In
the summer of 2010, the Bates County Sheriff’s Office and the
County Commission began working together to bring Bates County
Enhanced 911. In November of 2010 the first major step toward E911
was the purchase of the 911 system for the Sheriff’s Office. This
system was a joint effort between the County and the City of Butler.
By purchasing the system together there was extreme cost savings for
both entities. That system was installed in the summer of 2011.
The
next
step
in
the
E911
implementation
was
to
address
every
house
in
Bates
County.
This
step
had
already
been
started
by
Lynn
Fuller
who
turned
the
reigns
over
to
a
newly
hired
911
Director
Brian
Bearce.
This
daunting
process
had
two
steps
in
itself.
The
first
step
was
to
draw
a
centerline
road
point
and
then
assign
house
numbers.
The
Director
then
had
to
drive
all
of
the
county
roads
and
get
GPS
points
for
each
property.
These
databases
were
supposed
to
be
double
checked
with
the
database
of
the
United
States
Postal
Service
in
Kansas
City
but
were
delayed
due
to
privacy
rules
by
the
Post
Office.
This
delay
caused
the
911
Director
to
seek
other
avenues
to
confirm
address
points.
Once
that
step
was
completed
then
the
county’s
database
was
entered
into
a
software
program
that
is
designed
to
look
for
errors.
This
step
was
completed
in
late
October
of
2013
and
then
submitted
to
the
United
States
Postal
Service.
As
the
areas
are
approved
by
the
postal
service
then
they
are
sent
back
to
the
Sheriff’s
Office.
This
week
the
Sheriff’s
Office
has
begun
to
send
letters
out
to
the
residents
of
Bates
County
informing
them
of
their
911
address.
The
Postal
Service
has
advised
us
that
each
resident
has
6
months
to
convert
all
mail
to
the
new
address.
At
the
time
of
this
press
release
multiple
areas
in
the
North
end
of
the
County
have
been
approved
and
are
being
mailed.
Mailing
addresses
is
not
the
last
step
to
have
E911
up
and
running.
Once
the
whole
county’s
addresses
have
been
approved
and
mailed,
then
the
complete
database
will
be
turned
over
to
Century
Link
to
begin
their
work
on
the
database.
There
are
approximately
five
other
telephone
companies
that
Century
Link
will
have
to
work
with
to
complete
the
databases.
Once
all
the
telephone
companies
have
received
and
converted
the
address
databases
then
Century
Link
will
then
install
dedicated
trunked
phone
lines
into
the
Sheriff’s
Office
to
run
E911.
Once
the
phone
lines
are
hooked
up
to
the
system
E911
will
be
live
and
functioning.
After
E911
goes
live,
anyone
wishing
to
receive
911
addresses
will
be
directed
to
the
911
Director
at
the
Sheriff’s
Office.
We
will
continue
to
inform
the
media
of
the
progress
of
911
so
that
the
citizens
of
Bates
County
can
be
watching
for
the
new
addresses
in
the
mail.
If
you
have
any
questions
please
feel
free
to
contact
Sheriff
Chad
Anderson
or
911
Director
Brian
Bearce
at
660-679-3232.
