The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting on Oct. 15, heard a special presentation from Motorola Design Team Presale Director Mike McGannon regarding the benefits of Mathews joining the Peninsula Regional Radio System, which is Motorola-based, rather than remaining with the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Regional Radio System, which is L3Harris-based. McGannon reiterated complaints made previously by Mathews emergency responders regarding communications failures, including during the assault of a paramedic, a brush fire at which an ambulance was needed, a structure fire, a cardiac arrest, and more. Beyond coverage failures, he said, local emergency services personnel complained of requests for service that were never resolved, limited technical follow-up, local personnel making repairs themselves, and other issues. In order for L3Harris to solve the communications problems, two towers would have to be built in Mathews, which would be a multi-year process, and additional channel ...