State panel recommends Vermont ‘opt in’ with FirstNet

Dispatcher Martha Morse works at Hartford dispatch in 2016. File photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News
After more than a year of review, a special state commission recommended Monday that Vermont sign on with a project by the federal government and AT&T to strengthen public safety communications during the next 25 years.
The Public Safety Broadband Commission voted 9-0-2 on Monday in favor of going with the national system rather than taking federal money to build Vermont’s own. The fina