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Combing the woods on a call for shots fired, Sgt. Robert Mitchell has two invaluable tools to protect himself and the residents he swore to protect: his gun and his radio.
The sergeant was relieved to hear the County Council recently approved new radios with better reception for first responders. Sgt. Mitchell sometimes deals with scratchy reception on his beat in rural southeastern Volusia County.
“It makes for a very challenging circumstance when you can’t transmit what’s going on to everyone around you,” said the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office sergeant. He explained, most complaints of gun fire are hunters too close to a residence…
