The Edmonton Police Service is looking for 9 million dollars to replace all radios in the upcoming 2012 budget year. Mayor Steve Mandel took at jab at city or EPS officials over the issue aired by CTV Edmonton at 6 last night. He was being told the radios need to be replaced for fear of failure. THe mayor did not seem to be buying that as on official said all the radios could fail.
It's well know EPS wants to encrypt even dispatch comms the result of unauthorized feeds on the internet. The questionable RR feed has been taken down but there is still yeg911. Interesting to want to replace all radios despite the provincial system just a few years away.
Calgary would have a better chance pulling this off due to a failing system but I think Edmonton should allocate the funds for reducing the homocide rate rather than hiding dispatch communications.
It's well know EPS wants to encrypt even dispatch comms the result of unauthorized feeds on the internet. The questionable RR feed has been taken down but there is still yeg911. Interesting to want to replace all radios despite the provincial system just a few years away.
Calgary would have a better chance pulling this off due to a failing system but I think Edmonton should allocate the funds for reducing the homocide rate rather than hiding dispatch communications.