[FedCom] Re: US Marshals Service Freqs & Ops

[Jeff Kenyon]

Good question.  Some local law enforcement also use Nextel in addition to
trunking.
	What about that national communication center for the FBI and
other law enforcement in Florida?  What is that for?  I rremember reading
on radioreference.com about that.





On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, Blaine Brooks wrote:

>
> > From: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>
>
> > Another interesting agency is the US Marshals Service.
>
> Here in DFW, they use 163.200 (PL 167.9) in repeater
> mode, and 163.200 (PL 136.5) in direct/simplex for
> surveillance. However, traffic is very sparse.
>
> On a separate note, I saw a program recently on HDNet
> that focused on the Fugitive and Apprehension Task
> Force of ICE. The camera crews went with teams in
> Detroit and Denver. In both instances, while the ICE
> team officers had Motorola XTS VHF radios on their
> hips, guess what was used for all the surveillances
> and take downs? Yep, you guessed it. Nextel...or
> a local cell phone provider's handie talkie service.
> Not once did they get on their VHF radio to talk.
>
> So I guess my question is, and so should be
> taxpayers, if they are going to sit there and yak
> on their Nextel and cell phone, then why am I
> paying for their multi-million dollar digital and
> analog secure VHF/UHF comm systems???
> Seems like a total waste to me.
>
> --
> Blaine Brooks / Flower Mound,TX USA
> http://mysite.verizon.net/resrjsf6/
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