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Communication - data and voice networks

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Data

Law enforcement and criminal justice agencies are welcome to participate in the mobile data communications network (MDCN), a system that supports remote access to information available from the Department of Justice (DOJ) through the transaction information for management of enforcement (TIME) system. Each agency partnering with the State Patrol in using the MDCN must purchase and maintain equipment for the car, called "subscriber equipment." A typical installation includes a data mobile radio and antenna, a radio frequency modem, a ruggedized notebook computer, a docking station and client software.

Below you will find links to information and forms to allow your participation in the MDCN. Please print these pages, complete the forms, and return them to the address noted on the procedures document. The mobile data terminal PSN assignment request should be sent to the DOJ address on that form.

If you have any questions about the MDCN, contact Paul Schulz at (608) 846-8538.

Forms

• Authorized MDCN service providers
• Acceptable use policy agreement - form SP4506
• Mobile data communications network application - form SP4508
• Mobile data terminal PSN assignment request
• Procedures document - form SP4507
• SunGard HTE mobile data browser request - form SP4592
• End-User License Agreement - form SP4593
• MDCN Emergency Message Delivery Notice - form SP4594

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of State Patrol, Bureau of Communications, administers and maintains the MDCN network.

Voice

The Wisconsin State Patrol also is presently operating a VHF analog conventional voice radio communications network. The system consists of a mobile radio, a portable, and a vehicular repeater installed in each squad. There is a base station at each of our tower sites and a dispatch point in each of our regions. Some troopers have an 800 MHz portable as well to allow them access to County 800 MHz trunked and/or conventional systems. A few other troopers have VHF digital radios in their squads to allow them to talk to a county in northern Wisconsin. The radios that the Wisconsin State Patrol operate on in the VHF conventional system include frequencies that are used by federal, county and municipal agencies. The squad radios also contain mutual aid channels in the different bands available for use by the State Patrol or any other agency.

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Questions about the content of this page:
Paul Schulz, paul.schulz@dot.state.wi.us
Last modified: December 20, 2007