According to Bruce Simeone the Police Chief, a Trumbull County has decided to merge 911 emergency calls could effect in improperly slow responses or possibly none of these. Because of this plan may put in danger to more than $80,000 in compensations to Niles for its 911 dispatch upgrades.

The number of dispatch centers would have been reduce by this anticipated plan, referred to as Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPS) to three, one of which would be Niles. Simeone commented that Mike Dolhancryk the director of county’s 911 would considerably reduce trunk lines that allow urgent situation calls, on Niles Council on Wednesday.

“That’s going to add more pressure to our dispatchers,” Simeone said, adding that calls under the plan could take longer to get to a dispatch center that may be far from where an accident or incident has occurred. He said there was a possibility that if dispatchers are busy, a call could go unanswered.

“It’s like playing Russian roulette,” Simeone said. “You know eventually someone is going to get hurt.”

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