[TrunkCom] NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT Proposes UHF Trunk System

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NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT Proposes UHF Trunk System.

 NCPD proposes to construct and operate a new land mobile radio communications system that
will operate on frequencies in the 500-506 MHz band (TV channel 19) throughout Nassau
County.   The proposed system will consist of four base stations, thirty trunked 12.5 kHz
voice channels, five conventional channels for tactical use, and twelve mobile data
channels.  Nassau County, located on Long Island and near the center of the New York
metropolitan area, borders New York City to the west, Suffolk County to the east, and
covers over 285 square miles.  NCPD is one of the Nation�s ten largest police departments,
with over 2,800 officers and approximately 4,000 total staff providing law enforcement and
emergency medical services throughout Nassau County.   NCPD�s current land mobile radio
system consists of approximately 2,000 radio units (500 mobile and 1,500 portable)
operating on eleven channels in the 477-481 MHz band (TV channel 15).

The FCC granted the necessary wavier yesterday-