Static grows between Plano, southern cities over police radio signal
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
By THEODORE KIM / The Dallas Morning News
tkim@dallasnews.com
How about this for a digital-age dispute?
The cities of Cedar Hill, DeSoto and Duncanville recently began testing a powerful new police communications system, but the system is so robust that the radio signals are reaching as far as 30 miles away.
In Plano, the signals have wreaked havoc on a network of radio-controlled sprinklers the city uses for parks and road medians, prompting expensive system upgrades and a complaint by the city to the Federal Communications Commission.
Now, what started as a quirky technical matter has taken on a life of its own, stirring tensions between the Collin County suburb and its neighbors south of Dallas. The dispute also shows how crowded the nation's airwaves have become in an era when municipal radio systems and other wireless networks are virtually everywhere.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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