Georgia

• Type of program: 911 or general emergency.
• Program name: *GSP.
• Program housed: Call centers statewide.
• Program began: 1993.
• Reason for initiation: The program was initiated at the behest of the Governor.
• How does the program operate: Calls to *GSP are routed to the nearest answering point.
• Phone number used: *GSP or *477.
• How is program announced or promoted: Highway signs or billboards and patrol cars.
• Is funding required: No.
• Has any evaluation been conducted: No.
• Some problems with program: Too few patrols officers to attend to the calls.
• Contact information:

                        Maj. D.A. Jewell, Communications Adjutant
                        Georgia State Patrol
                        404-624-7016
                        djewell@gsp.net

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