The Whitley County Communications Center is the Emergency Operations Center for the county. The Enhanced 911 Center coordinates emergency traffic within the county for fire, police and medical emergency calls. In 1984, the Whitley County Fiscal Court implemented a county based 911 system to better serve the residence of the county.
The county employees five full time, and four part time 911 dispatchers who receive their training from the Department of Criminal Justice Training in Richmond, KY.