Milwaukee Post
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December 28, 2012 ��� Milwaukee Post ��� 13 County Board approves 911 cellphone shift MPD dispatchers will handle all cell calls starting Tuesday MILWAUKEE ��� The Milwaukee County Board approved a plan that will allow Milwaukee Police Department dispatchers to begin handling all 911 cellphone calls that originate in the city According to a . release, the approval is a cooperative move that officials said will save taxpayers money . The proposal, announced in the fall by Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, shifts the city 911 cellphone calls to MPD dispatchers effective Tuesday Previously, MPD dis. patchers handled emergency calls from landlines and Milwaukee County Sheriff���s Office dispatchers handled 911 calls from cellphones. ���This move is good for city taxpayers, who will benefit from the city savings as well as savings on the county portion of their property taxes,��� said Common Council President Willie L. Hines Jr., who pointed out that the process advanced through a collaboration between County think it paves the way for future areas of mutual cooperation that can create further efficiencies and save additional taxpayer dollars,��� Kovac said. ���All city and county taxpayers should keep in mind that this was only one part of a larger intergovernmental cooperation agreement that could have further improved services and lowered taxes. Hopefully, all of these good ideas will soon be implemented.��� save money that makes economic sense and public service sense,��� he said. Alderman Nik Kovac, vice chair of the Council���s Finance and Personnel Committee, said he believes the cooperative approach that brought the 911 cellphone call switch is something that���s worth repeating. ���The cooperation between the city and the county is extremely positive, and I Post Staff Hines Murphy Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic, Barrett and Abele. Alderman Michael J. 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