-=> JOE NICHOLSON wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 -=> Quoting Wayne Chirnside to Tom Walker <=-

 WC> The current Saint Petersburg police department

 JN>  What happened to the former SPPD?

 WC> not so long ago _upgraded_ their communications.
 WC> It was both expensive and they actually lost coverage leaving
 WC> officers frequently in dead spots this despite the fact this
 W> area is topographically flat.
 WC> They installed repeaters at yet further expense.

 JN>  That has happened nationwide with dozens and dozens of cities
 JN>  and counties that were sold a bill of goods by motorola, then
 JN>  the new radio system didn't perform as promised.

Yup.

 JN>  San Diego voters passed a bond issue to upgrade(?) both PD and
 JN>  FD from VHF to 800Mhz.  By the time the PD system was operating
 JN>  without danger to officers, the money for the FD was gone and
 JN>  the new comm center for them sat empty for 8 years.

 I can't believe such decisions are made by such inept
 individuals.

 Still recall running into an engineer doing field strength readings
 all over town for for higher frequency cell phones but for the
 police department this effort was bypassed :-(
 
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