Keep Transmitters On = $$$$

Suffolk (UK) police have been told they can keep five of their radio system’s antena sites turned on…if they come up with $222,000 a year to pay the company that operates the national Airwave police network. The company O2 built the law enforcement radio system in the UK, and says the five antenna sites aren’t needed for full coverage for the Suffolk police. They say the completed system was found to have lots of overlapping radio coverage, which they say was never part of the original contract. But police officials dispute that claim. Jim Keeble, chairman of the Suffolk Police Federation, told a reporter that O2’s plans as an example of “sharp business practice,” and that officer safety would be at issue if the antenna sites are turned off.