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www.insidehalton.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 19, 2 0 1 7 | 4 ^ \ 1 2 5 M 5 ^ 5 5 * Iw W .# M 1 A y ' / P* i TWr / iM / Halton Police Deputy Chief Nishan Duraiappah (in driver's seat) and Halton Police Information Technology Manager Bill Payne check out a police cruiser computer console. Halton police will soon be the first police service in Canada to adopt an independent wireless network dedicated to public safety. | Halton Regional Police photo H alton policefirst in C anadaw ith new dedicated publicsafetyw ireless netw ork by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff 2017 NX200t A W D F SPORT Series LEXUSOFOAKVILLE.CA 2017 NX 200tF SPORT TOTAL CASH PURCHASE CREDITS OF UP TO $5,000 * * Credits available on the retail purchase/lease (as applicable) of a new 2017 Lexus NX 200tAWD F SPORT Series 1 consist of a $1,500 cash purchase credit and/or (as applicable) a $3,500 Delivery Credit. Cash purchase credit offer available for all Lexus retail customers except customers who lease or purchase finance through Lexus Financial Services at a special rate of interest offered by Lexus as part of a low rate interest program. All advertised lease and finance rates are special rates. Credits include taxes and are applied after taxes have been charged on the full amount of the negotiated price. Vehicle must be purchased, registered and delivered by October 31st, 2017. Dealer trade may be required. Dealer trade availability may also be limited and will vary by model. All offers are effective from October 3rd, 2017 to October 31st, 2017 and are subject to change without notice. See your Lexus of Oakville for full details. Halton police will soon become the first police service in Canada to adopt a dedicated public safety wireless network. Deputy Chief Nishan Duraiappah announced today (Oct. 17) that Halton police would be teaming up with Motorola Solutions to create the separate LTE network for first responders only. Duraiappah said the reason for creating this new system is simple. When commercial networks are slow for members of the public they are slow for police as well, which is a major problem in a digital age where so much of the critical information officers require comes from their vehicle computer. The problem also becomes amplified during major public events or certain emergencies. "At the Sound of Music Festival you will have 220,000 people down in Spencer Smith and we've had a child go missing and we've tried to circulate a photo on our police phones and computers and it is just not possible," said Duraiappah. "We had a fire at Burloak and Harvester earlier this year. It was a rooftop fire at an office tower and we had to evacuate the whole building. Everyone leaving the building was calling loved ones or tweeting about it because it was a pretty spectacular fire and as a result our officers who were setting up a perimeter and helping with the evacuation were not able to transmit through their computers." Police had similar problems during the train derailment in Burlington in 2012. Duraiappah said the federal government, in collaboration with Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada and others, began developing a solution to this problem back in 2014 by making portions of the radio spectrum exclusively available to first responders. Halton police will be the first in Canada to take advantage of this change. Duraiappah said there were multiple reasons why police in Canada took so long to make use of this radio spectrum. One reason is the complicated nature of creating the necessary infrastructure and the cost involved. see System on p.5 LEXUSOF OAKVILLE 1453 NORTH SERVICE ROAD, WEST OAKVILLE, ON L6M 2W2 9 0 5 . 8 4 7 . 8 4 0 0 · 1 . 8 6 6 . L E X U S . 6 6 AIRE ONE MADNESS SALE! HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACE & C E N TR A L A IR PACKAGE INCLUDES: 95.5 % High Efficiency Gas Furnace High Efficiency Central A ir R410A Refrigerant 10 Year Factory W arranty Limited Time Offer *Call for details CENTRAL AIR OR FURNACE DIAGNOSTIC SPECIAL WWW. i HEATING & COOLING CENTAL AIR OR FURNACE CLEANING Call fordetails. BOOKYOURS TODAY! Call fordetails. 9 LOCATiONS TO SERVE YOU BETTER OAKViLLE (905) 849-4998 1 ®