BLOOMINGTON - Radio communications will be part of a law enforcement debriefing on Thursday related to last week's incident at State Farm Insurance Cos.

The meeting is specifically for the law enforcement agencies that responded to the July 3 call of a potential gunman at the insurer's corporate headquarters, said Bloomington Fire Chief Keith Ranney.

Officers from Normal and the McLean County sheriff's police departments and other agencies assisted Bloomington police. Subsequently, Normal Police Chief Kent Crutcher and Sheriff Mike Emery said there was a radio communication breakdown among the agencies.

Normal and McLean County are on Starcom 21 and Bloomington is on a separate radio system.

As the city's emergency services and disaster coordinator, Ranney said part of his responsibilities is to solve communication problems so future emergency situations are better managed. He addressed questions about the incident from the Bloomington City Council at its meeting Monday night.

"While the briefing will cover every aspect of the incident, there is no question communication will come up," Ranney said. "I don't think this a problem that we have to throw buckets of money at to fix. We need to make sure plans are in place to deal with it."

Bloomington Police spokesman Duane Moss said Thursday's meeting will include Crutcher, Emery, Bloomington Police Chief Roger Aikin, Bloomington Assistant Chief Robert Wall and Illinois State Police District 6 Commander Sue Jansky.

"This is for the law enforcement agencies who responded to talk about what went right and what didn't," Moss said.

Emery said he looks forward to the meeting.

"I am confident we will get things accomplished in that meeting," Emery said. "My purpose is to see how we can enhance communications. Our job is to ensure public safety and ensure officer safety and we are more than willing to work through these issues."

Officers from multiple police agencies responded after someone reported seeing a possible gunman at the insurer's main building along Veterans Parkway and Washington Street. Employees were sent to the basement as swarms of police and emergency workers searched the building, only to determine the "gunman" was likely a custodian carrying a long pipe.

Moss also said Bloomington police are scheduled to meet with representatives of State Farm on Friday.

"We want to learn from it and see where we can do it better," he said.