Monday, 20th September 2010.

MPD officer injured, other first responders left wondering — OpenSky failure

Posted on Wednesday, 1st September 2010 by Patrick Dorwin

This afternoon John (@mkescan) reported that a Milwaukee Police Department motorcycle officer was injured in a crash in the area of 43rd & Lincoln. West Milwaukee police had no idea why MPD squads were racing through their community, thanks to the asinine OpenSky radio system. John suspects, and knowing the area as well as I [...]

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OpenSky & Milwaukee Fire Department

Posted on Thursday, 12th August 2010 by Patrick Dorwin

Citizens for Responsible Government is still digging into the OpenSky radio issue, and have uncovered some interesting documents… The MFD is moving ahead with this failed radio system, even though they themselves conclude that the radios and batteries are, “not intrinsically safe and posed a safety hazard to the Milwaukee Fire Department and the citizens [...]

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Another OpenSky shoe is about to drop

Posted on Wednesday, 30th June 2010 by Patrick Dorwin

Tomorrow morning there will be a press conference regarding the Open Sky radio system that was pressed into use by the Milwaukee Police Department. Even though it is millions of dollars over budget, it still doesn’t work properly. We at BadgerBlogger have been collecting and sharing with you, information from police officers for months, such [...]

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No recession when it comes to government spending money on its self

Posted on Friday, 14th May 2010 by Patrick Dorwin

The taxpayers of Milwaukee are hammered over and over, we are losing jobs left & right, but there is always another plan to spend our tax dollars. During recessionary times, we citizens have to cut back, but they don’t have that problem in government. The latest, the police department wants to update their administration building. [...]

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Barrett gets called out on OpenSky failure

Posted on Wednesday, 12th May 2010 by Patrick Dorwin

This week is National Police Week, and the Republican Party of Wisconsin is calling out Mayor Tom Barrett after he addressed the Wisconsin Professional Police Association. Barrett failed to address OpenSky and the WisGOP is calling him out for his lack of leadership in the failed radio system that is endangering our officers, and soon [...]

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Donovan wants to use city Emergency Fund to speed up radio acquisition for MPD

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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