Y2K, Los Angeles and computer dispatch

Los Angeles Is Living Its ‘Y2K’ in 2025 as Sheriff’s Dispatch System Fails
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department is in the third day of an outage of its computer-aided dispatch system in its vehicles, leaving deputies to resort to old methods as they respond to calls.
‘Our own little Y2K’: L.A. County sheriff’s computer dispatch system still down
It’s not clear how long it will take to fix the problem, but in the meantime deputies and dispatchers must use radios instead of patrol car computers.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Computer Dispatch System Remains Down Since New Year’s Eve
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials first learned about the problem around 8 p.m. Tuesday, when deputies at several sheriff's stations were unable to log in to the mobile computers in their patrol cars,
LA County Sheriff's Dispatch Crash Leaves Deputies Relying on Radios
The incident comes amid heightened law enforcement presence in numerous cities following a terrorist attack in New Orleans and a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside a Las Vegas hotel owned by President-elect Donald Trump.
Dispatch computer crash on New Year’s Eve leaves L.A. deputies scrambling
Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were forced to respond to emergency calls the old-fashioned way, by radio, after the agency’s computer dispatch system crashed just hours before midnight,
LASD's dispatch system remains down after New Year's Day crash
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department computer dispatch system remains down after it crashed on New Year's Eve.
'Our own little Y2K': L.A. County Sheriff's computer dispatch system crashes on New Year's Eve
It's not clear how long it will take to fix the problem, but in the meantime deputies and dispatchers must use radios instead of patrol car computers.
LASD deputies hampered after dispatch system crash on New Year’s Eve
Dec. 31, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been manually tracking and responding to calls for service, using only their radios, phones, pen and notepad, after the department’s computer-aided dispatch program crashed and became inoperable,
LASD's dispatch system suffers early morning crash on New Year's Day
The department's Computer Aided Dispatch program crashed, leaving them to track calls for dispatch manually at separate stations.
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