Westfield Joining Safe-T

[khthomas1008]

The Westfield Police Department is currently participating in the Project Hoosier Safe-T, (Safety Acting for Everyone-Together). This program supplies hand held portable radios and other communications equipment to local agencies. The goal is to help ensure that public safety agencies, (fire and police), at the federal, state and local levels can all communicate more effectively and greatly enhance the response of additional and appropriate agencies in the event of a serious or catastrophic event.

The system is funded and supported by the Integrated Public Safety Commission, (IPSC).
The Commission is currently working with federal, state and local agencies to implement this program and is responsible for the construction of towers and controllers throughout the state. This program does not affect or interfere with the existing local communications or dispatch centers.

Radios and equipment acquired through this program may someday replace inadequate, obsolete and incompatible communications equipment for all types of routine and emergency incidents.

The Westfield Police Department will soon be issuing the hand held portable radios in the near future to officers as soon as some initial training has been completed. Additionally, the Westfield Police Department is the first law enforcement agency in Hamilton County to issue and utilize these types of radios throughout the department.

 

[GTO_04]

where did you see that? This is quite a surprise. What about Noblesville PD, who does the dispatching for Westfield?

GTO_04

 

[KC9NEG]

More TG's to find.. what fun. Wonder if they're testing...

Todd/Indy

 

[Viper43]

Westfield has HAD TG's for some time. And the HH's are not supplied, the department gets Federal and state grants for the radios.

V

 

[Viper43]

FYI - why find em... here they are

Hamilton County Talkgroups

DEC HEX Mode Display Description
7056 1b9 D 29-HAMSH-INV County Sheriff Investigations
7072 1ba D 29-HAMCO-OPS1 County Operations 1
7088 1bb D 29-HAMCO-OPS2 County Operations 2
7104 1bc D 29-HAMCO-OPS3 County Operations 3
37152 912 D 29-WPD-DISP Westfield Police Dispatch
37168 913 D 29-WPD-OPS1 Westfield Police Operations 1
37184 914 D 29-WPD-OPS2 Westfield Police Operations 2
37200 915 D 29-WPD-INV Westfield Police Investigations
37216 916 D 29-WFD-DISP Westfield Fire Dispatch
37232 917 D 29-WFD-FG1 Westfield Fireground 1
37248 918 D 29-WFD-FG2 Westfield Fireground 2
37264 919 D 29-WFD-EMS Westfield EMS Operations
37280 91a D 29-WES-CITY Westfield City-Wide

straight from the databse

V

 

[W9NES]

Kyle,I got the same infomation.

 

[Viper43]

You guys are all late, they have been on the air a while now. Whoever wrote that release though sounds like a media type thats got no clue.

V

 

[KC9NEG]

Well, ain't RR great? They were in my PSR-500 all along.

Todd/Indy

 

[zerobleu]

What's the source of this information? As Viper said, those talk groups have been around a long time.

Edit:

Ok, I located the source...

http://www.westfield.in.gov/egov/docs/1195152925_226837.pdf

Defiantly interesting... I wonder to what extent they are 'participating' in the project.

 

[Viper43]

Yeah, especially since the TG's have been active foe a month or two at least. I know they have had the TF's since February or there about.

V

 

[GTO_04]

What's the source of this information? As Viper said, those talk groups have been around a long time.

Edit:

Ok, I located the source...

http://www.westfield.in.gov/egov/docs/1195152925_226837.pdf

Defiantly interesting... I wonder to what extent they are 'participating' in the project.

Interesting link!

It seems to give out conflicting impressions. First it says:

"This program does not affect or interfere with the existing local communications or dispatch centers."

That seems to indicate that the radios are supplemental and not a replacement for an existing system. They might be used to communicate with ISP in the even of a natural disaster or some other type of emergency where mutual aid is required, either from ISP and /or Boone County.

But then it goes on to say this:

"Radios and equipment acquired through this program may someday replace inadequate, obsolete and incompatible communications equipment for all types of routine and emergency incidents."

And that gives the impression it may replace an existing system, and be used for routine operations, not just emergency situations where mutal aid from ISP and/or Boone County is required.

So it could be interpreted either way. I did hear Carmel PD on SAFE-T several months ago when a major golf tournament came to town, but that was just their base station and seemed to be only temporary.

Good work finding that!

GTO_04

 

[ind224]

GE vs Mot

Very easy to conclude what has happened. Just as Carmel had their own GE and finally joined with the rest of HC, now the dawning of SAFE t being a MOT system has hit HC (all GE) with a very basic truth.

While they can patch, they know Batwing rules the rest of the world. It will only be a matter of time before all HC is SAFE t and like other agencies I can see some TG like parks and buses being analog.

LCN has always made me sick.

 

[Viper43]

LCN isn't the problem, the problem is Hamilton Co did the EDACS on the cheap and got what they paid for, a noisy system that doesn't have full county coverage.

V

 

[SCPD]

Very easy to conclude what has happened. Just as Carmel had their own GE and finally joined with the rest of HC, now the dawning of SAFE t being a MOT system has hit HC (all GE) with a very basic truth.

While they can patch, they know Batwing rules the rest of the world. It will only be a matter of time before all HC is SAFE t and like other agencies I can see some TG like parks and buses being analog.

LCN has always made me sick.

I would not get your hopes up to much on all of Hamilton County going Safe T I was told that Hamilton County is building a new system not sure what yet. At 106th and Hazel Dell in Carmel Indiana there is a new wierd looking tower going up when I saw the guys working on it I stoped and talked to them they said it was for the new hamilton County Communications system when I ask more about it they guy got rude and said I would need to contact the Hamilton County Communications Center. If I could get pictures to upload here I have pictures of the new tower. Has any one heard any more about it? I was also told they are combining all the countys communication in one building in one central location.

Westfeild has been on Safe T for a while now and RR has had those ID's listed

 

[Viper43]

Unfortunately the news I hear is that Hamilton Co is going to EDACS digital, hopefully they will come to their senses and get on SAFET instead, but everyone knows that some govenrment enriries have to do their own thing, even at the expense of everyone around them. Look at Carmel & Fishers always going after someone elses land even if they don't want to be apart of those towns, Hamilton Co. is led by a bunch of ME clowns who care nothing about anyone else, or whether the system will work or how much it costs. Common sense is above and beyond those in control.

V