I'm told the Town of Chester did keep the 800 radios in the cars though.
Orange County is so backwards with their comms it just amazes me. Town of Chester on VHF, Village on 800 EDACS. Same for Town of Blooming Grove on 800 EDACS and Village of Washingtonville on VHF. What happens when the village calls the town for back up and they are both out of the car on portable....one on 800 and the other on VHF and they can see each other but can't talk.
So the village now pays a monthly subscriber fee per radio when they could stick with VHF and have direct comms with their primary back up agency. I can hit MRD Schunnemunk from anywhere in the village indoors with 1 watt and a wet noodle !!!
Off my soapbox now....