The murray state university police department proposes to implement the murray state university communications and security camera systems enhancement program

The Murray State University Police Department was awarded a $1,100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The grant will fund the Murray State University Communications and Security Camera Systems Enhancement Program, which aims to replace the police department's radio communications system and enhance the security camera software and hardware across the university's main campus.

Key project activities include replacing the main radio console in the communications center, providing portable radios for each officer and mobile radios for patrol vehicles, as well as replacing and implementing new security cameras, obtaining updated software, and adding necessary infrastructure. The expected outcomes are to provide seamless, uninterrupted communication between dispatch and officers, enable communication with local agencies, enhance the university's ability to serve as the emergency operations center for Calloway County, and improve campus security coverage, crime prevention, investigations, and real-time monitoring capabilities. These improvements are intended to benefit the faculty, staff, and students of Murray State University, as well as the residents of Calloway County, Kentucky.

The purpose is the replacement of the murray state police departments radio communications system as well as the replacement and enhancement of security camera software and hardware on murray states main campus, in addition to any infrastructure, such as fiber and/or electric, that may be necessary for the operation of new equipment. Project activities for the communications center include replacing the communication centers main radio console, portable radios for each officer, and mobile radios for each patrol vehicle. Project activities for the security camera system include replacing and implementing cameras across campus, obtaining new software, and adding additional infrastructure. Expected outcomes for communications include seamless, uninterrupted communication between dispatch and officers, the ability to communicate to local agencies, along with enhancing our abilities to serve as the emergency operations center for calloway county, kentucky. Expected outcomes for the security camera system include improving coverage, crime prevention, investigations, and the ability to monitor events in real time on murray states main campus. These combined improvements will benefit the faculty, staff, and students of murray state university, as well as the residents of calloway county, kentucky.