The Bates County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in
regards to E911. The Sheriff’s Office
has completed issuing all the 911 addressing for each house in rural Bates
County. Over the last several months
the Sheriff’s Office mailed letters to everyone with the new addresses. Some of these addresses have been returned
because the property didn’t have a mail box or the mail is delivered to a Post
Office box. Sheriff Anderson said, “If
you have NOT received your E911 address then I am asking you to contact Brian
Bearce at the Sheriff’s Office 660-679-3232.”
The Sheriff’s Office has been working with each phone company in
the county to move to the next phase. The
final phase for E911 is to have special phone lines installed at the Sheriff’s
Office. In late August, the phone company will begin
installing those necessary phone lines at the Sheriff’s Office. Once the phone lines are connected to the 911
equipment the Sheriff’s Office will be able to go live with E911. E911
will give a the caller’s location if the call is made from a land line
phone. The call then will show on a map
and the deputies will be able to identify the property on their laptops in the
car. This information will speed up the
response of emergency personnel to a call for service.
“We appreciate everyone’s patience and cooperation through this
long process. When a letter was returned
to us undeliverable, a Deputy was assigned to hand deliver the letter in
person.” says Sheriff Anderson. “We
have encountered a few people who were opposed to the change but many more
shook the Deputy’s hand and were very appreciative that we moved forward on
something in the county that potentially saves so many people’s lives.”
