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How Dubois County Personnel Leverage the Network’s Reliable Connectivity

Full-Service Police Department Makes the Move to FirstNet.

"FirstNet is not only connectivity but also capacity and what that does is give us capability."

One of the most important things FirstNet does for us, is give us capacity. We're glad the day has finally come and we can work unthrottled - on our own network

When FirstNet came out, I personally got it on my phone when I became chief three years ago. I loved the service. I said, “This is what we need for my department.”

The first official thing I did as chief was to switch to FirstNet because I believed in the product so much that I wanted our department to have it.

While you see the lights and the shows and the action – behind the scenes is a vast technology network that helps drive the city.

When communications fail, the first thing that we see is usually someone doesn't get the help that they need. It could risk a life. It could risk property.

Reliable communication is very important when it comes to the coroner's office.

Prior to going to FirstNet, we had no reliable way to communicate. We looked into different options – a lot were expensive and unattainable for our agency.

“We put our chips on FirstNet because we believe the infrastructure is going to be there...”

One of the challenges we had as a department was improving communication – especially when it came to officer safety and safety of the public.

When Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast in 2017, it knocked out everything – the repeating towers, the electricity. We couldn’t communicate.

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Del Oro uses internet in many forms, from cellular phones to data collecting devices, to SCADA, which allows for field automation with pumps, tanks allowing them to control those assets in the field without physically being on site.

With SCADA, California Water is able to keep their field staff safe. In a catastrophic event ,they can remote control various assets in the field to deliver the water to the locations that need to have the water.