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Broken Arrow Police Radio Blocks Public
May 8, 2012A new digital radio system using “OpenSky” technology has cleared the way for a greatly improved ability for police and fire departments to communicate with other jurisdictions. But the public is excluded from hearing any dispatch scanner feeds because of its digital encryptions. “It’s a little disappointing,” said James Taggart, president of the Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club. “I can’t hear anything either anymore.
Read full articleFlorida: Longtime Temple Terrace Dispatcher Earns Praise
May 3, 2012Temple Terrace Fire Chief Keith Chapman named Senior Communications Officer Jennifer Bowling the 2011 Temple Terrace Fire Dispatcher of the Year at a recent ceremony.
Read full articleMaine: Radar Jammers Hurting Emergency Responders’ Efforts
May 2, 2012Someone has been intermittently jamming radio transmissions of fire and rescue departments in southern Maine for the past few months, but recently the problem escalated sharply.
Read full articleTennessee: Bradley County 9-1-1 Faces Revenue Crisis
May 2, 2012Bradley County 911 has requested $351,000 in local government funding to help it through ongoing revenue shortfalls.
Read full articleCassidian Communications Announces Expansion of P25 Land Mobile Radio Network for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
April 30, 2012Cassidian Communications announced that it has received a contract amendment to expand its existing digital, trunked P25 Land Mobile Radio (LMR) network for public safety communications with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Read full articleHarris Corporation Awarded $10 Million Contract to Deploy Public Safety Communications System in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
April 30, 2012For enhanced interoperability, the P25IP system will be supported by a full suite of Harris mobile and portable radios, including the P7300 and the award-winning Unity® XG-100 portable
Read full articleArchitects Design Group Selected for Georgetown Texas Public Safety Operations and Training Facility
April 30, 2012Nationally recognized public safety architects Architects Design Group, in association with KAHickman Architects and Interior Designers, was recently selected for the programming, master plan and design of the new 70,000 sq. ft. Public Safety Operations and Training Facility in Georgetown, TX.
Read full articleTexas’ Harris County Takes Crime Fighting to Next Level with Expanded Public Safety LTE Communications System
April 25, 2012Motorola Solutions, Inc. has been awarded a $4 million contract to expand the Harris County, Texas Public Safety LTE wide area broadband network.
Read full articleZetron Provides Acom P25 System to U.S. Dept. of Commerce NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
April 25, 2012As part of its commitment to open standards, Zetron is supplying its Acom EVO P25 console system to the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) at Boulder, Colorado. Personnel at ITS will use the system to learn and understand how a console system operates within a P25 network. They will also use it to develop P25-complicance assessment tests. The Acom system will remain at the site through Jan. 30, 2013.
Read full articleSpillman Software to Help Plainsboro PD Boost Efficiency, Improve Officer Safety
April 25, 2012The Plainsboro Police Department will use new software from Spillman Technologies to target resources and improve officers’ mobile access to critical information.
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