Virginia - State police plan seeks better communication in emergencies

Thunderbolt · #1 (**permalink**) 09-12-2009, 10:09 PM

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia is continuing to improve communication systems among firefighters, police and rescue workers following problems that surfaced after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon.

Virginia plan seeks better communication in emergencies - Washington Times

KC9NCF · #2 (**permalink**) 09-12-2009, 10:51 PM

Speaking from personal experience....

My Dad lives in Virginia and when I have visited him in the past, I have monitored the police here and there...the fire dept, and all sorts of other stuff. The public safety folks there either speak a language all their own or they need English lessons. I say this because I cannot ever understand anything they say unless it happens to be someone with a VERY stable tone of voice who speaks clearly and without slurring their speech.

Maybe they should learn how to speak before considering a new system. "This is Billy Jim Bob Simon Dexter in car 2, I'm a go up ta da ___ (insert silly named for a place here), tin fer?"

radiomanNJ1 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-13-2009, 08:02 AM

Thank you for deciding that the people of VA. need English diction lessons. Perhaps you have no accent or no axe to grind but I doubt it. People around this country don't even speak English and you have issues about their speech in VA?

And now back to the topic. The STARS system is being built out and will at least give them a statewide radio system.

tglendye · #4 (**permalink**) 09-13-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by KC9NCF

Speaking from personal experience....

My Dad lives in Virginia and when I have visited him in the past, I have monitored the police here and there...the fire dept, and all sorts of other stuff. The public safety folks there either speak a language all their own or they need English lessons. I say this because I cannot ever understand anything they say unless it happens to be someone with a VERY stable tone of voice who speaks clearly and without slurring their speech.

Maybe they should learn how to speak before considering a new system. "This is Billy Jim Bob Simon Dexter in car 2, I'm a go up ta da ___ (insert silly named for a place here), tin fer?"

Wow Daniel, it's nice to know you are "learning" from personal experience and not judging the Commonwealth as a whole by one geographic location. Maybe you should stay in Chicago and leave us folks in Virginia alone.

Todd

tglendye · #5 (**permalink**) 09-13-2009, 08:21 AM

Double post... I must have really been MAD...

idontknow82 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-13-2009, 10:16 PM

Maybe they were trying to save taxpayers money by trying to come up with a different way to encrypt what they say, by talking in jibberish or what ever. ha ha.

windchaser · #7 (**permalink**) 09-15-2009, 09:34 PM

va 800 mhz system is abt $20 million over budget now. and the nit wit running the state just keeps pouring more money into it