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If state pulls dispatch center, will Box Elder lose ability to have one? Legislator says 'No'


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A claim made by a Box Elder County Commissioner last month regarding the future of a dispatch center in the county if the state closes its communications center does not agree with what the law says. “If our Box Elder Dispatch 911 center were to shut down, if we were to allow it to shut down, we would never be allowed to open a dispatch center in Box Elder County again under state law,” Commissioner Lee Perry said in a public meeting earlier this year. The law in question, 69-2-201, prohibits public agencies from establishing “a dispatch center or public...

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