The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Valentine’s Day in 2018 left Michael Udine, a former mayor and Parkland commissioner, recalling the 911 system failing.
After the tragedy, the county has employed extra dispatch workers at the 911 center, according to the now-Broward County commissioner during This Week in South Florida.
Highlighting the failure was a state commission. A director for emergency management and another for emergency medical services were also employed by the county.
“More progress needs to be made,” Udine stated. “This is unacceptable.”
It is disgraceful, according to Udine, that the modifications are still incomplete more than six years after the Parkland shooting. According to Udine, Broward County contractor Motorola is also working on improvements, but it takes time to address cybersecurity flaws.
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The advances, according to Udine, are concentrated on Computer-Aided Dispatch Interoperability, or CAD, a newly developed communications technology.
“We have made a ton of improvements,” Udine said continuing, “The radio system has been fixed.”
