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Council reviews radio purchases, police radio encryption and a regional dispatch study memorandum of understanding
Summary
Council heard staff briefings on fire department radio purchases, a proposed multi-jurisdiction study on consolidating 911 dispatch services, and a police radio encryption retrofit to reduce public scanner access.
Town public safety staff presented three related communications items: a budgeted purchase of new mobile and portable radios/video equipment for the fire department via a state contract with Motorola; a proposed four‑party memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly fund a study into consolidating emergency dispatch services with Murfreesboro, La Vergne and Rutherford County; and a plan to encrypt police department radio traffic and retrofit consoles with NASSCOM to prevent public monitoring of sensitive communications.
Fire Chief Goss said the radio purchase is included in the…
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