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Page 6 =Halton Hills This ‘Week; Tuesday, December21 +1993 GEORGETOWN (877,873, includes 702) VICTORIA (838) CONNECT To: METROPOLITAN TORONTO BOLTON, COOKSVILLE, MALTON, PORT CREDIT, CASTLEMORE, STREETSVILLE AND CLARKSON * Unlimited Calling (Call as long and often as you wish) *° Two way calling (Call to and from PER these areas) LOW AS MONTH * No special equipment at CALL NOW FOR IMMEDIATE SET-UP! (905) 877-5646 52 Main Street South, Georgetown, Ontario L7G 3G4 TELEHOP COMMUNICATIONS IS REGISTERED WITH C.R.T.C. TELEHOP COMMUNICATIONS Seasons Greetings from staff and management WHEN YOU Arona <f= VALUABLE CLUB Z POINTS!! “We want your business and we'll come right to your front door to get it.” “Some restrictions apply 45 Ontario St. N. 354 Guelph St. Milton | Georgetown 878-4131 873-1828 enndreny Cops consider link-up system By Stephanie Henderson Special to HHTW Halton police will try to link up with other regional services to avoid picking up the full replacement fill for a new radio system, The Halton Regional Police Services Board has until mid-January to con- vince other regional depart- ments to share the cost of a “trunk” radio system, which would link ail regional emergency services (police, fire and ambulance). Under the current system, Police dispatchers contact other services, when need- ed, by telephone. Regional staff have. also identified some potential non-regional users who may benefit from the trunk system, including public works and transit departments in area munici- Palities. If the police cannot reach a workable cost arrange- ment, they will likely opt for a conventional radio system to replace the exist- ing 17-year-old communi- Cations system, police ser- vices board chair Barry Quinn told the region’s administration and finance committee. The financially chal- lenged police board recently laid off five full-time and two part-time civilian work- T owe my success to my clients and I'm grateful. May you have a Joyous. Yuletide season. Saad td KATHY ELLIS. Sales Rep. 873-0300 Sending Holiday Wishes Your Way May the season deliver an abundance of cheer! NRS BRAND REALTY INC. 2 | { oy il) iu Stet South iorge (own (mils SA ers in order to meet prelimi- nary budget figures, but is appealing the decision at the Ontario ’- Civilian Commission on Police Services, The jobs went when it was decided that night service at police sta- tions would be cut in 1994, Quinn believes the trunk system, which he says is becoming the new standard for Canadian municipalities, is the best system. However, it would cost $8 million to implement, com- Pared to $5 million for a conventional system. Regional chairman Peter Pomeroy said he is con- cerned about the impact buying the system will have on future regional budgets. “I have concerns that the Police budget can’t even handle a conventional sys- tem,” he told committee members and police staff. Until the issue is revisited in January, the committee agreed to ask the federal government to reserve radio frequency channels for ‘the Halton trunk system. Competition for the chan- nels is quite high, Quinn ted. ACTON ws ENTIRE. vr Shop Downtown! ‘is N77