The Multi Agency Radio Communications System (MARCS) is a project coordinated by the Department of Administrative Services and includes the Highway Patrol as a major user of the planned system. The new system will allow the Division to use modern communications technology that will benefit the field personnel in their daily operations. Included in this upgrade is an 800 MHz trunked radio system, a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, installation of Mobile Computer Terminals (MCT’s) in patrol vehicles, and an Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) system.

Not only will the new system allow for an upgrade to the Division’s existing system, it will also establish a communications link between the Highway Patrol and other agencies such as the State and County Emergency Management Agencies, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and County Sheriff’s. Several employees of the Office of Technology and Communications Services serve as the Division’s MARCS planning team to ensure communications needs for the field personnel will be met.