City knew radio bid faced pitfall, Warning preceded single, pricey offer

Actually, given that LMPD does not constitute a MAJORITY of the "clients" of communications, why should it be under the PD? (You have to include, for example, all the firefighters - throughout the county - and EMS - numbers wise, more than LMPD.)

Most communcations centers are truly that, centers, that bring together all of the responders - not one dominated by a single discipline.

However, it should be run by someone who is a communications professional, which neither Hamilton nor Fox (who runs the department on a day to day basis) actually is ....