Liberty police union now supports 911 move

Published: Fri, March 9, 2012 @ 12:04 a.m.

By Robert Guttersohn

rguttersohn@vindy.com

Liberty

After opposing turning over the townships 911 operation to Trumbull Countys 911 Center, the Liberty police union has now thrown its weight behind the idea.

Police Patrolman Ray Buhala, president of the Liberty branch of the Ohio Patrolmens Benevolent Association, said because Liberty would have to increase taxes in order to keep the townships 911 center, the union now supports the move.

Buhala said the concerns with response time, which in the past was one of the factors police had against closing the local 911 dispatch center, are no longer there.

Not with todays technology, Buhala said.

Both he and Police Chief Richard Tisone said the digital mapping dispatchers use at the county 911 center are now compatible with the mapping technology in the Liberty police cruisers.

Everyone wants an in-house dispatcher, Tisone said. But wed have to raise taxes in order to do that. And thats not something were willing to do.

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