The California Radio Interoperable System (CRIS) Program was established in 2019 as part of a strategic effort to leverage the more advanced radio technology available on the market today to put a more robust and effective communication tool at the disposal of California’s first responder community. The key features of the CRIS will be a Project 25 compliant trunked radio system which interfaces to similar local systems throughout the state of California. When fully developed the CRIS will provide radio coverage to over 90% of the State’s population and over 60% of the State’s geographic footprint.
Vision
To ensure all of California’s Public Safety Agencies have access to reliable interoperable communications capabilities.
Our goal is to design and operate the CRIS to:
Cover the greatest portion of the population
Reach the broadest geographic footprint
Maintain the highest network reliability, using advanced network technology
Eliminate the need for a patchwork of multiple smaller systems
Make efficient use of limited radio spectrum
Mission
To design and implement a statewide communication system with emphasis on providing interoperable communications between California’s Public Safety Agencies while supporting normal day-to-day public safety operations.
We accomplish this by building and maintaining a state-of-the-art, Project 25 compliant interoperable radio platform that is:
Resilient enough to withstand the harshest elements and most rugged locations
Adaptable enough to accommodate any size or complexity of incident, and
Capable of connecting frontline operators with any unit, agency, command post, or dispatch center.
At CRIS, we recognize that first responders have a dangerous and difficult job, so we build communications platforms to help them get the job done and go home afterward.
