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January 12, 2012
City's Much-Delayed New 911 System Now Taking Calls
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by Jill Colvin
When you dial 911, can you guess who collects the rent? Bingo.
The centerpiece of the city’s much-delayed $2.1 billion new 911 emergency system is now up and running in Downtown Brooklyn, at a high-tech center capable of processing up to 50,000 calls an hour.
The new $680 million Brooklyn center, at 11 MetroTech Center, brings police, fire and emergency medical dispatchers under one roof for the first time, and uses a new, high-capacity computer system that officials hope will not only speed response times, but provide protection in the case of calamity.
NoLandGrab: Though the new 911 call center lines Bruce Ranter's pockets with taxpayer dollars, when he has an emergency, he calls 912.
Posted by eric at January 12, 2012 10:56 AM