RICHMOND, Ind. Wayne County was about 25 years ahead of its time when it began a combined 911 system during the 1990s.
Indiana now requires combined county 911 systems, and Matthew Cain, the director of Wayne County s Emergency Management Agency and Emergency Communications Center, said he s seen contemporaries struggle with the change. Previously, individual agencies would dispatch their own calls. We were ahead of our time, Cain said Monday night during a presentation to Richmond Common Council where he explained more about the county s 911 system and the city-county partnership.
Wayne County and Richmond both contribute money to the 911 system, with the city s share budgeted at $520,882.06 for 2021. Common Council approved the interlocal agreement for that money March 1.