PROTESTS??? FBI? US Marshals? Folsom? All of this in the same article makes me wonder where the CIA fits into all this. Anyway, thanx fer da lulz Sara, let us know when you have some news to report.
Perhaps a better example of what a mobil trailer can be used for (as well as other radio technology) is this Radio Resource Magazine: OnlyOnline
To have network access in Pensacola, Fla., the Louisiana State Police deployed a LWIN mobile tower with the help of the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association (LSA). “The tower offers so many capabilities, we asked [the USCG] to tell us what they wanted it to do, and we did it,” said Chuck Hurst, task force coordinator, LSA. The tower was used to connect command and control centers throughout the region.
The SWAT operation and fire probably could work well using a normal command post operation (possibly one for SWAT and another for FD operations with coordination between the two) while the gulf oil spill disaster was so wide spread it needed very wide area communication between many different agencies.