Mathews deputies, firefighters and EMS personnel expressed deep concern over the inadequacy of the county’s public safety radio system during a Mathews County Board of Supervisors’ special meeting held last Wednesday in the historic courthouse. They urged the board to consider leaving the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Regional Radio System, which uses R3Harris technology, and joining the Peninsula Regional Radio System, which uses Motorola technology, instead. Complaints about the MP-NN system include the inability to communicate with dispatchers and other units during emergency situations, the inability to communicate with Gloucester units during mutual aid calls, unresolved requests for service, limited technical follow-up, lack of say in policy decisions, and more. Fire Chief Steve Ray presented the problem as a crisis situation that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. The purpose of the meeting was to give the system’s provider, L3Harris, and the Middle Peninsula-Northern N...