The Lake County Sheriff’s Department Command Center is essentially a 38’ mobile communications center. It is available to all agencies within Region I.

It has full communications capability for every police, fire, hospital, school and casino in the region. It also has amateur radio capability.

The Center maintains a hazardous materials software database and a weather system for hazardous materials incidents.

It can provide 911 service for any community to which it is deployed. The unit also has an on board camera to view events from a distance. The camera and be extended to 37’ above the unit.

The Command Center had been utilized by Cedar Lake for an evacuation when an anhydrous ammonia tank was struck and began to leak. Gary and Hammond police have both used the Center when their communications systems were inoperable.

The Command Center is under the direction of:
Officer Scott Musgrove
Lake County Sheriff's Department
Critical Incident Coordinator
Director 911 Operations
Office: 219-755-3414