Department of Management Services

Radio Communications Services

The Department of Management Services maintains a statewide system of regional law enforcement communications, provides technical assistance and Federal Communications Commission license application services to state and local government agencies to support their public safety land-mobile radio communications (section 282.7101, Florida Statutes). The Department of Management Services approves the intergovernmental radio communications program of each county (subsection 318.21(9), Florida Statutes) and is responsible for the Mutual Aid Build-out phase of the Florida Interoperability Network (section 282.709, Florida Statutes).

The Department of Management Services also provides communications planning and approval processes to ensure reliable statewide and regional communications systems for use between emergency medical services systems and hospital emergency departments (sections 401.015 and 395.1031, Florida Statutes).