Marshall county P25

[kib669]

I think this is a great ideal. The other day the KSP London post had problems trying to get a hold of Corbin PD by landline it was down. Ksp dispatch said switch over and yell at corbin dispatch for me and Ksp troopers responded by saying that they couldn't now because they were digital NEXEDGE. They are UHF now just Nexedge instead of P-25 I mean if things got really bad and they needed to talk to each other then I think it would a **** out of luck type deal. Also barbourville PD tried to reach Harlan KSP post during the floods on 453.300 to no response from Harlan KSP post.

It is great in theory, but it does not solve interoperability. The examples you provided are a perfect demonstration of that.

1) KSP communications with local agencies: The only way that KSP troopers can communicate with local agencies is through additional radios in the cars. They are not allowed to have any frequencies other than KSP in their UHF P25 radios. I know the Calloway County Sheriff had to give the troopers in his area an additional UHF radio so they could communicate on his system. More than anything, this is a planning, preperation and training problem than technology.

2) The instance of Barbourville contacting KSP: This is exactly the plan that has been put together for interoperability within the state and it still did not work. Again, an example of preperation and training has failed, not issues with diverse technology.

 

[mastr]

It is great in theory, but it does not solve interoperability. The examples you provided are a perfect demonstration of that.

1) KSP communications with local agencies: The only way that KSP troopers can communicate with local agencies is through additional radios in the cars. They are not allowed to have any frequencies other than KSP in their UHF P25 radios. I know the Calloway County Sheriff had to give the troopers in his area an additional UHF radio so they could communicate on his system. More than anything, this is a planning, preperation and training problem than technology.

You make a good point. Many people do not understand that interoperability might come at a cost of using a different system, frequency or even a different radio than the one you use for routine operations. If they have those frequencies/radios, they are almost never tested on a regular basis. Sheriffs, Local PDs etc. often supply radios to other agencies to avoid having to leave their own system.

2) The instance of Barbourville contacting KSP: This is exactly the plan that has been put together for interoperability within the state and it still did not work. Again, an example of preperation and training has failed, not issues with diverse technology.

I halfway agree, could have easily been poor training or preparation, or could have been the Post was busy on the primary channels as well. Good chance of a technical failure too, there is a little more to talking to a Post than getting "on 453.300", in fact I don't know of a single KSP Post that has a receiver on 453.300 Mhz. in FM mode. I have talked (in person) to many people who have that frequency in a mobile or portable and have never tested it to see if it actually works.