City of Philadelphia - File #: 100263

• File #: 100263
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 4/15/2010
• In control: Committee on Public Safety
• Title: Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing to investigate and determine the cause of the repeated failures of the City of Philadelphia's Police Department Radio System.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Jones, Council President Verna, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill
• Indexes: POLICE DEPARTMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/8/2010	0	Committee on Public Safety	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/8/2010	0	Committee on Public Safety	HEARING HELD
6/8/2010	0	Committee on Public Safety	RECESSED
4/15/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED & REFERRED
4/15/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
4/15/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title

Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing to investigate and determine the cause of the repeated failures of the City of Philadelphia's Police Department Radio System.

Body

WHEREAS, On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, the Philadelphia police radio system failed thus compromising the safety and well-being of police officers and the public; and

WHEREAS, The police radio system went down while Motorola was performing service on the radio tower located at 31^st and Grays Ferry Avenue; and

WHEREAS, Motorola had made assurances, prior to commencing their work, that there would be no interruption in service; and

WHEREAS, Despite those assurances, there were outages in the South Division, the 12^th Police District in the Southwest Division, and the 16^th Police District in the West Division; and

WHEREAS, Prior to this most recent outage, on the evening of Wednesday, March 24, 2010, shortly before 10:00 pm, Philadelphia police officers on patrol again experienced serious difficulties with the police radio system; and

WHEREAS, The officers, that evening, were unable to communicate with the emergency dispatchers; and

WHEREAS, Members of the Philadelphia Police Department have had their confidence in the radio communication system seriously eroded; and

WHEREAS, 62 million dollars were spent on a “State of the Art” communication system that has now failed numerous times; and

WHEREAS, It is critical to the safety and well-being of residents and visitors as well as of police officers that problems in the police radio system be thoroughly investigated and resolved to prevent any such occurrence in the future.

NOW BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That it authorizes City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing to investigate and determine the cause of the repeated failures of the City of Philadelphia's Police Department Radio Communication System.

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