O'Rielly Urges Northern Mariana Islands to Restrict Proposed 911 Fee
The Northern Mariana Islands should make sure no money is diverted from a proposed 911 fund, FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly said in a Wednesday letter to Gov. Ralph Torres (R). In a July 21 letter to O’Rielly, Torres said the…
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territory doesn’t have a 911 system or active public safety answering points and thus isn’t collecting fees or charges. “The current structure provides emergency response calls to all municipal governments through dedicated telephone land lines with individual telephone handset units handled by radio dispatchers under the Department of Public Safety,” the governor said. Lawmakers are drafting a bill to create emergency 911 and next-generation 911 systems, with a 911 surcharge, he said.