Sepura radios aid Mexican municipality in war on drugs

The municipality of Mazatlan in Mexico has selected Sepura TETRA radios for its public safety organisations. The contract with Mazatlan’s municipal authorities, the Secretaría de Seguridad Pública y Tránsito Municipal de Mazatlán, Sinaloa (SSPyTMM), was closed by Sepura’s Mexican partner Exsertel S.A. de C.V.

Mazatlan is the premier tourist destination in the Mexican state of Sinaloa and one of the key states in the war against the drug trade in the country. The municipality needed a new radio solution to ensure effective and secure communications - and remove the risk of eavesdropping — for its municipal police in the entirety of its territory. Sepura radios will operate on municipal-wide TETRA infrastructure provided by Rohde & Schwarz.

Jesús Antonio Moreno Tapia from SSPyTMM commented: “By enabling Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), the GPS option available in Sepura’s STP8000 and STP8100 hand-portables will enhance operational efficiency and improve officer safety. The hand-portables and the SRG gateways’ high RF power is a perfect fit for our specific coverage requirements. Furthermore, Sepura’s revolutionary Man-Down functionality — which triggers an alert when the radio detects ‘non typical’ user movement — is a crucial new safety feature for all our police officers, in particular when working alone”. Mr Tapia added: “The Bluetooth functionality of Sepura’s hand-portables will enable future implementation of remote data projects and the ability to deal with events more effectively by sending pictures of fingerprints, criminals or missing persons over the TETRA network”.

Source: www.sepura.com
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