Local News

Davis County Sheriff Kelly Sparks remembers an experience from years ago when he was a patrol officer. He was sitting in a restaurant having lunch and across the street from him was a bank. He started to see police officers arriving at the bank and later found out that there was a reported bank alarm. Sparks, who was with another deputy, didn’t know the full details because they were on separate dispatch centers. Sparks mentioned that experience to highlight the potential problems that can arise from not having consolidated dispatch centers. “Once you consolidate them and you ...