OCSD AR 2023-24

T he Technology Division is celebrating 90 years of service to Orange County and its 34 incorporated cities. In 1934, five Orange County employees were hired and started what would soon become the premiere public safety communications department in the nation. As the county grew, so did the Radio Department, as they were originally known, which reported directly to the Board of Supervisors.

Over the next 90 years, the department introduced radio systems and technology that focused on exceptional dispatcher and first responder communications capabilities. Orange County is nationally recognized as a leader in public safety communications, only possible through the efforts of those early employees who worked here, and for those who continue their excellence today.

2023 – The Technology Division moves into a new state-of-the-art facility in Tustin

1993

2019

1999

2023

2019 – The 800 MHz CCCS is upgraded to P25 technology and all FCC required rebanding is completed

1993 – A new facility is built on Loma Ridge that includes radio system technical equipment, Control One, and the new County Emergency Operations Center. Sheriff’s Dispatch would later move to this location.

1999 – The largest interoperable radio system in the nation, at the time, is implemented for every Orange County Law, Fire, EMS, Lifeguard, and Public Works department (known as the 800 MHz Countywide Coordinated Communications System, or 800 MHz CCCS)

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