JAY – A new console and base radio were installed at the Jay Police Department last week at no cost to the department.

The console and radio were purchased with a Homeland Security grant of about $17,800.

A new repeater system and an 80-foot tower was also installed at the town highway garage, a joint effort between the fire and police departments. Some of that project was also paid by a Homeland Security grant of $12,800. Total cost of the tower project with repeaters was about $25,000.

According to a prepared statement, radio communication had been impossible in some parts of Jay; firefighters and police offers often lost contact with the dispatch center. The project has been in the planning stage for about four years.

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