(Providence, RI) -- Public safety departments in Rhode Island could all soon be using the same dispatch and records system. New legislation partly sponsored by Senate President Dominick Ruggerio establishes a statewide dispatch system to replace what he calls a "hodgepodge" of different, incompatible versions. According to a State House press release, the legislation was supported by the Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association, and nearly every state law enforcement agency has indicated it would participate.
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