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File #: 040655    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 6/3/2004 In control: Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Authorizing a Joint Hearing for both City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Systems to hold public hearings to investigate the malfunction of the City of Philadelphia's digital radio system which occurred twice: once, on March 25, 2004, at 8:59 P.M., and then on May 18, 2004, at 9:04 P.M.; and, in furtherance of such investigation, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
Sponsors: Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Blackwell, Council President Verna, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Kenney
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9/30/20040 Joint Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
9/30/20040 Joint Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
9/30/20040 Joint Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services RECESSED   Action details Meeting details Not available
7/14/20040 Joint Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
7/14/20040 Joint Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
7/14/20040 Joint Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services RECESSED   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/16/20040 Joint Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/16/20040 Joint Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/16/20040 Joint Committees on Public Safety and Technology & Information Services RECESSED   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/3/20040 CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/3/20040 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/3/20040 CITY COUNCIL IntroducedPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
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Authorizing a Joint Hearing for both City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Systems to hold public hearings to investigate the malfunction of the City of Philadelphia's digital radio system which occurred twice:  once, on March 25, 2004, at 8:59 P.M., and then on May 18, 2004, at 9:04 P.M.; and, in furtherance of such investigation, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
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WHEREAS, Over six hundred Philadelphia Police Officers were placed in jeopardy when the citywide police radio system failed to function properly on Tuesday, May 18, 2004, leaving them without their electronic lifeline to headquarters; and
 
WHEREAS, Fifty-two million dollars have been spent on a “State of the Art” communication system that has now failed twice in two months, without an explanation or assurance that this failure will not re-occur; and
 
WHEREAS, Neither the City's officials, nor the Motorola's contractors that installed this system have been able to isolate the cause of this failure;
 
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That
City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Systems is hereby authorized to hold public hearings to investigate a malfunction of the City of Philadelphia's digital radio system which occurred twice:  once, on March 25, 2004, at 8:59 P.M., and then on May 18, 2004, at 9:04 P.M.; and, in furtherance of such investigation, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
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