County unveils new dispatching system

Goshen — Orange County recently began using the Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) dispatching system. Participating in dispatching system are 29 town, village and city agencies, the county sheriff and New York State Police. “We can now automatically determine the closest geographic location of police vehicles to life threatening incidents by the use of GPS Technology and computerized mapping software,” said Commissioner of Emergency Services Walter C. Koury. Project is funded by a $500,000 county capital project, in addition to federal grants totaling $549,231. That includes 300 wireless modems installed in municipal and sheriffs’ patrol vehicles.