Oakland Police Radio System Goes Down; Control Channel Failure

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KTVU has obtained an internal memo from Chief Sean Whent telling his officers that the system failed because of a "malfunction of the control channel." When that happens, the whole network goes down. No channels work. The most recent failure occurred Friday, March 4, 2016.

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