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How AI is lifting the burden on emergency call centers

Many emergency call centers are short-staffed and facing a workload with many non-emergency calls. Now, some are using artificial intelligence to handle those non-emergency calls.

Host Rob Schmitz speaks to Jim Wolfinbarger, former Colorado State Patrol police chief. He is now vice president at Motorola Solutions, the company behind some of the new technology.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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