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Hoyer Tours Prince George's County Public Safety Communications Facility

April 7, 2015

BOWIE, MD –Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5) toured Prince George's County's Public Safety Communications, the county's 911 and dispatch center located in Bowie, Maryland. Rep. Hoyer was also briefed by Brian Moe, the director of Prince George's County Office of Homeland Security on first responder communications in the county, including an overview of the county's radio system and communications with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

"I was pleased to visit Prince George's County's Public Safety Communications today and hear about the role they play in the county's crime prevention and emergency response," said Congressman Steny Hoyer. "I was proud to secure federal funding to enhance communications equipment and provide infrastructure upgrades to the old network system. Responding quickly and efficiently to Prince George's County residents and visitors in an emergency is critical, and the work being done at this facility is vital to our efforts to help keep Prince George's County residents safer."

The Public Safety Communications facility opened in 2011 and is responsible for maintaining and operating the county's state of the art P-25, standards-based digital trunked radio network. This network is the primary voice network for all of Prince George's County's public safety first responders as well as other County public service agencies.