I am posting this because of Pa's efforts/problems with deploying Open Sky.
Bob WB3DYE
You paid for it, so where is it?
It all looked great on paper: a high-tech communications system called "OpenSky" that would let Milwaukee police, fire, EMS, all first responders, talk to each other when every second counts. The price tag: about $15 million.
"I think we've spent enough without a doubt," said Alderman Willie Hines, President of the Milwaukee Common Council. "That product should be operating and performing for us."
But it doesn't, at least not completely. Police officers can hook up laptop computers and hard-wired radios in their squad cars to the system, but the handheld radios first responders rely on tanked in a recent round of live tests.
"It became clear that we were having problems with dead spots and some operator problems that were certainly distressing our police officers and creating an environment where they felt unsafe," explained Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn following those tests in November 2008.
You Paid for It: OpenSky Still Offline | Today's TMJ4 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Weather, Sports, WTMJ | I-Team
Bob WB3DYE
You paid for it, so where is it?
It all looked great on paper: a high-tech communications system called "OpenSky" that would let Milwaukee police, fire, EMS, all first responders, talk to each other when every second counts. The price tag: about $15 million.
"I think we've spent enough without a doubt," said Alderman Willie Hines, President of the Milwaukee Common Council. "That product should be operating and performing for us."
But it doesn't, at least not completely. Police officers can hook up laptop computers and hard-wired radios in their squad cars to the system, but the handheld radios first responders rely on tanked in a recent round of live tests.
"It became clear that we were having problems with dead spots and some operator problems that were certainly distressing our police officers and creating an environment where they felt unsafe," explained Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn following those tests in November 2008.
You Paid for It: OpenSky Still Offline | Today's TMJ4 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Weather, Sports, WTMJ | I-Team
