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CALEXICO — For the past few months, Calexico Police Department traffic controllers have been utilizing push-to-talk radios that have benefited the department in several ways.
The radios replaced Motorola radios that were not connected to the local Regional Communication Services system that the city’s police, Fire Department and public safety dispatchers are connected to, thereby expanding the city’s interoperable communication services.
The radios, supplied by AT&T through its FirstNet system, also can be utilized by patrol officers in the event that the Regional Communication Services (RCS) becomes inoperable, thereby providing the department with a backup emergency communication system…
