If you've been the recipient of the "new" narrow band radios, you may have noticed that the batteries are running out halfway through your tour with astonishing regularity. The Department denies it has anything to do with the reprogramming, but might have something to do with the batteries currently in service.
Now comes word from a couple different locations that the techs are coming into districts and replacing every single battery charger that have the old "red, yellow, green" indicators with a new version that actually has a "% remaining" indicator display.
So once again, someone isn't telling the entire truth and the Department appears to be trying to get by with some half-assed incompatible charging stations that don't match to the batteries currently in service. This is a monstrous safety issue, especially in the later stages of the tour where sometimes half the watch is working with chirping or dead radios.
Now comes word from a couple different locations that the techs are coming into districts and replacing every single battery charger that have the old "red, yellow, green" indicators with a new version that actually has a "% remaining" indicator display.
So once again, someone isn't telling the entire truth and the Department appears to be trying to get by with some half-assed incompatible charging stations that don't match to the batteries currently in service. This is a monstrous safety issue, especially in the later stages of the tour where sometimes half the watch is working with chirping or dead radios.