< I think you may be misunderstanding that. CalOES runs the state radio systems, including CHP.
What do you mean that OES runs the CHP systems? Do you mean that they (OES) oversees the everyday management of the system and decides how to meet the CHP Operational requirements?
That is totally far from being correct. The CHP has a large administrative staff that oversees and manages their own requirements.
A couple decades ago, the Department of General Services (DGS) was responsible for providing telecommunications engineering and technician services to the State Agencies. These Engineers and Technicians worked in the old Telecommunications Division.
Governor Schwarzenegger had a vision of consolidating several state agencies to reduce the size of State Government and he took the Telecommunications Division away from DGS and put them under the OES management and that included the State's Public Safety Microwave System. At one-time, there was a consideration that the Engineers and Technicians would be managed by the CHP.
The State's largest Agencies, such as the CHP, has their own communications management staffs. The small agencies do not have any communications management staff so they seek the services of the OES now.
The CHP staff decides what is best for their agency and dictate their communications needs to now, OES, and OES staff will engineer whatever they need to engineer to make the change, improvement, etc. The CHP works closely with OES and the CHP essentially tells OES what they need and OES just engineers and/or fixes and repairs.
In so far as CRIS goes, the OES engineering is overseeing the design and implementation of the new Statewide System and the CHP works right along side of OES. The CHP's part in this endeavor is to make sure that the CHP communications needs are met and provide whatever assistance and testing that the OES Engineers need. Its a partnership.
Back in the early 2000's the CHP was very vocal that the CHP Radio system sucked and went to Governor Schwarzenegger to ask for immediate help and that was how the CPVE program got started as an interim fix for the CHP and that got the CRIS ball rolling because the CHP wasn't the only agency with an out-dated radio system and radio inter-operability with everyone was the main buzz word in those days.
What do you mean that OES runs the CHP systems? Do you mean that they (OES) oversees the everyday management of the system and decides how to meet the CHP Operational requirements?
That is totally far from being correct. The CHP has a large administrative staff that oversees and manages their own requirements.
A couple decades ago, the Department of General Services (DGS) was responsible for providing telecommunications engineering and technician services to the State Agencies. These Engineers and Technicians worked in the old Telecommunications Division.
Governor Schwarzenegger had a vision of consolidating several state agencies to reduce the size of State Government and he took the Telecommunications Division away from DGS and put them under the OES management and that included the State's Public Safety Microwave System. At one-time, there was a consideration that the Engineers and Technicians would be managed by the CHP.
The State's largest Agencies, such as the CHP, has their own communications management staffs. The small agencies do not have any communications management staff so they seek the services of the OES now.
The CHP staff decides what is best for their agency and dictate their communications needs to now, OES, and OES staff will engineer whatever they need to engineer to make the change, improvement, etc. The CHP works closely with OES and the CHP essentially tells OES what they need and OES just engineers and/or fixes and repairs.
In so far as CRIS goes, the OES engineering is overseeing the design and implementation of the new Statewide System and the CHP works right along side of OES. The CHP's part in this endeavor is to make sure that the CHP communications needs are met and provide whatever assistance and testing that the OES Engineers need. Its a partnership.
Back in the early 2000's the CHP was very vocal that the CHP Radio system sucked and went to Governor Schwarzenegger to ask for immediate help and that was how the CPVE program got started as an interim fix for the CHP and that got the CRIS ball rolling because the CHP wasn't the only agency with an out-dated radio system and radio inter-operability with everyone was the main buzz word in those days.
