[Scan-DC] Eagle 1 in Frederick County

[Alan Henney]

Yeah, I agree.  Police are typically certified for every weapon and vehicle
they use.  But how many departments provide certification for the most
important item the officers carry?

Alan


On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:28 AM Bruce Harper <brucebharper at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019, at 1:57 AM Alan wrote:
>
> Ed, I was referring to MSP helicopters on county/municipal radio networks.
> > There's a problem getting the aircrews to communicate effectively.
> >
> > As for Ocean City, there too, I noted the same problem.  At least two of
> > the last three medevac flights this past summer in O.C., the helicopter
> > never made it through to the "Trooper channel" and ended up on the main
> > group or something else.
> >
>
> Things like that should work given the communications equipment now
> available, but it may be a training/"how often do I use this" matter. I do
> search and rescue under the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
> SAR groups across the state have access to several radio frequencies to
> communicate during a search. There have been times that Va. State Troopers
> respond to assist. Their hand-held radios have the SAR frequencies
> programmed in, but several times the troopers had no idea what channel to
> switch to to use them, or even how to change from their main channel. They
> may have had a class on radio usage at the Academy or when issued a new
> radio, but since having to change channels to an obscure one is rare, the
> knowledge may be forgotten. One would think that the comms guys would
> create a simple "cheat sheet" that shows what buttons to push and knobs to
> turn to reach a specific channel.
>
> Bruce in Blacksburg
> -----
>
> Bruce B. Harper
>
> Management Team Member/Search Team Leader
>
> Dispatch Officer
>
> Search and Rescue/Technical Rescue Division
>
> Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad
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