Carla Holcroft, director of communications for Washington County's Sheriffs Office, shows dispatcher work stations Wednesday in a call center being constructed in the county detention center in Fayetteville. The county is nearing activation of the new emergency communications system, which includes combining the dispatch centers for Central Emergency Medical Services and the Sheriffs Office. The system will link emergency services throughout the county to each other and with the statewide AWIN system. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
FAYETTEVILLE -- A new emergency communications system for Washington County is expected to go live before the end of October, according to John Luther, the county's emergency management director.
