Re: Police Comms fall over at G8

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From: Charles Ellson
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:47

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In article <20050706.1703.160134snz@drink.demon.co.uk>
           johndunedin@drink.demon.co.uk "John Hein" writes:

> Just had a phone call from a friend at Gleneagles. He claims that the
> expensive new Airwave system installed for the police has fallen over
> and that the cops are having to pass messages verbally and by mobile
> phones.
> 
I hope you're not waiting for anyone to express surprise. ;-)
HMG have had a long record ("Clansman" radio, was it in the past ?) of 
specifying kit of unproven design rather than finding something that 
works already (e.g. cellular telephones) and tweaking it to fit the
needs.
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