Local communities file court challenge to Trumbull 911 plan

WARREN — The months-long dispute over how 911 calls across Trumbull County will be handled in the future has gone to court.

A coalition of governments — the cities of Girard, Niles, Hubbard and Newton Falls, plus Liberty Township — sued the Trumbull County commissioners and the county 911 Planning Committee today in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

The suit seeks to block implementation of the 911 plan that was approved by a 3-2 vote Nov. 25 that takes 911 calls away from the dispatching centers in Girard, Hubbard, Newton Falls, Lordstown and Liberty and sends them to the county 911 center in Howland, which will then direct them to the appropriate agency.

The plan establishes two backup dispatching operations — the call- taking operations in Warren and Niles — which will continue to receive their 911 calls directly from the caller.

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