By Nick Heath, 14 January 2009 16:39
The Airwave system has come under fire from the Police Federation, the union for rank and file officers, for dropping communications while being used on the beat.
The BTP's Trotter admitted that the system could be put under strain during large events, such as New Year's Eve celebrations, but said it is operating well.
"With any new system there will be challenges and it is true there have been challenges with some major events without a doubt, but this is a massive improvement over anything we have had before," he said.
Chief executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), chief constable Peter Neyroud, said the system could be easily expanded to support extra users during the London 2012 Olympics.
"We are going to build in additional resilience capabilities for the Olympics, all of the boxes at the stations have been built so you can slot in extra capacity as required, even on a temporary basis if necessary," he added.
Minister Coaker, seen here examining a radio being used at Westminster Underground Station, said that discussions over the need for extra capacity for the Olympics are "ongoing".
Photo credit: Nick Heath/silicon.com
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1. Robert Wingfield
Whoever delivered this system 5 months ahead of schedule deserves a medal. You see, not all IT projects go over time or fail to deliver. Perhaps we can get the same people to help out the government with its own IT problems?
2. GALLEYSLAVE
Great stuff!
Now if only we can have a human presence on the stations to use the system, we might all feel safer.
on what is without doubt (BUT OF COURSE ALWAYS OPEN TO DEBATE)the greatest mass transit system in the world.