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\�OMSE^AC0 N SC O/M C� �0�-M,*,FICIAL RADIO 8 January 1990 Lt. Crowe COLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT 650 North La Cadena Drive Colton, CA 92324 Dear Lt. Crowe: CWSERCO 882 North Main Street Riverside, CA 92501 714/684-2080 In light of our recent discussidn, I could like to raise several issues concerning the status of your communication's dispatch consoles. Your consoles were installed in 1975, and are in use 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Although you've enjoyed years of dependable service from this equipment, we at COt9SERCO feel the time has come for you to consider replacing this equipment. COMSERCO has been providing radio maintenance service to the City of Colton for a number of years. Although we have the technical expertise and the test equipment necessary to service this equipment, other factors are coming into play which will greatly influence our ability to maintain your consoles to the degree that you expect and require. These factors are: PARTS AVAILABILITY - Nodular assemblies such as transmit and receive - modules and comparator display modules are no longer available for the Centra Com I Console. Although most components and some sub -assemblies are still available, we may be very hard pressed to return all console functions to service in the event of a major module or board failure. RELIABILITY - The Centra Com.I Console defined the "state of the art" for dispatch equipment when it was introduced in 1974. However, the Centra Com I utilizes mechanical switches and relays to accomplish many of it's functions. These devices are prone to failure over an extended length of time. Motorola established the useful, reliable service life of the Centra Com I in the six to eight year range. Obviously, use past this time will most probably translate to increased equipment down time. . . OM MOTOROLA Communkettons