Occasionally, my viewers give me stories in which the source must be anonymous.  This story falls into that category.

This entry tells about an internal memo within the Jersey City Police Department, dated December 14, 1999.  In that memo a Jersey City Police Officer brings to the attention of a superior that they were experiencing radio difficulties on their respective channels.  Field units couldn't hear transmissions and dispatchers had difficulties hearing field units.  The microwave also failed several times on all 4 channels. This problem was reported to Motorola but Motorola did not give a response time for correcting the problem.

This problem was also brought to the attention of the Schundler appointed civilian head of the Public Safety Tele-Communicator office.  What liabilities would dispatchers incurred if  police officers experience severe injuries or need dire assistance but their calls were not heard due to the radio?  The Schundler appointed civilian responded by saying if "...that happens, and the officer dies, we roll him over, drop his pants, and kiss his ass goodbye, then we bury him.   Furthermore, there, is nothing else I can say or do, because Motorola is aware of the problem."

This chilling response by a Schundler appointee speaks volumes for itself and needs no further comment.