Sheriff’s office installs new radio system

By XAVIER ZARAGOZA
The Douglas Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:47 PM MDT


The Cochise County Sheriff’s Department has installed a radio system that will ensure that radios from different manufactures are able to communicate with one another.


 “This was a great opportunity and we seized upon it immediately,” said Larry Dever, the Cochise County Sheriff.  “Safe and secure radio communication in the border environment is a must and has long been a unique challenge. This system greatly enhances the ability of agents to do their jobs more effectively in this sometimes hostile environment.”

This simulcast radio system will be implemented throughout a three-site county area and according to Pablo Duarte, Communications Engineer for the Cochise County Information Technology Department, “the install went smoothly and the outstanding coverage specifically along the border has far exceeded our expectations.”

    The simulcast system is a digital communication standard that has been developed to ensure that radio systems from different manufacturers are able to communicate with each other and it has a strong encryption protocol that makes communications more secure.

       The Sheriff’s Office was in the market to upgrade the task force radio system in order to provide better and more secure radio coverage when Tait Communications offered the opportunity to be one of the first law enforcement agencies in the nation to implement and test their system. 

     The offer was made at a substantial savings compared to other system manufacturers and Cochise County had prior knowledge of the products and effectiveness of the Tait product after having previously procured a VHF analog simulcast system that is being utilized by many public safety agencies county wide. 

      The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Border Alliance Group now has a 21st century communications system that provides additional safety and security while enforcing the law and completing their missions, Dever said.

   

 

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Comments

    St. David reader wrote on Oct 22, 2008 10:07 PM:

    " Wasn't this radio system installed months ago? Funny how we're hearing about it now, just days before the election. This reporter should challenge Sheriff Dever, the IT department, and the Board of Supervisors to document the dates of this project and then explain why we're hearing about it now. "

    Skeptical wrote on Oct 22, 2008 1:44 PM:

    " I take note that there are no dates attributed to anything in this article and to that fact that it is less than two weeks until the general election. I think this "news" was held for a long time to help counter the Hager mess. "

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