IN BRIEF: Oklahoma City Police honored for technology
POLICE HONORED FOR TECHNOLOGY
The International Association of Chiefs of Police presented the 2008 Excellence in Technology Award for large organizations to the Oklahoma City Police Department for innovative use of technology to get critical information to officers in the field. The award recognizes the department’s state-of-the-art broadband wireless communications system. Oklahoma City owns and operates the largest municipal wireless mesh network in the world, according to a city press release. The network covers a 555-square-mile area with 95 percent service coverage in the city’s core.
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