[Scan-DC] MPD P25

[John M. Nash]

Good morning.  I do appreciate David Schoenberger's report on MPD's new
digital system.  I am surprised on how fast DC implemented the switchover
with very little fanfare.

I finally got the system programmed on my BC785D last night based on Dave's
reporting. I wonder if they will establish talkgroups to replace the
Citywide, SOD, and the old Command/Station channels.

I am also surprised on the radio discipline now being employed between
officers and dispatchers.  There seems actually to be actual dispatching
going on as opposed to the "free wheeling" approach taken before when units
would cut each other off, assignments were given to any unit that would
answer, and a general rudeness and chaotic situation ruled.

Regards,

John Nash
McLean VA