Johnson County commissioners heard a detailed update Tuesday on the county'wide migration to the Soma public safety dispatch and records system and were told the project''s first live deployment has been completed.

Stephen Quarry, a representative of Soma Global, told the court the county's program is large and complex, involving "22 law enforcement agencies, 17 fire departments, and 3 dispatch centers." He said the project moved from configuration and validation into training and go‑live planning and that the first go‑live occurred last week with Johnson County Emergency Service District No. 1. "As of this morning, they have taken 257 calls on the software," Quarry said.

Quarry said the rollout is being executed in phases. Cleburne Police Department is scheduled as the next phase, with intensive on‑site training the week of Feb. 10 and a go‑live the following week. The largest phase, described as "Johnson County," will include the sheriff's office, county agencies, local police departments and ISDs and is planned for mid‑March. Quarry said multiple software interfaces and evidence/property data migrations will be enabled with each phase.

Christy (no last name given), who spoke for Johnson County Emergency Service District No. 1, described the first go‑live as smooth. "Wednesday went really smooth. Few hiccups, but they were mostly interface issues," she said, and added that fire personnel are "really excited to get the mobiles and start using them."

County GIS staff described a separate but related effort to add building floor plans and school room maps directly into the mapping layer shown to officers in patrol cars. Nancy Brinker (GIS) said she converted Grandview ISD floor plans into a proof of concept so that responders can see room layouts without opening separate PDFs. "Why don't we just put it in the map so you don't have to open another document? It'll be right there," Brinker said. Commissioner comments praised the capability as a significant safety improvement.

Project status and compliance with state systems were also addressed. Quarry said the county had modified the original security approach to use CoLogic's on‑premises TLX server to meet state requirements and that test connections with the state were underway; he said the team expected to demonstrate TLETS (state law‑enforcement query) functionality to the project team in the coming weeks.

The court asked about budget and timing. Quarry told commissioners the project remains on budget and that the items previously brought to court for additional funding had been approved. Commissioners also noted the benefit of being able to control and update maps centrally and said they would encourage school districts and larger campuses to provide floor plans so they can be added to the system.

The rollout schedule presented by vendor and staff: ESD No. 1 (completed), Cleburne PD (training early February; go‑live mid February), and the countywide phase (training and go‑live in March). Commissioners asked staff to continue coordination with school districts and emergency responders.

No formal vote was required on the update. Commissioners and staff framed the presentation as an informational project update and scheduling briefing.