(1180) Communications Division

The Sheriff’s Office is the lead agency for all “communications systems” in the county of San Benito. To partner with Santa Cruz Regional 911 Center to ensure calls-for-service are dispatched clearly and efficiently. To coordinate and manage the infrastructure, assets, and resources associated with radio system. To guide both Public Safety and non-emergency agencies in the coordinated use of the system as they respond to the needs of the public and to assist them in addressing their interoperable communication needs.

• Hired one Full Time Employee Multi-Service Officer for California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System.
• Acquired new FCC channel to mitigate radio frequency interference.

• Outdated radio infrastructures.
• Troubleshooting radio issues due to topography of the county.
• Ability to identify a company that is willing to fix and service our radio system.

• Modernize the radio system to include capability to simulcast.
• Establish long-term agreements with system partners (tower owners).
• Network towers and re-locate Public Safety Answering Point.