The city of Phoenix recently participated in the historic, multi-agency live
testing of a prototype radio communications gateway connecting existing
regional public safety communications systems to each other.
The testing was a collaborative effort involving the Arizona Department of
Public Safety (DPS), the Phoenix Regional Wireless Network (PRWN), the Yuma
Regional Communications System (YRCS) and Motorola, Inc. The test was initiated
by the Arizona Public Safety Communications Commission (PSCC) Statewide
Radio System Demonstration Project and funded through a combination of local,
state and federal funding streams.
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DALLAS -- At 10:32 a.m., a notice went out to police officials that the computer systems for the Dallas Police Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue had shut down. Both departments have gone to dispatching manually.

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Purcell, Ok -- An interoperability plan to get emergency providers along side state agencies is being initiated by the Oklahoma Department of Homeland Security. The Purcell Fire Department and police department will soon be hooked into the state’s 800 megahertz system.

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RadioReference.com and Scanner Master Corp. Renew and Extend their
Partnership

RadioReference.com, the Web's premier resource for radio communications
information, and Scanner Master, the nation's oldest and largest
Scanner-only dealer, today announced the renewal and extension of their
joint-marketing partnership.

Through this partnership, the most comprehensive line of scanners,
software, antennas and communications-monitoring accessories, sourced
from around the world, are offered to the world's largest online
community of two-way radio users. RadioReference is also developing
exciting new products services which will be marketed through Scanner
Master starting later year.

Richard Barnett, president of Scanner Master Corp., remarked, "Our
partnership with RadioReference.com is our most important. It allows us
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Tonight the Danville, VA city council agreed to spend $64,700 to establish a microwave communications link between the City of Danville Virginia and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol's Viper Radio System. This cross-state-lines communications link is funded by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.