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Dodge County committee kicks off countywide radio study to fix coverage and interoperability gaps
Summary
Dodge County’s Public Safety Radio Communications Committee on Tuesday launched a 90‑day study by TUSA Consulting to map coverage shortfalls, inventory radios and propose tower and system options to improve public‑safety communications, with a draft report and stakeholder meetings planned for mid‑July.
Members of the Dodge County Public Safety Radio Communications Committee on Tuesday opened a formal study of the county’s public‑safety radio system, commissioning TUSA Consulting to produce coverage maps, an inventory of radios and equipment, and conceptual budgets for potential system upgrades.
The study, which TUSA said would take about 90 days, aims to identify coverage “shortfalls” in areas including Waupun, Columbus and Watertown, catalog subscriber radios and consoles, and recommend tower or system changes to improve interoperability among local, county and state agencies.
Dean, a consultant with TUSA Consulting, told the committee the firm will gather data with online surveys, face‑to‑face interviews and site inspections of tower locations and dispatch centers. “Coverage is what you’re buying. It’s what’s king,” Dean said, describing the firm’s approach of pairing drive‑test measurements with user input.
The county’s sheriff, speaking about day‑to‑day operations, described persistent interoperability problems between agencies using…
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