Crime & Safety
LA County Sheriff's Department's Dispatch System Crashes Again
The department said the crash would not hamper law enforcement operations, with 911 lines and radio communications fully functional.
February 6, 2025
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's aging dispatch system crashed again roughly a month after the program suffered a similar glitch.
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The LASD patched its nearly 40-year-old computer-aided dispatched system last month, just before the Palisades and Eaton fires, after it suffered a critical malfunction on New Year's Eve. The days-long problem forced 911 operators to write down notes from callers and relay the information to responding deputies through the radio or phone.
Deputies also lost access to the systems, denying them the ability to run license plates and search for warrants through the computers inside their patrol vehicles. Stations manually tracked deputies when they were dispatched to calls.
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