In it’s six years of existence the Pennsylvania 800MHz Public Safety Radio System has had a lot of public interest and many articles written about it, not all good. The technology chosen by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for this public safety radio system was “leading edge” six years ago and after numerous studies confirming the design, is still one of the most advanced statewide public safety networks in the nation.
Tom Reidy will provide a current status of where this statewide network is today and where he sees it going in the future. He will also discuss how Pennsylvania will use this asset to help build a statewide communications interoperability plan to include the federal, state, and local public safety environment.
Presenter:
Tom Reidy
Director
Office of Public-Safety Radio Services
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In August 2004, Tom Reidy was appointed to be the Director of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Office of Public-Safety Radio Services. This organization is responsible for implementing and operating Pennsylvania’s statewide Public Safety 800MHz radio system. Before coming to the Commonwealth, Mr. Reidy worked in Information Technology (IT) for more than thirty years and retired from Federal Civil Service in 2003.
Tom’s last Federal position before retiring was Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Theater IT Director the Commander US Naval Forces Europe (COMNAVEUR) Tom was responsible for management and coordination of all Information Technology within the COMUSNAVEUR Area of Responsibility which included 91 countries from North Cape of Norway to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. He also served as Theater Information Technology Manager responsible for overseeing the functions performed by nine IT Centers in Europe and Iceland.
During his Federal career, Tom directed and/or worked on many world wide IT projects ranging from; upgrading the IT infrastructure for all Naval Forces in Europe, Middle East, and Far East to designing and implementing an automated maintenance system for Trident submarines. Tom also served as an IT Consultant for friendly foreign governments in the area of International Logistics.
