DEKALB COUNTY, Ala (WHNT) — If you frequent the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office website, you may have noticed the county's inmate roster has been under maintenance lately, and the sheriff's office has released a statement explaining why.

In a post on social media, DCSO said the maintenance is due to a new computer system not working properly with the roster on its website.

The sheriff's office said it, along with DeKalb 911 and DeKalb Ambulance Service, recently converted to a computer system designed by Motorola.

DCSO said the system is both a jail management system and a computer-aided dispatch, or CAD, system that assists with dispatch and allows officers to complete their reports.

However, the sheriff's office said that after the new system was implemented, it was discovered that it

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