Emergency services launch new Washington County communications system; sales tax raised $12.7 million for new radios, equipment

Kaitlyn Stevens (right), a dispatcher with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, speaks Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, with radio technicians as the county transitions to a new radio system at the county detention center in Fayetteville. The new radio system connects the county’s representatives with the center as they travel across the state and allows seamless communications with most area agencies. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
Kaitlyn Stevens (right), a dispatcher with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, speaks Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, with radio technicians as the county transitions to a new radio system at the county detention center in Fayetteville. The new radio system connects the county’s representatives with the center as they travel across the state and allows seamless communications with most area agencies. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)


FAYETTEVILLE -- County and emergency services officials said the Tuesday morning activation of the new dispatch center for Washington County and Central Emergency Medical Services went "seamlessly" and "even better than we expected."

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