Radio System Still Suffers From Glitches

The Milwaukee (Wisc.) Police Department is still working to upgrade its radio system to digital technology, five years after M/A-COMM installed the system, and faces a complete replacement of its comm center consoles, which will be obsolete by 2012. A long article in the Journal Sentinel newspaper says the system is over-budget and behind schedule. However, Harris Corp., who purchased M/A-COMM earlier this year, said it’s committed to making the system work, including upgrading the consoles. You’ll recall that several other jurisdictions have had problems with M/A-COMM systems, including New York state. Read more here.