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County officials outline multi‑county radio upgrade; project core, fiber and interoperability emphasized
Summary
Sheriff’s Office and county partners described a multi‑county public safety radio upgrade using Motorola Astro 25 core technology, fiber backhaul from the Southern Tier Network and national interoperability channels; the project is grant-funded and includes redundancies and remote monitoring features, officials said.
Deputy Undersheriff Doug Hooper briefed the committee on Jan. 27 about a multi‑county public safety radio project that will replace aging UHF/VHF analog systems with a single, shared Astro 25 core, fiber backhaul and new tower and monitoring infrastructure.
Hooper said the four‑county system will include Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben counties and Allegany County (listed in the project materials as a participating county). He said the core will be built in Steuben County and each county will share that core, which runs Motorola’s Astro 25 system — a widely used digital public‑safety platform.
Key project features Hooper described include a…
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