FOCUS Upgrade Regional Communications Systems and Infrastructure
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With the safety of its officers at risk and its population increasing more than 69 percent, Chief Sean Hadden of the Murrieta Police Department made improving the radio communi- cations system a top priority. He as- signed Captain Dennis Vrooman and Cris Martinez, the Training and Radio Systems Administrator, to the project. Their responsibility was to determine whether to improve the current sys- tem, develop their own, or join the new Public Safety Enterprise Commu- nications (PSEC) digital system that the County of Riverside developed. Not only was the regional PSEC sys-
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tem state-of-the-art, but since the city of Murrieta borders two contract cities and other areas handled by the Riv- erside County Sheriff’s Department, it would provide seamless interoper- ability between agencies. After con- ducting field tests to verify reception reliability, the Murrieta team chose the PSEC system and was the first agency to go online with Riverside County on July 20, 2015.
Next on Murrieta PD’s list was to assess their infrastructure, includ- ing their two-way radio equipment. Martinez took the lead on this re- search as he had the most technical
and radio knowledge after 31 years of law enforcement experience. Murrieta needed a quad band radio platform for UHF, VHF, 700 and 800 megahertz, as well as situation awareness features. Thus, Martinez selected the Harris Unity XG100 full spectrum radios, which also happened to be the same radios both Riverside and Corona Po- lice Departments were already using. The new state-of-the-art sys- tem and quad band radio equip- ment were a major step forward in protecting personnel, yet a simple thing like radio battery failure could render the entire upgrade prac-
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