6.A.
Resolution to Amend Policy 911-005.2: Access to the DuPage Emergency Dispatch
Interoperable Radio System (DEDIRS).
Member Johl made a motion to discuss, seconded by Member Rivas.
Ms. Zerwin said the only open piece in the policy is encryption. Member Rivas said the
DuPage Chiefs were asked what additional agencies wanted to be added, and he received
the following suggestions: Metra, Schaumburg PD, Elk Grove PD, Naperville, Aurora,
Bolingbrook, ISP helicopter, and Northlake/Hillside. He said there will be many more
and he suggested adding additional agencies to the DEDIR System as they request to be
added. He said Metra was the only one who suggested themselves; other DEDIRS
agencies suggested the other agencies.
A spreadsheet of the proposed Police templates was shared onscreen. Mr. Connolly said
he, John Nebl, and Member Baarman have the privilege of working with both the Police
and Fire Focus Groups, and that gives them an advantage to see any discrepancies or
missing items. He said the spreadsheet shows three columns; the first column shows the
standard template in all police radios, the next column shows the proposed changes from
about a year ago provided by Chief Herron, and the last column shows what he (Mr.
Connolly), Mr. Nebl, and Member Baarman see as discrepancies or things that might
need to be added. Mr. Connolly said it is consistent with the last report that Member
Rivas provided, which is moving to the standardized PD ops across all talk groups with
one assigned by PD talk group, including a spare talk group for ACDC which already
exists, and a spare Police talk group for DU-COMM. That would total 15 police talk
groups - 10 at DU-COMM and 5 at ACDC, with a PD ops channel assigned to each.
Mr. Connolly said the thought on encryption is that Fire would have access to the PD
dispatch groups and the main PD ops talk groups, as many agencies move their
operations to these when there is a significant event. In addition to the 15 talk groups,
there would be two joint secure ops to be used by Police and Fire, which could be used
during a rescue task force operation. There would be another seven PD ops that would be
encrypted to Police only. Mr. Connolly said there would be five dedicated talk groups for
MERIT, as previously discussed.
Mr. Connolly reviewed the columns in the spreadsheet. One column showed the
currently named PD dispatch talk groups, except Channel 15, which is temporarily named
DU-COMMPD and is the spare DU-COMM Police talk group to be used for any agency
or however they choose to use it. He said the rest are similar to what is in the radio today.
Mr. Connolly said given the increase in the Police dispatch talk groups, they had to find a
place to put court, jail and OHSEM, which are in the DuPage interop talk group list. He
said he believes that the NIPAS talk group is going away. Mr. Connolly said there were
no changes in the locals, although they were put in alphabetical order. He said State
Police made a lot of changes in their naming conventions, and they have been included in
the proposed Fire template and have been included the same way in the Police template.
He continued down the spreadsheet saying there were no changes for Elgin. DuPage Fire
incorporates the proposed new numbering system for Fire, with the transition for ACDC
