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Kansas Lawmakers Push for More Funding for 9-1-1 Emergency Service

Published December 25, 2018 at 2:40 PM CST
The upgrades are aimed at shortening emergency response times and allowing text, and video messaging to 9-1-1 centers. (Image: cowleycounty.org)
The upgrades are aimed at shortening emergency response times and allowing text, and video messaging to 9-1-1 centers. (Image: cowleycounty.org)

Kansas is modernizing 9-1-1 services to allow text, picture and video messaging. It’s part of a nationwide push. But, as Nomin Ujiyediin of the Kansas News Service reports, the state is projected to run out of money for those updates.

             

 
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