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Polk County plans tower replacement, school radio amplifiers with Raycom to shore up public‑safety coverage
Summary
County leaders heard Raycom and sheriff’s office officials describe an 11‑site radio network, plans to install bi‑directional amplifiers in schools with SROs and replace a structurally unsound tower using $1.8M in reserved 911 surcharge funds; a resolution is ready for board consideration.
Polk County supervisors heard a presentation from Raycom and the sheriff’s office describing plans to replace an aging radio tower and install bi‑directional amplifiers (BDAs) in school buildings that have school resource officers.
The sheriff told the board the county’s radio dispatch serves roughly 28 agencies and that the county has invested in a multi‑site radio system that now includes about 11 towers. Mike Miller, a Raycom representative, said the county has about 1,500 radios and that the system handles large call volumes — figures the presentation summarized as about 142,586 administrative calls with roughly 61,775 of those emergency calls; radios on the network average many push‑to‑talks per month, Miller said.
Miller described…
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