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Guelph Gators' centrefielder now mulling U.S. college scholarship offers D'AVILAR DELIVERS PAGE 8 HOME, LAWN & ENERGY Look inside for home improvement tips 4 PAGES www.theIFP.ca Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 24 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Upgrades to police radio system to cost $1.8 million By DOMINIK KUREK Metroland Media Group After spending approximately $18 million in 2010 for a new voice radio system, Halton Police and the Region are spending nearly $2 million more to ensure the system stays up to date. Halton Regional Police Services Board members recently approved a police recommendation to spend $1.8 million for a six-year System Upgrade Agreement with Motorola Solutions Canada Inc., which supplied the Motorola P25 voice radio system. The system became functional earlier this year. In the police report, the $1.8 million will pay for three system upgrades over the course of the six-year contract, thus keeping the system up-to-date during that period. The three major upgrades will occur on a biannual basis. They will consist of the following: · Minor software upgrades, known as patch releases. This may include commercial operating software and application software patches and service pack updates. · Major software upgrades, known as system release upgrades. This will be done when such upgrades are available and will not exceed one major software upgrade on a two-year period. · The following hardware components are eligible for full product replacement when necessary to make the eligible system release upgrades: servers, PC workstations, routers, LAN switches, base stations and consoles. When questioned by board members about the need for this service upgrade agreement, police staff said this is the most economical way of keeping the service's radio system up-to-date, reliable and to prevent its degradation. Christopher White, 49, of Georgetown and Elizabeth McDougall, 41, of Mississauga were killed in a two-vehicle col- lision Saturday night on Highway 10 near the Forks of the Credit Road in Caledon. Photo by David Ritchie Head-on collision claims two, injures seven Local man killed in Caledon crash A Georgetown man was one of two people killed in a late night crash that left seven others injured in Caledon Saturday. Christopher White, 49, of Georgetown and Elizabeth McDougall, 41, of Mississauga died in the crash after a GMC pickup truck crossed the southbound lanes of Highway 10 near Forks of the Credit Road around 11 p.m. Saturday before colliding with a Honda Odyssey van carrying eight people-- four adults and four children. On Monday, Caledon OPP Const. Brenda Evans confirmed White is from Georgetown. A 24-year-old man from Orangeville, who was alone driving the GMC pickup truck, is in serious condition at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Firefighters from the Inglewood fire hall worked to free a number of trapped people. Two were pronounced dead at the scene, one suffered critical injuries and the other five in the van suffered minor injuries. One published report said that White's common-law wife Stephanie Lytle, 41, and four of her children were injured in the crash and that the group were returning home from a pre-wedding barbecue celebration in Shelburne. Lytle is reported to be in critical condition in Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. Highway 10 between Charlestown Sideroad and Olde Base Line Road was closed to traffic for several hours until being reopened early Sunday morning in order for officers with the OPP Central Region Technical Traffic Collision investigators to complete their investigation. Witnesses are asked to contact Caledon OPP at 905-584-2241. Vi s i t o u r s h o w r o o m Quality & Service You Can Count On! 332 Guelph Street, Georgetown (Across from Canadian Tire) ZZZDFKLOOHVPD]GDFD LQIR#DFKLOOHVPD]GDFD 3KRQH 3KRQH 7 R O O I U H H )D[ · your window & door professionals · 905-702-0885 www.bathstudio .ca 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca · awarded readers choice 18 times ·