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Josephine County to assess aging sheriff radio system; board approves restored marine funding and OEM grant
Summary
Sheriff Dave Daniel told the Board of County Commissioners on April 2 that intermittent outages and aging equipment have degraded deputy communications; the board authorized a Day Wireless assessment and approved a marine-board amendment and an OEM grant, each by 3–0 votes.
Sheriff Dave Daniel told the Josephine County Board of County Commissioners on April 2 that the county’s radio communications system has experienced intermittent outages, static and degraded links between deputies and dispatch, creating potential public-safety risks, particularly in winter conditions. The board voted 3–0 to authorize a contractor assessment of the system.
The assessment approved by the board will be performed by Day Wireless Systems and, according to the county presentation, includes mountaintop site inspections, equipment-condition evaluations, collection of performance data and development of preliminary cost estimates and timelines for upgrades.…
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