Our History
In 1985, Art. 1432e of the Texas Civil Statues, “Emergency Communication District Act”, was aimed to allow counties over 20,000 population to establish a district, initiate a fee on local telephone service, and create an independent board of managers to oversee the operations of the system.
On August 8, 1987, the people of the County of El Paso voted overwhelmingly (81.2% of votes cast) “For enhanced 911.”
On August 10, 1987, the El Paso County Enhanced 911 Emergency Communications District was created by order of the Board of Managers, which then, consisted of:
In 1985, Art. 1432e of the Texas Civil Statues, “Emergency Communication District Act”, was aimed to allow counties over 20,000 population to establish a district, initiate a fee on local telephone service, and create an independent board of managers to oversee the operations of the system.
On August 8, 1987, the people of the County of El Paso voted overwhelmingly (81.2% of votes cast) “For enhanced 911.”
On August 10, 1987, the El Paso County Enhanced 911 Emergency Communications District was created by order of the Board of Managers, which then, consisted of:
Judson Williams
County of El Paso
Julian Bernat
City of El Paso
Jim Raley
City of Socorro
Gay Wood
Other Cities and Towns
Layne Lee
Southwestern Bell Telephone
On September 4, 1987, the County and all incorporated cities, towns and villages in the county had passed resolutions of participation in the District.
On September 25, 1989, at 4:00 a.m., after revenue gathering, planning, installing, testing, and many insurmountable problems surmounted, enhanced 911 service went “live” complete with an integrated Computer Aided Dispatch System.
On January 26, 2006, at 7:40 a.m., the El Paso Emergency Communications Center went live in beautiful, downtown El Paso collocating the 911 PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point), El Paso Police dispatching, El Paso Fire dispatching, and El Paso Office of Emergency Management.
On September 25, 1989, at 4:00 a.m., after revenue gathering, planning, installing, testing, and many insurmountable problems surmounted, enhanced 911 service went “live” complete with an integrated Computer Aided Dispatch System.
On January 26, 2006, at 7:40 a.m., the El Paso Emergency Communications Center went live in beautiful, downtown El Paso collocating the 911 PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point), El Paso Police dispatching, El Paso Fire dispatching, and El Paso Office of Emergency Management.
Non-Emergency Numbers:
Police
(915) 832-4400
Fire/Medical
(915) 832-4432
Sheriff
(915) 832-4408
