Windsor & Sault Ste. Marie, Canada - U.S. paying for Canadian police emergency radios

rivermersey · May 1, 2013

Windsor & Sault Ste. Marie, Canada - U.S. paying for Canadian police emergency radios

The Department of Homeland Security is paying up to $7,000 each for 30 multi-band radios to be used by Canadian first responders in border cities that share U.S. waterways.

U.S. paying for Canadian police emergency radios - Windsor - CBC News

GrumpyGuard · May 1, 2013

Money well spent.

gpp10x · May 1, 2013

We're getting off cheap in as much as Canada is going to build us a new bridge in Detroit.

Thunderbolt · May 1, 2013

In watching the video on CBC Windsor 9 concerning this story, you can see these new radios are Motorola APX-7000 handheld units. They will operate on the MPSCS, Windsor P25 TRS, conventional VHF-High band, 700/800 MHz frequencies. They look fantastic.

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Ron

Forts · May 2, 2013

$7000 a radio. Daaayum! Hopefully they don't drop too many in the river. Absolutely makes sense though that major neighbours like Detroit and Windsor should be able to communicate with each other, especially when both are using the same technology.

rapidcharger · May 2, 2013

Sorry but in my opinion, at $7000 a radio, they should just carry two separate radios.

And what? Did we run out of cities in this country to waste money in, now we're wasting money in other countries?

And I won't even get started on that bridge deal.

fourthhorseman · May 2, 2013

Forget the cost..US Tax dollars going out of the country again.
Dont get started?...therse no where else for us to begin.

this is just bleeping absurd..ever hear of interop channels?

they are FREE Dammit.

mikewazowski · May 2, 2013

Windsor &amp; Sault Ste. Marie, Canada - U.S. paying for Canadian police emergency

fourthhorseman said:
this is just bleeping absurd..ever hear of interop channels?

they are FREE Dammit.

It has nothing to do with interop channels. The radios they both currently use will work on each other's systems already.

It's about multiband capability to work with other agencies on different bands.

rdale · May 2, 2013

fourthhorseman said:
Forget the cost..US Tax dollars going out of the country again.

Are you sure the US is giving the money to Canada? I thought Motorola was getting it?

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