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By Mara H. Gottfried
St. Paul Pioneer Press
ST. PAUL — The St. Paul City Council accepted a donation today of 1,100 portable radios for police to use during the Republican National Convention.
Motorola Inc. donated the radios and “additional support personnel to assist public safety communications around the clock during the RNC,” according to a St. Paul police press release.
“St. Paul takes the safety and security of our citizens and the visitors supporting the Republican National Convention very seriously, and as such, we needed a quick and dependable communications system to ensure the seamless management of the thousands of visitors and hundreds of vehicles supporting multiple convention venues,” Assistant Chief Matt Bostrom said in the statement.
Dave Orrick contributed to this report.
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