HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04122011 - C.65RECOMMENDATION(S):
1. RECEIVE report from the Public Protection Committee (PPC) on the status of
dispatching wireless 9-1-1 calls through County Sheriff Communications.
2. REQUEST the Office of the Sheriff to provide a status report to the PPC in one year.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
On December 14, 2010, the Board of Supervisors referred to the PPC the attached letter
from the Emergency Medical Care Committee regarding the transmission of 9-1-1
emergency calls from cellular phones to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point
(PSAP). Our Committee met with representatives from the Office of the Sheriff on April 4
to discuss the status of establishing Sheriff's Dispatch as the PSAP for county
unincorporated area wireless emergency calls.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/12/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: JULIE ENEA (925)
335-1077
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 12, 2011
, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Carrie Del Bonta, Deputy
cc:
C.65
To:Board of Supervisors
From:PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Date:April 12, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:COUNTYWIDE 9-1-1 WIRELESS CAPABILITY
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Sheriff Department staff advised that the County is not accepting wireless 9-1-1 calls at
this time. Staff explained that the GPS (global positioning system) technology exists to
enable Sheriff's Dispatch to receive 9-1-1 system emergency calls from cellular phones
and to locate the emergency location within some degree of precision. However, due to
several years of tight budgets, Sheriff's Dispatch is not currently staffed at a level that is
adequate to respond to the call volume associated with the wireless 9-1-1 calls, which are
currently routed to the appropriate PSAP by the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
While our committee believes that transferring responsibility for handling wireless 9-1-1
calls from the CHP to Sheriff's Dispatch would be more efficient and would improve
response time, it is unlikely that the County will be in a position, fiscally, to assume this
responsibility in the next year with additional budget cuts looming. Therefore, our
committee requests the Office of the Sheriff to provide a status report to the PPC in one
year to advise if any outside funding becomes available to support such a transition of
responsibility.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
ATTACHMENTS
Ltr from Emerg Medical Care Cte re Wireless 9-1-1 Calls