Ottawa delaying new radio system for police and fire until 2018

[IdleMonitor]

The Ottawa Police Service and Ottawa Fire Services won’t switch over to a new radio system until some point in 2018 as the city and its contractor continue to resolve the bugs hampering the full rollout.

It means for several more months the two emergency services, which make up a large portion of radio users in Ottawa, will continue using a legacy system that dates back to the mid-1990s and was declared end-of-life in 2015.


City delaying new radio system for police and fire until 2018 | Ottawa Citizen

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[PriorMike]

Wow.

 

[polkaroo]

OMGZORZ OUR RAYDIO SYSTEM IS END OF LIFE AND IT IS ALL ABOUT OCCIFER SAFETY MUST BE REPLACED ASAP!!!!11!!!

... sounds like many rollouts where the old system, where despite "having no replacement parts" is more reliable than the new one. Gotta wonder who's getting some extra presents under the tree come Christmas time. Ahh government contracts where you can consistently overprice and underdeliver without fear.