HomeMy WebLinkAboutRadio Link-1995 Radio link is cops' newest tool
Sy Darrell Johnson has been credited with providing faster obtained instantly.
response to the public with increased of- Seminole County commissioners have
Seminole County lawenforcementagen- ficer safety and using state-of-the-art in- given tentative approval to spend the$2
cies are one step closer to becoming part of formation processing systems never avail- million to purchase and install the commu-
a statewide public safety communications able before. nications system.Funding will likely come
network considered the most sophisticated The high-tech 800 MHz digital radios from a bbnd issue.
in the world. and dispatch equipment were developed "I can't think of a single event hat will
, The Florida Cabinet agreed in December by Motorola and are built at their plant in enhance law enforcement services,county
to proceed with a radio system which would Broward County. They provide access to wide,morethanthis,"said Seminole County
link state police agencies in all 67 coun ties. 256 channels,compared to onlytwoprevi- SheriffDonEslinger.
The legislature will be asked to fund the ously. The sheriff's department has been oper-
project during its 1995 session,which be- The result would be direct communica- ating on an 800 MHz system since the late
gins in March. lion between an officer in,say,Key West, 1980s,Eslinger pointed out.The addition
The pilotprogram,whichwascompleted with Seminole Countypersonnel.Informs- to the statewide network will bring Oviedo,
last June, currently links five state law tion in the massive law enforcement corn- Winter Springs, Altamonte Springs and
enforcement agencies in south Florida.It puter files in Tallahassee could also be Casselberry into direct car-to-carcommu-
- -- - - - nication with each other and with sheriff's
deputies.
Before,local police had to go through
their department's radio network to com-
municate with deputies or state police.In
Rites held for emergencies,police from all agencies re-
sponding to the same incident will now be
Lorena able to communicate directly and instantly.
Eslinger said that one radio in each car
Thornburgh of local police departments will be to
Funeral services were on Tues- all other vehicles for emergency broad-
day for Lorena M. Thornburgh, casts.
82,who died Dce.31.She lived in He hopes to have the system installed
Hacienda Villege in Winter and working by October 1995.
Springs.
Mrs.Thornburgh was a home-
maker.She was a nativeofEvans-
ville, Ind.,and moved to Winter
Springs in 1980.
She is survived by a daughter,
Theresa Maupin of Winter
Springs; three sons,Christopher
Thornburgh of Altamonte Springs, Q5. 67 0 5'
Gregory Thornburgh ofport Char-
lotte,and Charles Thornburgh of
Atlanta;a brother,Alvin Schiffof
Evansville;a sister,Leora Laugel
of Evansville;nine grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.