EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio - Calls to non-emergency lines in some parts of the state, as close as Summit County, are now being answered by AI.

The advanced technology can be helpful to centers dealing with high amounts of calls but for smaller answering points like the one in East Liverpool getting the system is unlikely.

“We don’t have the funding we’re not going to have the funding,” Chief John Lane of the East Liverpool Police Department said .”Something like that funding is always going to be the biggest challenge cause like down here we don't have the funding for anything like that.”

This center averages about 50 non-emergency calls a day. Chief Lane said many calls require a skilled human asking the right questions.

“When you're asked where they'll say well home. Well we don't know wh

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