Battle Creek Radio Woes

[brey1234]

Battle Creek police officers have filed a formal complaint about the department's ongoing problems with a new $4 million radio system.

"It's pretty bad," Officer Joe Wilder, president of the Police Officers Labor Council, said Tuesday. "There are going to be some bodies we are going to lose."



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[Ejohnsonmfr]

I hear it all the time from some of the officers. They should have listened to the MSP when they were told it was a faulty system. But, I doubt they can go back to the old system, can they? Aren't all agencies supposed to be on 800mHz by 2008?

 

[pogbobo]

what is the issue with their system? dead spots or is it an equipment setup problem? that sucks...

 

[rdale]

The issue is digital use without enough towers... You'll see plenty of info on this in the MI forum.

It is not correct that all agencies need to be digital now, or any time in the next decade...

 

[n4voxgill]

I hear it all the time from some of the officers. They should have listened to the MSP when they were told it was a faulty system. But, I doubt they can go back to the old system, can they? Aren't all agencies supposed to be on 800mHz by 2008?

there is no requirement for any agency to change to 800 MHz ever.