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New radio system operational

Published Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:25:35 PM Central Time

WAKEFIELD -- Michigan State Troopers at the Wakefield Post are now able to utilize the state's new public safety radio system. This state-of-the-art technology, known as Michigan's Public Safety Communications System, has been operational in the Lower Peninsula since 1997. This week, teams of radio technicians are visiting each State Police post to install the new equipment. The new communications technology is replacing the 1940s-era analog radio system currently being utilized in the Upper Peninsula.

U.P. communities have eagerly awaited the arrival of MPSCS as public safety radio communications in many of the regions are in need of vast improvement. The new 800-megahertz digital trunked system provides for clear and secure communication that is designed to provide 97 percent mobile radio coverage statewide.

Now that the Upper and Lower Peninsulas are linked together, members of the system are enjoying full statewide communications inter-operability with state-of-the-art technology at their disposal. They now have the ability to communicate in digital clarity from the Ohio border to the northern tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula.

Troopers are also receiving training on the radio equipment as well as the variety of features it brings to the region. Once all state public safety agencies have received the proper equipment and training, local public safety organizations that have committed to joining the system will be brought online.

Currently, there are 187 public safety agencies with more than 8,700 radios on the system. The introduction of the system to the Upper Peninsula allows the 137 public safety agencies that have expressed interest in the system to join MPSCS.

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