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4030 Esplanade Way Tallahassee, FL 32399-0950 Tel: 850-487-9971 | Fax: 850-922-5162 Rick Scott, Governor Craig J. Nichols, Agency Secretary MEMORANDUM TO: Florida Law Enforcement Communications Plan Recipients FROM: Ed Peters, Director, Division of Telecommunications DATE: March 25, 2014 SUBJECT: Florida Law Enforcement Communications Plan, 2014 Edition The Florida Law Enforcement Communications Plan has been revised and is now available online. This revision includes updates and new text. On each revised page, a vertical bar (“|”) in the left margin identifies lines of text which have been modified since the previous issue of that page. The changes include the following: • General clean-up of text and references • Modified SLERS Partners section (Section 2.6.2) • Removed appendix on Public Safety Radios for Aircraft Utilization • Updated Glossary of Communications Terms If you have any comments or questions regarding these revisions, please call Mr. Carlton Wells at (850) 922-7426 or via email at [email protected]. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Scope .............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Legislative Background ............................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Plan Revision Procedure ............................................................................................................. 3 2.0 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION .................................................................................... 4 2.1 Division of Telecommunications ................................................................................................. 4 2.2 Federal Communications Commission ...................................................................................... 5 2.3 Florida - Region 9 Plan For 800 MHz Public Safety Radio Communications ..................... 7 2.4 Florida – Region 9 Plan for 700 MHz Public Safety Radio Communications ...................... 7 2.5 Florida’s 700 MHz Public Safety Interoperability Channel Plan .......................................... 7 2.6 Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System Partners .............................................................. 8 2.7 State Agencies and Law Enforcement Policies ......................................................................... 8 2.8 Federal Aviation Administration ............................................................................................... 8 2.9 National Incident Management System, SAFECOM, Interoperability Continuum, Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan, National Interoperability Field Operations Guide, and Florida Incident Field Operations Guide ................................................ 9 2.10 Communications Approvals ................................................................................................... 10 2.11 State Commodity Radio Contract .......................................................................................... 12 3.0 CONCEPTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNICATIONS .................................... 13 3.1 General ........................................................................................................................................ 13 3.2 Public Access ............................................................................................................................... 13 3.3 Primary Dispatch Communications ......................................................................................... 13 3.4 Tactical Communications .......................................................................................................... 13 3.5 Police Alert Paging ..................................................................................................................... 14 3.6 Interagency/Mutual-Aid Communications ............................................................................. 14 3.7 Back-up Communications ......................................................................................................... 14 3.8 Telephone and other Interconnection ...................................................................................... 15 3.9 Communications Reliability...................................................................................................... 15 3.10 Interference between Systems................................................................................................. 16 4.0 FREQUENCY PLAN ................................................................................................................ 18 4.1 Police Radio Frequencies .......................................................................................................... 18 TABLE 4-1- STATEWIDE VHF-HB LAW ENFORCEMENT FREQUENCY PAIRS ........ 18 4.2 Interagency/Mutual-Aid Channels .......................................................................................... 18 TABLE 4-2- WIDE-AREA AND STATEWIDE INTERAGENCY/MUTUAL-AID FREQUENCIES.......................................................................................................................... 19 5.0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................... 22 5.1 General (Public Safety Option A and Option B Radio Standards) ..................................... 22 5.2 Communications Coverage Reliability for Mobiles and Portables ............................................. 23 5.3 Point-to-Point Communications Reliability for Radio Frequency Control Stations ......... 23 5.4 Primary Dispatch Communications ......................................................................................... 23 5.5 Mutual-Aid Communications ................................................................................................... 24 6.0 EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................... 27 6.1 Minimum Performance Standards .......................................................................................... 27 6.2 Analog Standards for Base/Repeater Stations ....................................................................... 28 [LE Plan - 2014] Page i 6.3 Analog Standards for Mobile (vehicular) Radios .................................................................. 29 6.4 Analog Standards for Portable (Hand-held) Radios ............................................................. 31 6.5 Digital Standards for Base/Repeater Stations (P25, Phase I Compliant) ............................ 32 6.6 Digital Standards for Single-Band Mobile (Vehicular) Radios (P25, Phase I Compliant) 33 6.7 Digital Standards for Multi-Band Mobile (Vehicular) Radios (P25, Phase I Compliant) 35 6.8 Digital Standards for Single-Band Portable (Hand-held) Radios (P25, Phase I Compliant) ......................................................................................................................................... 36 6.9 Digital Standards for Multi-Band Portable (Hand-held) Radios (Project 25, Phase I Compliant) ......................................................................................................................................... 37 6.10 Digital Standards for Radio Frequency Control Stations (P25, Phase I Compliant) ...... 39 6.11 Digital Standards for Vehicular Repeaters (P25, Phase I Compliant) .............................. 40 7.0 MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................ 42 7.1 General ........................................................................................................................................ 42 7.2 SAFECOM STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS ............................................................. 42 7.3 Mobile Data Communication Coverage Reliability ............................................................... 43 7.4 Mobile Data Security ................................................................................................................. 43 7.5 Mobile Data Computer Minimum Recommended Specifications........................................ 43 7.6 Wireless LAN Technologies, Standards, and LTE ............................................................... 43 APPENDIX A: STATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES .... 45 1.0 PUBLIC SAFETY MUTUAL AID CHANNEL (MA-FLA) ................................................ 45 2.0 MINIMIZING RISK OF OBSOLESCENCE FOR RADIO EQUIPMENT...................... 48 3.0 RADIO EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT POLICY ............................................................ 51 4.0 RADIO FREQUENCY BUY OUT POLICY ......................................................................... 52 5.0 CAPITOL BUILDING ROOFTOP ANTENNA POLICY .................................................. 52 6.0 NEW AND EXISTING STATE-OWNED FACILITIES ROOFTOP ANTENNA POLICY ............................................................................................................................................. 52 APPENDIX B: Narrowbanding Migration Plan (150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz) ................ 54 APPENDIX C: Glossary of Communications Terms ..................................................................