Does the state of WV have a particular company contracted to install and service this system throughout the state or does each county use their own?.......
The reason I'm asking is that I am trying to figure out why Ohio County decided to "do their own thing" even though it was reported in all the local media outlets last year that they were going to go to a new modern 400mhz system that would enable them to talk to anybody via radio throughout the state.
Well obviously they chose not to employ the wvirp system contrary to what they reported to us taxpayers. and I know that Ohio County deals exclusivly with Staleys Comms. and therefore I believe that If they were to go with the wvirp, they may have been forced to use the state of WV's contractor and not Staleys...
So what do you think here... Could this be why the Ohio County Commission chose to waste our money on a separate (POS) system that is not compatible with any other user in the state?... here is a couple articles I found.... read where it says:
City of Wheeling police and firefighters currently use an 800-MHz radio system. Ohio County Administrator Greg Stewart noted the 450-MHz system already is being used by several other counties across the state. He hopes other Northern Panhandle counties also will upgrade to the digital system.
“I would like it if down the road — if they need to upgrade their system — they revisit joining the statewide program,” Stewart said of the city of Wheeling.
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/504938.html?nav=515
http://theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/507736.html?nav=515
I am just trying to figure out what the deal is here...