GARDEN CITY, Kan. -- While Finney County commissioners, like the governing bodies of the Garden City Commission and Holcomb City Council, still are working out the details of a switch to the state's 800-MHz radio system, county commissioners have determined their preference in financing the change.

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PHILADELPHIA -- The computerized system that 9-1-1 operators use to sort emergency calls and dispatch information to cops on the street went down for 15 hours yesterday because of software problems.

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The recent switchover to a digitally encrypted emergency dispatch system in Gwinnett County has drawn a veil of secrecy around police communications even as it has made transmissions clearer and more secure.

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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- The Palm Springs City Council unanimously approved funding Wednesday night for a radio system designed to improve communications among area police and fire agencies.

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DELTA, Colo. -- A near total telephone communications blackout that silenced the North Fork and Surface Creek Valley areas for over five hours on Nov. 12 revealed a weak link in the county communications infrastructure. Early this week, meetings had been scheduled with first responders and emergency services to evaluate the disruption, to begin taking steps to deal with it more effectively in the future, and to try and prevent a recurrence.

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