Warrenton Police Chief Greg Houdyshell says he is enthusiastic about a new piece of equipment recently put in use at the county dispatch. A radio repeater is the newest upgrade to county-wide …
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Warrenton Police Chief Greg Houdyshell says he is enthusiastic about a new piece of equipment recently put in use at the county dispatch.A radio repeater is the newest upgrade to county-wide communications that Houdyshell said will improve the safety of officers. A repeater enables officers and emergency responders in the field to communicate with one another at long distance, rather than only with dispatch.“Basically, a repeater takes the signal that dispatch is receiving and retransmits it at higher power so that everybody can hear it,” Houdyshell said.Previously, the only way to hear another officer on a portable scanner was if they were in the same neighborhood, Houdyshell said. A member of the department has already confirmed that field communications now can be heard from as far away as Wentzville, he added.“It really addresses an officer safety issue,” he said. “Now the sergeants know what’s going on all the time. Other officers all know what’s going on all the time.”City of Warrenton
