Arizona often hosts all types of nationally and even internationally renowned events, like the Super Bowl and the Waste Management Open. In addition to great exposure for the state, these high-profile, crowded-filled gatherings bring security risks that the public never fully grasps.

At the center of any significant event is the ability for a variety of local, county, state and federal law enforcement to communicate and coordinate responses. And in this arena, Arizona faces potential disaster.

Many public safety agencies use the Department of Public Safety towers to communicate and the state agency takes the lead on all those major events. The problem is, the technology that DPS uses to communicate comes straight from the 1980s. DPS is living an analog life in a digital world.

The cost

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