Ground Breaks on Hennepin County's $30 Million Emergency Comm Center
Sheriff says building is not just a need but a critical need, predicts Hennepin County's emergency communications would be in jeopardy without it.
After committing more than $30 million to the project last December, a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday morning marked the start of meaningful construction on Hennepin County's new dispatch facility and emergency communications center. The building will be the most advanced of its kind in the upper Midwest, according to county officials, when it is completed sometime during the second half of 2014—with technological capabilities that will enable citizens anywhere in Hennepin County to text, e-mail and send video to emergency dispatchers in real time. "This is an important day for Hennepin County, and I don't want to understate that at all," Sheriff Rich Stanek said. "The residents expect 911 to work every time without fail and without …
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6:02 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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