County Ponders Radio System Future

The original contract that DuPage County (Ill.) officials signed was for $7.1 million, agreeing to pay Motorola for a county-wide public safety radio system. Now those same officials say the final price could be $48 million, and that several local agencies are considering a pull-out because the cost is too high. There are also challenges to link to a M/A-COMM (Harris Corp.) system being built separately by Naperville and Aurora. As an alternative, the county is considering a less expensive plan to join the state-wide radio system, also built by Motorola. Read more about their deliberations here.