Posted on Tuesday, 4th May 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
“I have young men and women who go into burning buildings,” Salter said. “What if they are in there and can’t hear a call to evacuate the building because it is about to collapse? I am not going to go knock on a door and tell someone, ‘I’m sorry, your son or daughter is dead [...]
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Posted on Friday, 23rd April 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
I don’t have time for commentary as I post this, but I wanted to make sure you seen it. I-Team Exclusive: Opensky Clearing Up A TODAY’s TMJ4 I-Team exclusive. Seven years and $17 million a high-tech digital radio system called Opensky that still doesn’t work right. Critics say the problems put police and the public [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 20th April 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
Alderman Bob Donovan is calling for the city to tap into its Emergency Fund to help supply our police officers with hand-held radios that actually work, unlike the new Open Sky radios. This is a plan that has been in the works, but will take two years to supply enough radios for all officers. Unfortunately, [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 28th March 2010 by BadgerBlogger Staff
Badger Blogger has extensively covered the situation with the Milwaukee Police Department’s Open Sky radio system. The issue has drawn the attention of radio enthusiasts/bloggers, MPD officers, City Hall and some of the conventional media. We recently received a copy of a report from MPD Chief Flynn to the Milwaukee Common Council on the status [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 23rd March 2010 by Bruce
Patrick’s been doing an excellent job with both reporting and follow-up to problems with Milwaukee PD’s conversion to the OpenSky digital radio system. And this morning comes word from WTMJ-AM’s John Jagler, who has also been dogging this story since it first came on the radar, that Milwaukee Police Department Sergeant Willie Murphy has been [...]
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Posted on Monday, 22nd March 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
Once again, I was passed something from a frustrated Milwaukee police officer regarding the failed OpenSky radio system that has cost taxpayers over $17 million. This was posted in response to several officer complaint postings. I found it quite stunning, officers were basically told to quit bitching, adapt to the “short fall” and go do [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 20th March 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
In another update on the Milwaukee Police Departments attempt to get their new radio system to work, we learn that the city of Milwaukee taxpayers will borrow another million dollars to throw at the problem. Panel recommends borrowing for troubled police radio system This radio system is already millions of dollars over budget and 5 [...]
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Posted on Friday, 12th March 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
Someone within the Milwaukee Police Department tipped me off to this posting on an internal MPD website. During sub w/gun call at Washington High School, responding squads were unable to communicate with other units onscene or dispatch. Squads onscene either were unable to transmit, or what they were able to transmit was so garbled it [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th March 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
Original posting, Mar 6, 2010 A month ago, the Milwaukee Police Department switched to the OpenSky radio system. This system has been controversial and plagued with problems everywhere it has been tried, and in some cases such as New York canceling a $1 billion contract, it was a total failure. The Milwaukee Police Department has [...]
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Posted on Friday, 26th February 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
MKEScan is reporting that the Milwaukee Fire Department may begin installing the OpenSky radio system. This is the same system that Milwaukee police officers have been complaining about since it was forced on them. A system that doesn’t work when they need it most. Now city leadership is going to send our Fire Fighters into [...]
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