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Southeastern & South West Trains chooses Airwave for security communications
Airwave, the provider of Great Britain�s emergency service radio communications network, has signed train operating companies Southeastern and South West Trains to its network. The railway organisations will provide their security officers with access to Airwave�s public safety network.
This will benefit the train companies by improving direct radio contact between security staff on patrol as well enabling inter-communication with the British Transport Police (BTP) in certain agreed and pre-defined circumstances. The radio system will help the rail security officers working with the BTP to respond more effectively to crime fort jackson south carolina and thereby provide a much safer travelling environment for passengers.
Prior to the Airwave service, rail security officers relied on mobile phones to communicate with each other when out in the field. In some instances this proved to be inefficient, due to patchy coverage, and insecure due to the risk from eavesdroppers. Airwave will enable immediate and direct contact between current south korean time rail amarillo south church security officers and the BTP, helping them to respond much more south american monkey efficiently and effectively to a security situation than was possible previously. Rail security officers and the south florida communtiy college sebring fl BTP are often involved in joint operations, such as sweat lodge south florida station stop-and-searches or ticket blocks and using Airwave�s network will greatly improve the success of such initiatives. The ryan hughes south dakota cougar attack deployment south county cinema will significantly enhance keller williams realty south the safety of both staff and rail passengers whilst providing them peace of mind when things to do in south dakota travelling on the rail networks.
Airwave�s Client Manager for Fire & Civil Resilience, Mark Pearson commented: �Airwave is at the forefront of delivering cutting-edge mobile solutions to a full range of public safety miss teen south carolina college organisations across Great Britain and the ability to expand our best dentists in charleston south carolina offering to rail networks presents an exciting opportunity for us. With every project south beach shopping list the primary aim is to use technology for the task of improving the safety of Britain�s citizens and we are confident that both deployments will meet this aim admirably, improving the travelling experience of commuters.�
Southeastern�s Head of Crime and mary nadal south carolina Security, Paul Nicholas, commented: �After arriving at Southeastern following a role with the British Transport Police, it was clear that the south west freightway communication between our railway enforcement officers south carolina state troops and the British Transport Police was less than optimal. Now, being able to communicate on Airwave�s network allows us to increase both employee and customer safety whilst improving our ability to deal with the south latitude small minority of passengers that try and disrupt our train service. We are very proud to be the first railway organisation that has south georgia shopper been recognised by Ofcom facts on south carolina for full sharer status as an organisation that provides emergency assistance to the police.�
South West Train�s Head of Security and Crime Prevention, Stuart Giddings, commented: �South West Train�s community officers already have a close working relationship with the BTP so I am confident that this deployment will further solidify the relationship and dramatically enhance our integrated approach to joint operations. It was encouraging to see the + success of Southeastern Railway�s project and deploying Airwave�s network makes complete operational sense to us. We anticipate much more flexibility for rail officers communicating between the control centre, officers on the beat and the BTP.�
The deployment will enable the rail security officers to instigate an nu skin south bay distributors arrest on the rail networks much more quickly than was possible in the past. This functionality is already the south beach diet providing benefits as was seen when a 14-year old passenger was recently mugged on a Southeastern Railway train during a trip to Essex. After disembarking from the train the passenger notified a rail security officer who was able to radio ahead to a local BTP officer further along the burning permit south dakota line. The officer was then able to apprehend the assailants before returning the passenger�s money. Prior to using Airwave�s network, this situation would have been very different as officers had to rely on reactive observation south padre island restaurants rather than proactive prevention of crime.
Southeastern has completed its implementation, supplying over 70 of its rail enforcement officers with Airwave terminals. South West Trains is due to finalise its deployment in September 2008.
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