NYPD to Link Transit Officers and Street Officers with Radio Upgrade

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/03/n...ew-york-officers-in-subway-and-on-street.html

At the heart of the plan is a simple fix: All officers’ radios will be reprogrammed to allow them to communicate over ultrahigh frequencies on the street and in the subway. But its use was delayed for years, mainly for reasons that had nothing to do with technology, the police commissioner, William J. Bratton, said at a news conference.

Click to expand...

So, if I'm understanding the Times' article correctly, when citywide (e.g.: ES, etc.) and precinct (and Housing, I suppose) and FDNY / FDNY*EMS units go down "in the hole" their UHF department radios will continue to work?

If yes, then hallelujah! It's about time...

I don't think so! I think that it's just that transit cops are now going to be UHF like everyone else. Other agencies can now use their UHF radios on the transit frequencies that are to be programed into their radios when they go "in to the hole". The transit cops will also have surface agencies frequencies in their radios. The idea is to have one radio.

KC2zZe said:

So, if I'm understanding the Times' article correctly, when citywide (e.g.: ES, etc.) and precinct (and Housing, I suppose) and FDNY / FDNY*EMS units go down "in the hole" their UHF department radios will continue to work?

If yes, then hallelujah! It's about time...

Click to expand...

FDNY Fire already has a subway system. 2 channels in each station setup for local operation.

ems has turned the old Citywide into an ems channel which is Citywide for all stations and controlled by the Citywide dispatcher.

I've been hearing nypd transit loud and clear with the occasional precinct unit for transport


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk