In 2000, our Governor determined that we should implement the first statewide digital trunked radio system in the United States, utilizing primarily Motorola mobiles, portables and base station equipment which was then state of the art.

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Trunked radio is digital, allows more efficient use of spectrum, and does not tie a radio to a specific talk channel.

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Special and expensive digital handsets are required to talk on trunked systems.

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