Item No. __ 8a supp.____
Meeting Date: April 24, 2018

Public Safety Radio System
Upgrade
800 MHz Radio System
April 24, 2018

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Background
2012

Radio System
1993 POS
Installed

2004

POS asked to join King
County Emergency
Radio Communication
System (KCRCS)

2013 POS
decides to
remain
independe
nt

POS Radio System
Upgraded

Radio
2014 POS
System Partial
Upgrade Complete
($4.7M)

2017
2015

KC Tax Levy passed, Puget
Sound Emergency Radio
Network (PSERN, $274M)

POS Reconsidered
KCSERCS/ PSERN as
an alternative

POS User Profile

Priority #1 is Public Safety...regardless of operational use profile
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End of Life- High Risk
Phase I -> P25

Dispatch
Consoles

Core

2014
Partial Upgrade
Complete

Legacy SmartZone

Backhaul

Subscribers
Units
(1700)

RF Sites
2017-2021
Infrastructure & Handsets Require Upgrade

Full capability with P25 is a must for stable communications & interoperability
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Interoperability through ISSI 8000 and TRIS
Links
Tacoma

Pierce
County

PSERN

TRIS Link
ISSI Link

WSP
Snohomish
County

IWN
(FBI,CBP,ETC.)

POS

Kitsap
County

Interoperability with multiple agencies collaborating to build a system of systems
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Alternatives

10-year Cost
Estimates

1 Go to Market
(not recommended)

Pros: Control, competitive advantage, requirements met.
Cons: Time, Cost, and Proprietary equipment must be
maintained.

$29,000,000
$37,000,000

2 Commit to PSERN
(not recommended)

Pros: Interoperability, reduced project LOE, and cost.
Cons: Time/ Risk of catastrophic failure, Uncertainty & risk of
inability to meet all requirements, risk of increased costs &
schedule slippage, impact to service levels & Port priority.

$10,700,000

3 Upgrade with
beneficial features
(not recommended)

Pros: Timely replacement, additional redundancy, control,
requirements met, interoperability, benefit & cost predictability.
Cons: Timing/ cost versus value.

$24,175,000

4 Upgrade
(recommended)

Pros: Shortest timeline, interoperability beyond Port, control,
requirements met, benefit & cost predictability.
Cons: Cost, lack of Mobile Tower Site.

$22,100,000

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Questions?

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