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$11M upgrade coming to St. Charles County 911 system

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The St. Charles County 911 system is getting an $11.3 million upgrade.

The upgrade will allow the 911 system to take location data directly from mobile devices. Currently, the system uses the location of nearby cell towers to narrow down a person's location.

“We can potentially save 30, 60 seconds on identifying where a person is, and that's 30 or 60 seconds sooner that we can get help on the road to them," Emergency Communications Director Jeff Smith said.

Read more from St. Louis Public Radio.

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