Mixed signals: Why a $7 billion federal program won't get police and firefighters talking

摘要

The city of Winchester, at the northern gateway to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, has a population of 26,000, lots of history and not a lot of money to spend on its emergency communications. But new federal rules required the city to upgrade the aging radio dispatch gear much of it more than 25 years old - that serves its small fire and police departments.