“Our public safety personnel need and deserve resources that will help keep them safe and allow them to deliver the best possible services for our communities, and that’s why I’m…
Oklahoma will take the necessary steps forward to provide a wireless broadband network to our dedicated first responders Reston, Va., Nov. 1, 2017 – Oklahoma is advancing communications capabilities for…
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant Over the last few days there have been a number of articles in different publications all having the same theme, no transparency from FirstNet/AT&T….
Recently, I spoke with a retired Assistant Chief from a major metropolitan Police Department who had some great insights about FirstNet that I believe are worth sharing. My friend worked…
By Thomas Manger This week, the Major Cities Chiefs Association, comprised of the sheriffs and police chiefs of the 69 largest law enforcement agencies in the United States and Canada,…
With the SLIGP 2.0 having recently been released, there is an opportunity for local government and first responders to influence the use of the funding to benefit them directly in…
A House subcommittee next week will conduct a hearing examining some of the issues surrounding the FirstNet “opt-in/opt-out” decisions that most governors must make by Dec. 28, according to an…
FirstNet announces Tribal Consultation Policy that will enable tribes to express their public safety needs through a nation-to-nation relationship between FirstNet and the country’s 567 federally recognized tribes. RESTON, Va….
We have written in the past about how communications centers operate within this new world of FirstNet in FirstNet And The Public Safety Communications Center. There are those in our profession who think that the NG ESInet should be integrated into the FirstNet network or more specifically want to use their state ESInet networks as part of FirstNet. In our view this may not be such a good thing, for many reasons.
Mobile officer initiative can improve police officer safety and better equip officers to make life-saving decisions with technology and tools Now with FirstNet, the first nationwide broadband wireless network for…
By, Charles Ramsey In my nearly 50 years as a law enforcement professional, including my time as Philadelphia’s police commissioner and as the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department in…
Federal Heights Police Department, one of the first to adopt body cameras in Colorado, will use app to track officer location and provide live feeds The scene at the Federal Heights…
By Melvin Musulin, Assistant Director Assistant Director for Pennsylvania’s Valley Ambulance Authority, says he sees FirstNet as a legacy for emergency first responders in rural communities. For over forty years,…
FirstNet announces that it has delivered initial state plans outlining public-safety LTE deployment plans to governors in the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, although…
Indiana is modernizing communications technology for its first responders. Today, Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced his decision to accept the FirstNet and AT&T* plan to deliver a wireless broadband network to the state’s public safety community. The FirstNet network will bring advanced tools to help Indiana’s first responders save lives and protect communities.