9.
DEDIR SYSTEM
9.A. Police
9.A.1. Encryption Update
Ms. Zerwin said there is a long list of outside agencies with access to the DEDIR System and the
question of which agencies have Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) will be answered by
Motorola so the number of keys can be determined for the programming of the fire radios. Ms.
Zerwin said the encryption plan proposal that had been brought forward to the ETS Board had
been approved and that staff were working with Motorola on parts of that plan until input from
the focus groups is needed. Ms. Zerwin asked to continue her update with Agenda Item 9.B. Fire
before the Real Time Crime Center discussion.
9.A.2. Real Time Crime Center Requests
Chair Selvik said requests have been made from the Hinsdale and Schaumburg for Command
Central access to officers’ GPS location for their Real Time Crime Center (RTCC). Chair Selvik
said he invited Sergeant Lou Hayes from Hinsdale PD to discuss the request. Chair Selvik said it
sounds like a fantastic idea but there are questions regarding personnel viewing other agencies’
officers’ locations and turned the discussion of the saturation patrols over to Sgt. Hayes. Sgt.
Hayes said he has been involved in the creation of RTCCs in DuPage County and he thinks the
term Crime Center is not appropriate as they have done a lot more work in support of the fire
department responses and that they are more like Emergency Operations Centers. Sgt. Hayes
described the work these teams are doing and agencies they are supporting on a nightly basis and
how they learned of Command Central’s mapping leading to the request to share mapping and
create a one stop shop to map out locations of responders in the field. Chair Selvik asked for
any questions. Discussion ensued around how responders could maintain communication
without sharing location information, such as investigation teams, the ability to use advanced
technology for the safety of officers versus privacy concerns, the absence of security features of
the system such a multi-factor authentication and whitelisting, and concerns that anyone with a
login and password can access the system, including staff made up of non-sworn personnel from
an offsite location who could then access the home address of officers and may use that access
inappropriately. Sgt. Hayes offered Hinsdale as a pilot for the program to figure out how to
create radio groups or deselection of specific radios. Chair Selvik asked if Motorola could
provide a tutorial of the service to which the other Members were in accord. Sgt. Hayes also
offered to show the Members how the centers were operating. Chair Selvik thanked Sgt. Hayes
for the information and discussion.
9.B. Fire
Ms. Zerwin said that on Wednesday’s upcoming ETS Board agenda, there is a change order for
the exchange of the standard Remote Speaker Microphones (RSMs) for the channel select RSM
option. She said the intent had been to execute one change order but with the holdup of the
mobile radios, the RSMs would be ordered first. It is not a one-to-one exchange as some of the
standard RSMs would be kept in-house in a cache because of the delays within the supply chain.
Ms. Zerwin said the hope is for the channel selector RSMs to come in in time for radio
programming and deployment of the fire portables.
Ms. Zerwin reminded the Members that input on the mobile radios is still needed from the fire
agencies. She said a list of the agencies who had not submitted their comments would be
provided to Fire Focus for follow-up. Ms. Zerwin said representatives from the Motorola
product groups wants to meet with Fire Focus to discuss the APX8500s if there is a next meeting
