Reach
Issue 7 2014
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T
he Metropolitan Police
Service (MPS) has been an
Airwave customer since
2007. The MPS employs 31,000
officers together with 13,000 police
staff and 2,600 Police Community
Support Officers (PCSOs). The
MPS is also supported by more
than 5,100 volunteer police
officers in the Metropolitan
Special Constabulary (MSC) and
its Employer Supported Policing
(ESP) programme. The MPS covers
an area of 620 square miles and a
population of 7.2 million.
The MPS has recently concluded
a trial of the Airwave Max
training programme. We spoke
to Superintendent Sean Vickers,
Strategic Delivery and Change and
Inspector Vic Conran, Airwave Max
Project Manager at the MPS, at
the MPS Command and Control in
Training programme
brings better radio
discipline to Metropolitan
Police Service
Airwave Max is a
programme designed by
the Home Office to ensure
our customers benefit from
using the Airwave Service
in the most effective way.
Supported by Airwave’s
End User Engagement
(EUE) team, Airwave Max
aims to give users all the
information, advice and
best practice they need to
maximise the full potential
of the Airwave Service.
The face to face briefings conducted by the
EUE team have contributed to the overall
success of the implementation of Airwave Max.
The successes can also be attributed to
implementing a system which uses the existing
technology in a more efficient manner, releasing
talk group air time for operational use.
Inspector Vic Conran, Airwave Max Project Manager
at the Metropolitan Police Service
Inspector Vic Conran
