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Radio Communication Services Customer Service Areas <br /> July 30, 2002 <br /> Police <br /> The Radio Communication Services team maintains a state of the art [one (1) year old] Motorola Digital <br /> Astro backbone. This radio network is the main source of communication for the City of Eugene Police <br /> Department. The network consists of 2 main transmitter sites located on Coburg Ridge, just North of <br /> Springfield, and on Crestview Drive located on the South Blanton Ridge. Also there are 3 additional <br /> receiver sites located at Hendricks Park (near the University of Oregon), Fire station 7 (Barger Blvd) and <br /> at City Hall (7th and Pearl). Equipment at the transmitter sites includes 12 Quantar digital repeaters, 10 <br /> GHz microwaves that connect the main 9-1-1 Center at 2nd and Chamber to each site. Each receiver site <br /> contains 6 Astro-Tac UHF receive filtering systems, receiver amplifiers and towers and power supply <br /> system. <br /> Located at City Hall is a "rebroadcast system" for the basement. It takes all of the EPD channels, <br /> amplifies them and then retransmits them into the basement area. The device has filtering, amplifiers, <br /> power supplies, and antennas that need to be maintained. <br /> Also located at City Hall is an alarm system. This currently monitors various sections of the police station <br /> located in the basement and displays the alarms at the records department located on the main floor. The <br /> system has numerous sensors, an alarm panel, and internal building wiring that requires service. <br /> Police use approximately 490 portables of mostly Motorola and a few Kenwood brands. Radio <br /> Communication Services staff is required to repair and program these almost daily. Also, staff maintains a <br /> stock of replacement parts and accessories to minimize down-time. Currently the city is in the process of <br /> replacing all the radios with Motorola XTS3000 digital radios to work on the digital backbone network. <br /> Police also uses about 190 mobiles. These radios also require repair and programming, as police needs <br /> change. Radio Communication Services is responsible for installing the radios into patrol vehicles as <br /> needed for accidents, new vehicles etc. Police also have 11 motorcycles that have radios on them. <br /> We are also responsible for repairing the siren systems installed in the police vehicles. These number <br /> about the same as the mobile radios (approximately 190). Models include Federal and Unitrol. <br /> Video systems are installed in about 25 of the patrol vehicles. These consist of a black and white camera, <br /> monitor and VCR located in the trunk area. Repairs are normally contracted out or components are <br /> replaced when they are damaged beyond repair. We also install the cabling for these systems <br /> Fire Department <br /> The Fire Department backbone consists of 16 base transmitters located at four different sites. The two <br /> main sites are Crestview and Coburg Ridge. Also there are two remote sites at the east (Hagan Mt.) and <br /> <br /> west (Walker Mt.) ends of the county. These remote sites are accessed via two UHF links mounted on the <br /> City Hall building. There are also two other UHF links that allow fire dispatch access to Creswell FD and <br /> <br /> Mohawk FD transmitters. This pair of links is located at the Crestview site. <br /> Page 9 of 12 <br /> _ <br /> <br />