Thanks to new high-tech upgrades, soon it will be easier for people to report emergencies in Chicago.
The city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications will pay $75 million dollars to upgrade it's 911 center.
"It is critical that we provide our first responders with the right tools to ensure the safety of our residents and visitors,” OEMC Executive Director Rich Guidice said in a press release. The new system will accept texts, photos and videos and it and it will be able to automatically pinpoint a cell phone caller's location, according to the press release. That same technology will be able to find the nearest first responder. Nbc 5 Investigates recently uncovered problems with 9-1-1 dispatchers being able to locate callers, and the new system will help to address that issue.