Broward County’s overburdened public safety radio system is getting a break that should help it function until a new system can be put in place, possibly next year.
School bus drivers won’t be talking on its airwaves anymore. The school district has completed the transfer of 1,367 buses over to a new radio system that operates separately from the one used by police, firefighters and other emergency responders.
The state commission formed after the Parkland massacre last year has continually criticized the county for not getting a new public safety radio system operating sooner. The commission also questioned why the school district didn’t get off the current system faster.
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