Police in Brazil upgrade to P25-compliant consoles

Zetron, in conjunction with Tait Communications, has delivered and installed P25 command and control Acom consoles for both military and civil police in the Brazilian cities of São Jose do Rio Preto, Ribeiro Preto and Piracicaba.

Following successful operation of the P25 conventional network for a couple of years, the civil police of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, recently made a decision to upgrade to a P25 Console SubSystem Interface (CSSI) trunked digital radio network to provide greater security and digital communications to more public safety officials within the state.

The Polícia Civil do Estado de São Paulo selected Tait, in partnership with Zetron Australasia and SGM Telecom, Brazil, to upgrade the agency’s existing Tait P25 conventional network to a P25 trunked network. This upgrade will provide coverage to the municipality of São José do Rio Preto and, for the first time, digital radio communications to neighbouring Nova Granada.

The police’s upgrade to P25 trunked digital network is part of a 10-year crime prevention plan for the state of São Paulo. In 2008, the state’s police forces installed six P25 conventional networks, with the ultimate goal of interconnecting all of the networks using the P25 Inter RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI).

“With personnel numbers growing in the civil police force, trunking offers better channel resource use, improved communications flexibility and greater security for police,” says Steve Cragg, president, Tait Communications Americas Region.

“The flexibility and scalability of our CSSI P25 console system allows the police dispatchers full usage of P25 voice and data features allowing them to efficiently communicate with first responders in the field,” says Ranjan Bhagat, vice president and general manager, Zetron Australasia. “Our successful integration with the Tait P25 network for the São Paulo State Police is another good example of true interoperability with RF vendors such as Tait who also embrace open P25 standards.”