It's been nearly a decade in the making but the DeWitt County CENCOM office is ready for the rollout of the Next Generation 9-1-1.
Director of DeWitt County CENCOM, Tony Harris on the WHOW Morning Show Wednesday told Regional Radio they are ready for the rollout of this system that will be a completely new way for the public to report emergencies to authorities.
The final stages of the planning and implementation are going on now before the system goes live as soon as early next year. Harris explains he has had this change on his radar for nearly a decade while the State of Illinois has been hard at work to make the change for less than five.
To get ready for this change, a lot of work over many years has been done not only by Harris in DeWitt County but also by the State of Illinois. He points out it has been an expensive process but the fact they have stretched it out over many years has allowed them to not put stress on budgets.
NextGen 9-1-1 is going to allow the public numerous ways to report crimes or emergencies to authorities and next week on Regional Radio, we'll hear more from Harris on those things and how he sees this new system expanding and the potential problems still to be worked out.
