RSO Sit Along
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:43 am
I will be doing a sit-along up in Riverside on Friday. Are there any questions that anyone would like to have asked/answered?
Are you gonna sit in at a comm center?temfreqhunter wrote:I will be doing a sit-along up in Riverside on Friday. Are there any questions that anyone would like to have asked/answered?
Funny. I was just coming here to submit my findings when you posted that! So, I'm just going to list things in the order I asked/was able to learn about them:inlandpatch wrote:SO... whats the update?? how was the Sit Along?
temfreqhunter wrote:Funny. I was just coming here to submit my findings when you posted that! So, I'm just going to list things in the order I asked/was able to learn about them:inlandpatch wrote:SO... whats the update?? how was the Sit Along?
-PSAP answers all wireless 911 calls in the county with E911 Phase 2 GPS.
-They still have the same CAD system called "Production" that was written in the '90s!
-- So, still no AVL or similar function
-As we know, all of the day to day talkgroups are encrypted. Dispatchers do not have the ability to change this, that is administered by Motorola and RCIT radio techs.
-- However, there are 2 talkgroups, called "BLUE" and "RED" that are simulcast on each site. This is SORT OF LIKE the RED talkgroup in Orange County, but they will only use it for a coordinated incident (like a vehicle pursuit) that will involve an allied agency, like CHP or SBSO/SDSO.
-All the radio consoles now use a different vendor (not Motorola or M/A Com) for their "radio keyboard" and Motorola Centracom Elite software to manage/switch/patch talkgroups and/or sites.
-From talking to several communications officers, most of the staff does not like the new system, and some have even left because of it. They say that a deputy will step on them, so they can hear it. However, other field units cannot (TDMA hardware).
I probably missed some things in there that some of you wanted to know, so just let me know and I'll try to answer it. On a side note, it was very fun going up there again