Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications

The Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications (DPSC) oversees the operations of the county's 911 emergency telephone system.

Located in the McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center, the director of the department is Steve Souder, who was appointed to the position on October 17, 2005.

History
911 service began in Fairfax County on December 15, 1981. The county relied on a manual dispatch system until 1987, when the Public Safety Communications Center (PSCC) using a Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system was established in the converted Pine Ridge elementary school.

The Fairfax County Police Department operated the PSCC until 2005. The DPSC was established as an independent agency in July 2005.