Municipality benefits from digital switch

Maintaining social stability and safety, fighting against crime and creating a sound business environment are the primary tasks for governments. Yet the increasing frequency of natural disasters and public emergencies puts more challenges on most municipalities, and Cachoeirinha is no different.

Cachoeirinha is located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, Brazil, covering 43 square kilometres and having approximately 120,000 inhabitants.

The municipality’s communication situation was dire, with obsolete vehicles and a poorly structured central security system. The government wanted to upgrade its analog system and establish a city-wide command and control system with wireless IP technology, visualised dispatching and location positioning technology.

Hytera provided a DMR digital communication solution that was implemented across the city, using the SmartDispatch dispatcher system and PD78X/MD78X portable and mobile terminals. SmartDispatch was deployed in the public security department’s monitoring centre, where the coordination team could control the mobile teams. The portable and mobile terminals were deployed inside cars for the communication and dispatching between mobile teams.

The signal coverage of the city’s communications system has been enlarged, along with improved audio quality. And with GPS positioning and visualised dispatching features, the public security department can allocate its resources more efficiently for complete city-wide security control.