Sheriff's Office puts special demands on its wireless network

Sheriff's Office puts special demands on its wireless network: "Like everything else, modern police work is increasingly data intensive and network dependent. But when you are supporting 450 police cruisers spread over a county of 876 square miles (including 214 square miles of water), and 'mobile' sometimes means delivering vital data to a vehicle in hot pursuit at more than 100 mph, and lost data could mean the difference between life and death in extreme situations, 'rigorous' gains extra emphasis in terms of network performance.

That is exactly the environment in which Mac Magruder, deputy sheriff and MIS director for the Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office, works. Escambia County includes Pensacola and has a total population of approximately 315,000. The Sheriff's Office has 1,100 employees and is the police force, runs the county jail and also handles more routine tasks such as process serving and prisoner transport."