Tucson (KVOA) – Dead zones are what state troopers say they often see when they’re out and about.

This is causing serious problems, especially when trying to communicate with dispatchers using radios in an emergency.

Angel Rael is a state trooper for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and she relies on her radio. But sometimes he told News 4 Tucson:

Even within the city limits of Tucson, “I wouldn’t expect radio service to be poor in a large area of ​​1.5 million people,” Sergeant John Rodriguez said. He is Vice President of the Arizona Troopers Association. He said new radios are desperately needed in southern Arizona.

Ken Chruscinski recently retired after 31 years of service. “This has been an ongoing problem since I moved in 1996.”

He remembered the day Jesus Cordova, a Nogales police officer, was shot dead. That was him in 2018. He commented that the sergeant here in Tucson didn’t hear what was going on.

“So I’m trying to tell him everything. But while I’m talking to him, I’m also talking to people in Nogales who are trying to give me information about what’s going on. .”

This is also an additional public security issue trooper Rael. “In our work seconds matter. may be stolen.”

Anna Reyes, a member of the public, agreed. “There are so many lives in our hands that need to be addressed. That’s what we need. We need to come together as a community.”

So how obsolete is radio? It hasn’t been updated since the 90’s.