Grover St., in Omaha. Several representatives of the Nebraska State Patrol will attend the conference and bring the first Nebraska State Patrol cruiser to be equipped with a prisoner cage. There are obvious safety concerns involved when there is no barrier between our officers and the suspects they are transporting who are often drunk or under the influence of drugs. The ten cellular phones being provided by the Jimmy Wilson Jr. Foundation could make the difference between life and death.
Officers are sometimes cut-off from dispatchers, unable to communicate in areas known as dead spots.
The Nebraska State Patrol has not yet determined which officers will be provided the cellular phones and prisoner cages or in what areas of the state they will be assigned.