BAGHDAD, Iraq – Multi-National Forces installed 17 mobile vehicle radios in Iraqi Police Service vehicles in the northern city of Bayji in the last week as efforts to assist the Iraqi government equip its police forces continue.
The new radios, combined with previously installed “repeaters” located throughout the area give officers in the city a vehicle range of roughly 20 miles and handheld range of some four miles. The new capability provides rapid and coordinated response capability to officers in the city.
Bayji is near the larger town of Kirkuk roughly 150 miles north of Baghdad.