Radio Oversight Committee Co-Chairs: Chief Doreen Olko, Auburn Hills Police Department
Chief Bill Nelson, Troy Fire Department
The Radio Oversight Committee operates under the CLEMIS Advisory Committee. Formed in August 2000, the primary goal is to enhance citizen and officer safety by transitioning Oakland County public safety voice, data, and paging communications from separate incompatible systems into a cohesive, interoperable system.
The Committee normally focuses on areas such as:
Ownership issues
Budgetary expenditures and revenues
User needs analysis
Establishing priorities
Technical issues
System design and upgrades
Implementation issues
Parity of equipment distribution and talk group access
Policies and procedures
Committee membership includes:
Two representatives from local police departments
Three representatives from local fire departments (one career firefighter department, one on-call firefighter department, and one public safety agency)
Two representatives from the Oakland County Sheriff Department
The CLEMIS Chairperson
One representative from the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
The Director of Oakland County Information Technology or his/her designee
A designee of the Oakland County Executive
The Director of Management and Budget or his/her designee
A representative of EMS (who must be a public employee) appointed by the medical control authority.
