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The Sheriff's
Wireless Division is a group within the Sheriff's Communications Division.
This 35 member division is tasked with the maintenance and operation
of all wireless communications systems utilized by the County
of San Diego. These systems include the Regional Communications
Systems (RCS) voice and data networks, the County paging network,
the Law Enforcement, Fire and Border Operations Mutual Aid networks,
the RACES network and the Sheriff's short range Wireless Local
Area Network (WLAN).
The division has
three main functional areas. The Administrative group consists
of the Manager, Assistant manager, Administrative Assistant and
Administrative Secretary. This group administers the division and
serves as staff for the Regional Communications System Board of
Directors. The RCS Board of Directors runs the RCS under authority
granted by the County Board of Supervisors. The Administration
group works out of County Operations Center in Building 12.
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The Network Operations
Group consists of a Telecommunications Technician IV, three Telecommunications
Technician III's, and ten Telecommunications Technician II's. This group
is responsible for maintaining the operation of the fixed radio systems.
These systems include the mountaintop transceiver sites, the Primary
Systems Center (PSC), the 13 dispatch centers involved in the RCS and
any other radio consoles utilized by the County including the Hospital
radio consoles that provide Doctor to Paramedic communications. This
group works out of County Operations Center in Building 12.
The User Equipment
Maintenance Group consists of a Telecommunications Technician IV, two
Telecommunications Technician III's and eleven Telecommunications Technician
II's, a Senior Electronic Parts Storekeeper, an Electronic Parts Storekeeper
and a Senior Account Clerk. This group is responsible for maintaining
all the mobile and portable radio equipment used by the County. This
includes making repairs, installing and removing equipment and keeping
a parts inventory of about $60,000. This group works out of County Operations
Center Building 5, the County Public Works San Marcos Road Maintenance
Headquarters radio shop and the Sheriff's Emergency Services Division
radio shop at Gillespie Airport in El Cajon.
This division has been
in existence since the 1950's and has moved from Public Works, to General
Services to the Department of Information Services and finally the Sheriff's
Department. During this fifty year history the division has maintained a
reputation for customer satisfaction and high technical skill. Ask anyone
and they will tell you that the Radio Techs can get it done. The Sheriff's
tradition of "Doing More With Less" is not a new tradition
to this division.
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