Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) penned a letter to Mayor of the District of Columbia (District) Muriel Bowser regarding the recent failure of the District’s emergency dispatch system.
“Our law enforcement and emergency responders are facing unprecedented challenges to protect citizens and businesses from violent protests while also responding to the ongoing COVID-19 national public health emergency. Moreover, they are facing these challenges as calls to ‘defund the police’ become mainstream and police are being shot in the streets. While it appears you recognize the importance of standing with law enforcement by pushing back against these radical proposals to defund the police, we remain concerned that there may be technological issues facing the Office resulting in recent, fatal dispatching errors of 9-1-1 calls," the members wrote.
Read the full letter HERE.
