Peterborough, ONT - $2.6-million bid accepted for city police radio contract

[Thunderbolt]

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. -- City police officers could have individually issued radios under a new deal approved by city council Monday night.

$2.6-million bid accepted for city police radio contract - Peterborough Examiner - Ontario, CA

 

[Jay911]

Is that another EDACS system I hear going away?

Harris wins - it remains to be seen if that means P25 or BrokenSky. Hopefully the former.

 

[randyf]

here is a link to peterborough council minutes of meeting regarding radios http://eagenda.city.peterborough.on.ca/sirepub/cache/0/xgyyfreqzkmuds45wacls455/322911

 

[Jay911]

Link broken. I went to city.peterborough.on.ca and found agenda info from the Committee of the Whole which said no more than "Recommend awarding of the winning bid for the RFP for the Peterborough Lakeside Police Service radio system" or similar.

 

[Forts]

I would expect for a smaller agency like that it would be a P25 system of some flavour.

 

[DaveH]

Did anyone catch the part about the possibility of Peterborough EMS, MNR, and OPP
using the system? <scratches head>.

Dave

 

[Forts]

I read that as they will actually have some spare radios now that could be used by outside agencies if needed. JFO operations and such perhaps. Beyond that it doesn't make much sense...

 

[IdleMonitor]

Perhaps cross patched common channels like what Fleetnet already has in place.

Did anyone catch the part about the possibility of Peterborough EMS, MNR, and OPP
using the system? <scratches head>.

Dave

 

[Jay911]

Yeah, I would imagine that there is next to no interoperability between the SmartZone and an AEGIS system.