Hopkins Closes City Dispatch Center, Transitions to County Dispatch
Despite a surge in calls just before the transition, police report that the first day using county services went smoothly.
The closure of the city dispatch center was months in the making, and fate, it turns out, wasn’t going to allow the center to slip quietly away. The Police Department was inundated with calls in the final 15 minutes before the transition at 6 a.m. Tuesday, capping off the center’s run with a burglary and assault call on Oxford. Despite the final surge in calls, police report that the first day of the transition to county dispatch went well and an upgrade to the computer-aided dispatch system went off without a hitch. “The transition went very smoothly today. It’s working very well,” Police Capt. Brent Johnson said. The department will be focusing on dispatch issues for a little bit longer. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, officials gave …
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