HISD police radios get failing grade, officials seeking money for improvement

(4/03/07 - KTRK/HOUSTON) (KTRK) -- HISD is looking into a problem we first told you about a month ago.

Some schools have areas where HISD police officers aren't able to talk to each other on department issued radios and now the superintendent wants to do something about it.

Next week, Dr. Abe Saavedra will ask the school board for $800,000 to upgrade the officers' communication system. Right now, the district's radio system does not let officers talk to other officers and deputies from the Houston Police Department and the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

"This is the best of all worlds for us," said Chief Charles Wiley of the HISD Police Department. "It allows for us to have better communication among our different units, portable as well as mobile and it also allows us to have this interoperability with other agencies in the region."

The school board will talk about the proposal next Monday.
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