I do not have all the details so I can not be specific, but be advised this new paper article also does not state all the facts. There were a lot of recomendations made by motorola to the city about the system that the city ignored or never got around to addressing. There were also issues with verizon and some T1 links that caused problems. The article does go into another important matter about the officers needing more training on the radios and the system which was also never addressed by the city officials which contributed to a lot of confusion on the part of officers and fire dept personel.
The above does not mean there are no problems with the two systems(fire & pd), but there seems to be plenty of blame to go around which does not seem to be highlighted in the article.