The local government recently turned over to the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) some one hundred ten units of Internet Protocol (IP) radio communication sets that is expected to help boost its communication capabilities to respond to emergency situations in the different parts of the city.
The procurement of the state-of-the-art radio communication sets is part of the efforts of the local government to position itself as a Smart City and for the modernization of its eco page to move along with the rapid technological advancement.
Further, BCPO, as the premier law enforcement agency in the city, also aims to be part of the said improvements pursuant and aligned with its transformation programs.
One of the identified issues and concerns of the BCPO that must be upgraded is its communications capability.
At present, the current communications capability of the BCPO is the typical hand held radio sets that police officers use aside from being complimented with the use of cellphones and a few body cameras.
BCPO officials admit that the said radio sets had been useful in the performance of their assigned tasks through the years.
However, the local government and the BCPO aim to go higher, to provide better service, faster response and better communication for the benefit of city residents.
The newest and supposedly best communication equipment that had been granted to the BCPO is in line with the city’s IP radio communications project.
The said IP radios are not the ordinary Smart phones that are available in the market or the typical radios that most police officers use in discharging their respective tasks.
The IP radios combine the features of both the Smart phones and IP radios having the capability of transmitting audio and video data to the command center where all the reports will be processed.
Any incident can be monitored live and real time by the command center. The said IP radio is a Smart push to talk cellular radio which enables the collaboration of multiple communication modes.
It has a 3-gigabyte random access memory and 32-gigabyte read only memory which is equivalent to a Smart phone. It features a 5-inch screen with a high definition resolution. It also has a 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front camera.
The said communication equipment is a radio with a video shooting capability just like a cellphone or a body camera. It also has a slim slot and an SD card slot armed with a global positioning system and a flashlight.
It also boasts of communication security as one of its features. Its communication and hardware can be encrypted for protection using a professional management software that can remotely control terminal applications.
The procurement of the latest communication technology is aimed at improving response time not only in times of crimes but also in times of disasters among others.