Stanislaus County and Modesto have proposed responses to a critical grand jury report on a 911 dispatch center dispute. Both entities agree with certain findings in the 2024-25 civil grand jury report but largely disagree with its recommendations and said they won’t implement them.
The grand jury report, released June 25, scrutinized the issues related to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office’s refusal to join other agencies in connecting with a new computer-assisted dispatch system at the Stanislaus Regional 911 center.
Affected agencies were legally given until late September to formally respond to the watchdog panel’s report. Supervisors could approve the county’s response Tuesday morning. Sept. 9, and the Modesto council could OK the city’s reply Tuesday evening. Both actions are under consent items…