HARRISON COUNTY, MO — Local officials hope to fill a void in emergency 911 communications with new equipment which allows the dispatcher to pinpoint the location of 911 calls. Harrison County recently replaced its antiquated 911 equipment under a $234,355 contract approved in January with AT&T Capital Services. The county lost the ability to locate emergency calls when the old 911 system went down. This was an important feature of the emergency 911 system established in Harrison County several years ago. The previous system also worked only for persons calling from conventional phones; those calling on a cell phone were forced to verbally provide directions to the dispatcher. But that could change when cell phone companies make adjustments on their software to allow the location of cell calls to pop up on the map at the 911 center. Although this sounds logical and simple, this change can be complicated due to the various number of cellphone companies. A tariff on local telephone bills provides nearly half of the revenue needed to keep the 911 system in operation here.
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