Pierre City Commission Approves Purchase Of Police Radios

PIERRE — The Pierre City Commission has approved the purchase of 20 portable radios for the Pierre Police Department. Police Chief Jason Jones says the Department has been planning for required upgrades…

Jones says he wanted to make sure he could take advantage of bid pricing…

The radios will allow Pierre P-D officer to communicate directly with the numerous state agencies in the Pierre area…

Each radio has a cost of four-thousand 343-dollars with a total purchase price of over 43-thousand dollars. A 400-dollar rebate per radio will bring the cost to the city down to 39-thousand 433-dollars.