CA: San Luis Obispo County in California inaugurates new IP-based interoperable communications system

Government Security News: About a month ago, San Luis Obispo County in California -- on the Pacific Coast between San Jose and Los Angeles -- suddenly found itself in a total electricity blackout. The County Sheriff, Ian Parkinson, who would normally have hopped onto the sheriff’s department radio communications network during an emergency like this, happened to be outside San Luis Obispo, in nearby Santa Barbara County, when the blackout occurred.

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