City of Cuyahoga Falls to Install Multi-Jurisdiction Motorola Wireless Data Solution.

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1997--The city of Cuyahoga Falls has awarded Motorola's Land Mobile Products Sector (LMPS) a $1.2 million contract to install a multi-jurisdictional mobile wireless data solution for the city's law enforcement operations. The new mobile data network is designed to enhance Cuyahoga Falls' communications capabilities by providing county-wide coverage and enabling law enforcement officials to access information faster while operating in the field. Cuyahoga Falls has received a 63 percent federal and state grant to implement the network.

The network also will allow multiple agencies to communicate with one another and operate outside of jurisdictional boundaries. In addition to Cuyahoga Falls, the network will be used by law enforcement in Bath, Springfield and Copley Townships, and the cities of Fairlawn, Hudson, Mogadore, Tallmadge, Munroe Falls, Silver Lake and Stow. The city plans to expand the network to include other jurisdictions as well as fire, EMS and other public safety operations.

According to Cuyahoga Falls Mayor Don Robert, "We chose to install a wireless data network primarily to fulfill part of the city's long-range plan to help improve police officer safety, productivity and efficiency, allowing officers to spend more time on the street fighting crime. Also, the new system fulfills NCIC 2000 requirements."

Cuyahoga Falls' new mobile data network is designed to allow police officers to check license tags or arrest records directly through a host computer. This means dispatchers can spend less time answering routine inquiry calls and more time addressing urgent situations. Eventually, the city plans to add electronic field report writing capability.

"Motorola is providing Cuyahoga Falls with a wireless data solution that gives police officers a communications tool to be better prepared for a variety of situations and that enhances overall law enforcement communications," said Jim Kelly, Motorola corporate vice president and general manager, Eastern Division for the U.S. and Canada Radio Network Solutions Group.

As part of the contract, Motorola will provide Cuyahoga Falls with a RD-LAP 19.2 Kbps Private DataTAC(TM) system -- one of the first technologies to combine the industry's fastest wireless data rates with a reliable data protocol. The city chose a private system in order to lower cost, enable priority user access and maintain system control. The three-site network, which is scheduled to be installed by early 1998, will operate in conjunction with the city's existing 800 MHz trunked two-way voice radio system. Initially, Motorola will provide the city with 100 of its Mobile Workstation 520 computers.

In addition, Motorola will be integrating a Message Switch that allows the network to interface with the Ohio LEADS state database, as well as a Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) program, allowing dispatchers to alert police officers of situations by sending text messages. Police officers located near situations can respond to these messages by simply striking one key on their mobile computers, which indicates they are in route to the incident.

Motorola's Land Mobile Products Sector is one of the world's leading providers of analog and digital two-way voice and data radio products and systems for applications worldwide, from on-site to wide-area communications.

Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Communication devices, computers and millions of other products are powered by Motorola semiconductors. Motorola's 1996 sales were $28 billion. -0-

Private DataTAC is a trademark of Motorola, Inc.

Contact Motorola toll-free for additional information at 1-800/247-2346 or at http://www.mot.com/LMPS .

CONTACT: Motorola

Mike Doheny, 847/576-6931

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City of Cuyahoga Falls

Linda Williams, 330/971-8206

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Edelman PR

Stephanie Cook, 312/240-2823

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