People who like to monitor police radio traffic on scanners may have noticed a lot of silence lately.
That’s because police and other emergency agencies are now using a new communications system.
Robert Langley, assistant director for Roane County E-911, said it’s a 700/800 MHz digital system.
It may mean scanner silence for the general public, but Langley said the new system has interoperability, which allows better communication between police, firemen and other emergency workers.