Cities agree to deal when Surprise can't use its equipment temporarily

Surprise Police will have another dispatch service to rely on in Peoria just in case the Surprise Communication Center ever becomes inoperable or unavailable.

The two cities are entering an agreement to provide a temporary dispatch location for Surprise to ensure continuity of emergency and non-emergency dispatch services, if needed.

Peoria is providing the service for free.

The Surpise City Council agreed to its part of the deal on Aug. 5.

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