Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Radio bond question: Needed fix or bailout?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:37:22 -0400

Radio bond question: Needed fix or bailout? 

By Tony Davis 
ARIZONA DAILY STAR

April 25, 2004

A Sheriff's Department radio system isn't working 
properly after more than four years of service, causing 
tens of thousands of deputy calls to go unheard and 
delaying many more calls, sheriff's officials say. 

Today, more than 1,200 times weekly and more than 
62,000 times a year, department calls don't reach any 
of their intended recipients, reach only some recipients 
or get through partially, according to a September 2003 
position paper from Sheriff Clarence Dupnik promoting 
the new, regional radio system. 
 
Now, with a $92 million bond issue on the line for a 
much larger regional radio communications system 
serving nearly 30 public safety agencies, the older 
system has become a selling point for the new system's 
supporters. 
 
But it has also become a flash point for critics, who say 
the Sheriff's Department failed to properly hold its 
contractor accountable for the current system's failings 
and now wants to be "bailed out." 
 
Voters will decide May 18 on the $92 million radio system. 
It is part of Question 3 that would spend $183 million for 
public safety and justice facilities. 

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/dailystar/19480.php

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