Chesapeake City Council approves $1.5 million project for Emergency Communications Center upgrades

Chesapeake City Council approves $1.5 million project for Emergency Communications Center upgrades

The Chesapeake City Council has approved funding for a new $1.5 million project to upgrade the city's emergency communications center. This decision came just days before a homicide shook a local neighborhood.The funding will replace and improve emergency communications equipment throughout the city, with upgrades including new telephone systems, replacement servers and additional technological improvements inside the center.The homicide occurre…