BRADLEY COUNTY, TN. (Times Free Press) -- Bradley County 911 has requested $351,000 in local government funding to help it through ongoing revenue shortfalls.
Earlier this week, Bradley County 911 Director Joe Wilson met with the Bradley County Commission regarding money problems facing the county's 911 communication center.
The imminent challenge will be finishing its books in the red for three consecutive years and possibly having to accept state-mandated oversight through Tennessee's Emergency Communication Board for being a "distressed district," said Wilson.
If revenues don't increase, layoffs and reductions in service likely would be the result of state oversight, said Wilson, which he described as a "terrible scenario."
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