KC Scout radio upgrades
KC Scout has updated its radio system! The new Scout E8 System through Motorolla has replaced the outdated MIP 5000 as of May 2021. The new software is an advanced interface for dispatching through a workstation desktop. It allows an operator to both monitor and dispatch radio traffic from their computer with use of a microphone headset and handheld click or foot pedal. This upgrade offers a variety of benefits to the KC Scout team but the first and foremost is that it allows the TMC to continue communicating and disseminating information from our first responders to our Department of Transportation partners. "The former radio console was a wonderful system, but we had used it to the point that the software was outdated," explains Traffic Systems Supervisor Kelly Alvarez. "It had reached end-of-life," she finished. The new Scout E8 system is much more user-friendly and provides a high level of flexibility and customization. The most noticeable feature for operation...