Sussex County’s public safety agencies, including its 9-1-1 operations, emergency management and paramedic programs, will undergo a major reorganization into a new Department of Public Safety in the coming months, with a familiar face leading the county’s delivery of critical services to those living in and visiting southern Delaware.
County officials announced April 9 that they have selected Robert W. Murray Jr., the current Sussex County Emergency Medical Services director, to lead the new department. The change will officially take effect no later than July 1, but in the interim, Murray will manage all operations of the facility in an acting capacity, following the recent retirement of longtime Emergency Operations Center Director Joseph Thomas.