Chautauqua County will receive $1,672,790 in state funding to improve emergency communications systems and enhance public safety call-taking and dispatching capabilities. On Thursday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the funding that comes through the Statewide Interoperable Communications (SICG) and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) Operations grant programs. The county will get $1,319,226 through the SICG-Formula Grant Program, which supports local governments' efforts to bolster communications networks through Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems, expand access to communications-focused training and exercises, and maintain communications equipment. Meanwhile, the county will use $353,564 from the PSAP Operations Grant Program to support current 911 operations and develop systems needed to implement Next Generation 911 (NG911). The funding announced for Chautauqua County is part of $110 million that will be awarded statewide.
Photo by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office
