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I caught The Tail end of a news Report That Spokane PD is in the Begining Stages of updating Their Patrol Cars Radios Dose anyone one on The Board Know What Kind of updated Equipment They are Getting ?? :? :o :roll:

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Brian Sewell

I live in Spokane. The city is so broke they recently laid off large numbers of police, fire and other city employees. I doubt they have any money for radio upgrades. I hear not hear anything in the TV or news media.

Gary Webbenhurst
AB7NI

:? I did, and I Heard it Again on Ch 4 its not a Radio upgrade its The Patrol Cars Computer its Going to Alow The Officer to do Fingerprint Checks and a few Other Thing I Can't Remember Right now, 8)

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NOW THE THE BIG QUESTION
WHAT KIND OF COMPUTER IS IT,
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Brian Sewell

Emergency communications measure may go to voters
By MIKE HUFFMAN
Spokane Valley News Herald Managing Editor

It's pretty basic: Call 9-1-1. Wait for help.

It's a pretty good system, too - as long as everything is working.

Therein lies the problem, says Sheriff Mark Sterk.

The sheriff outlined a need to improve the county's aging, decrepit emergency communications network - which is the backbone of the county's 9-1-1 system - last week to local leaders in a joint lunchtime meeting at the Spokane County Cooperative Extension.

The Thursday lunchtime meeting was attended by city councils, mayors and staff from local towns, along with two representatives from the Board of County Commissioners.

The meeting itself was a fairly routine get-together. Often, the local leaders gather and discuss common problems and share significant successes. So it was an ideal environment for the sheriff to make his plea.

A recent independent study concluded it will cost anywhere between $25 million and $43 million to make the necessary improvements.

"We have a real problem," Sterk said. "This isn't going to go away."

While emergency calls would still reach a 9-1-1 operator, dispatcher messages to the appropriate response agency are in jeopardy, the sheriff said.

Analog radio repeaters with worn out antennas in relay stations across the county have created a patchwork system that will begin to fail as it gets older.

The Federal Communications Commission is also modifying the radio frequencies available to law enforcement and fire personnel, which is also a factor in the need for new equipment.

The sheriff proposes a one-tenth of 1-percent increase in sales tax countywide that would generate approximately $6 million a year for up to five years to upgrade. The issue, with the blessing of county commissioners, would go before voters in either September or November.

Bob Williams, fire chief for the city of Spokane, told the governmental leaders that the time to act is now.

"This is a community problem, not a law enforcement problem," he said. "If the system we have comes down, we need a funding mechanism in place. But doing nothing is not an answer."

Sterk was happy with the response he received from local leaders.

"It was a great meeting," he said. "Everyone now knows what the problem is."

The commissioners and cities and towns leaders agreed to meet again in the middle of June to decide on what the next step should be.

:D Thanks for The info :)

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Brian Sewell