On Monday, September 16, 2024, the Illinois State Police, Stark County, and the Peoria-Stark Joint Emergency Telephone System are holding a press conference for the Peoria and Stark County 911 Consolidation. Stark County is currently an unserved county for 911 service. This consolidation means all 102 counties in Illinois will have 911 services. ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly, ISP 911 Administrator Cindy Barbera-Brelle, Stark County Sheriff Steven Sloan, and Board Chairman David Tuttle will be at the Stark County Sheriff’s Office for the press conference at 2:30 PM. The Stark County Sheriff’s Office is at 130 W. Jefferson Street in Toulon.
Peoria and Stark Counties have entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement, creating a joint ETSB known as the Peoria/Stark Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. Stark County will develop a radio network to notify and communicate directly with all public safety agencies in Stark County.
The following information is from the Illinois State Police Consolidation Review dates 2/14/2022:
Currently there are two PSAPs in Peoria County. With this consolidation, a PSAP will be established in Stark County at 130 W. Jefferson St., Toulon, IL. The Peoria County PSAPs will handle all Peoria County 9-1-1 calls and the Stark County PSAP will handle all Stark County 9-1-1 calls.
Wireless calls for Stark County are currently being handled by Marshall County. After a revised wireless plan is filed and consolidation is complete, all Stark County wireless calls will be answered at the Stark County PSAP. All Peoria wireless calls will continue to be answered by the Peoria County PSAPs. In addition to the consolidation, the joint ETSB is requesting to modify its 9-1-1 system by transitioning to the statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 ESInet provided by AT&T. The two PSAPs in Peoria County will transition to the AT&T ESInet first. This change is tentatively scheduled for June 12, 2022. The Stark County PSAP will not go live until construction, radio network and database is complete and tested. Once this occurs, the Stark County PSAP will go directly to the statewide AT&T ESInet.
There are 21 answering positions prior to consolidation and 23 in the consolidated system. There are 33 full-time dispatchers prior to the consolidation and 42 in the consolidated system. There is 1 part-time dispatcher prior to consolidation and 5 in the consolidated system.