Dallas County Law Enforcement agencies migrated their operations to their new 700MHz simulcast system which operates on the Iowa Statewide Interoperable Communications System (ISICS).
The following is a brief account of how the system was put to use in just a week after the migration:
A 5-year-old child went missing for over 2 hours when multiple law enforcement agencies responded to assist. Agencies, which ranged from the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office deputies and multiple other Dallas County law enforcement agencies to Dallas County Conservation, and State Patrol, would normally have been dealing with multiple separate radio systems that were not compatible to communicate at one time.
With the statewide system functioning, those with new radios were able to easily change to one channel and the others were given new radios that were on hand to allow for a quick response and locating the child.
The new system allowed for efficiency in communications resources by management and allowed for thorough and concise communications which contributed to the child being back with their family safe and sound within a matter of hours. |
