walla will share law enforcement, emergency services data
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Columbia County dispatcher Cynthia House takes a call in the 911 center and uses the current computer-aided dispatch system to enter the information into the database shared with the sheriff's office.
DAYTON – For nearly two years, Columbia County Emergency Manager Lisa Caldwell has reported on her department's failing computer systems, which include the 911 phone system and the computer-aided dispatch software that county public safety communications employees use to track calls for service and the location and activities of emergency services personnel in the field.
The phone system is still on hold – at least until July, she told commissioners Monday, at which time the state will determine whether Columbia County is eligible to receive the approximately $150,000 it needs to replac...
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