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To the best of my knowledge, there is no requirement that the NYPD only procures American-made equipment. Replacing a radio network is expensive, but $500M is
by woodruffw 3y ago
To the best of my knowledge, there is no requirement that the NYPD only procures American-made equipment.
Replacing a radio network is expensive, but $500M is eye-poppingly large. Given the NYPD’s track record of financial infidelity, it isn’t unreasonable to suspect a decent amount of graft at play here.
- jltsiren 3y agoHong Kong budgeted HK$ 948 million for a comparable TETRA network in 2001. That's $120 million nominal and $210 million adjusted for inflation. Compared to that, $500 million doesn't sound entirely unreasonable. It's hard to find more recent numbers, because these days everyone is transitioning their government radio networks to use commercial infrastructure.
- woodruffw 3y ago2.5x what a larger municipality paid for a system that was newer at the time seems pretty unreasonable to me. It’s not like the NYPD is field testing something cutting-edge here.