Planning and Implementation
The implementation process of MPSCS began in 1984 when the Michigan State Police formed a committee to evaluate its 1940's era two-way radio system. The committee consisted of several state departments including State Police, Natural Resources, Transportation, Management and Budget, Military Affairs and representatives of the state House and Senate Fiscal Agencies.
The committee recommended building a new system. They further decided the new network would be large and flexible enough to support all state and local public safety agencies. In 1992, after several years of system design planning and cost studies, specifications for a request for proposal were finalized and sent to potential vendors.
In June 1994, the Michigan Legislature approved the funding for the new system. Motorola was awarded the contract to build MPSCS.
Milestones
In September 1995, Michigan celebrated the achievement of the system's first major milestone when the state broke ground on Phase One construction. Phase One, which constitutes all of southeast Michigan, including the Detroit, Jackson and Lansing areas was officially completed in 1997. In 1998, the second major milestone was reached when Phase Two, which includes all of southwest lower Michigan, was brought online. The completion of Phase Three, the northern Lower Peninsula followed in 2000. In the fall of 2002, the original construction of the system was completed by providing 800 MHz digital radio coverage to the entire Upper Peninsula. Completion of the project included the ASTRO® 25 6.0 upgrade in November 2002.
