[ScanIndiana] Bloomington Hospital and BPD "Rolidex"

[Scott Smith]

Kevin, 
          I work for Bloomington City Fire and sit on the CAD committee, I am sure. I am also the communications officer for the fire dept. Bloomington Police is using cerulean, but it is operating over thier main UHF frequency, which is also thier main voice channel. The MDTs have very limited info on them, ie; running plates and instant messaging, and have very limited coverage due to being on the UHF frequency. They have many "dead spots". We have looked at other options, but as it stands now Bloomington does not have reliable CDPD coverage. We are actually considering ways we can install our own city wide network, working off of fixed towers. As you can imagine, that is a very expensive proposition. We continue to work to get our CAD online that was slated to be online last fall. It is getting very close, and I would expect a late spring or early summer launch. Hope this info helps. 
 
Scott Smith
 Kevin Ratcliff <redfire167@hotmail.com> wrote:Scott,

Are you sure they are sending MDT data over their main voice frequency? I 
was told a few years ago that Bloomington PD had an encrypted Cellular 
Digital Packet Data (CDPD) system called Cerulean PacketCluster Patrol.

Kevin
KB9MQU

From: Scott Smith 
You may also hear short beep or tone sounds on thier main frequency. This is 
data being transmitted to and from thier MDTs.


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