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Episode: Deputies are stuck using radios with Los Angeles County’s dispatch system out of commission
Description: The archaic computer dispatch system for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department remained out of commission on January 2 after crashing on New Year’s Eve, forcing deputies to handle all calls by radio, authorities said.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials first learned about the problem around 8 p.m. of December 31, when deputies at several sheriff’s stations were unable to log in to the mobile computers in their patrol cars, the department said in a statement.
The department said its computer-aided dispatch program—known as the CAD—was “not allowing personnel to log on with the new year, making the...