City Council OKs Bond Issue for New 911 System
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A $235-million bond issue to pay for a new 911 emergency call system was approved unanimously by the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday for placement on the November ballot.
The Police Department is backing the measure as a way to finance replacement of an emergency response system that officials say is outmoded and overburdened.
If the measure is approved by the voters, the emergency dispatch system located in City Hall East will be replaced by two centers--one in the San Fernando Valley and the other at an undetermined location in the central city. Police officials have said that two centers are necessary in case an earthquake or other disaster knocks out one emergency center.
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