The Public Safety Advisory Committee of the Future
By Tom Sorley, PSAC Chair The Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) took steps in 2017 to plan and prepare for what is sure to be…
The Public Safety Advisory Committee of the Future
Local Texas law enforcement agencies sign on to FirstNet
The decision was an easy one, said Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk, because the office has already seen benefits from FirstNet, a nationwide public-safety broadband…
Public Safety Advocate: An Evolving FirstNet System
In early January, the FirstNet Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) reached a milestone when the last U.S. territory opted in to FirstNet. This made…
Kansas Highway Patrol is First Agency in Kansas to Transform First Responder Communications with Firstnet
The Kansas Highway Patrol has become the first public safety agency in the state to subscribe to FirstNet. This move lets us take advantage of…
AT&T unveils new branding for FirstNet products and services
FirstNet nationwide contractor AT&T launches a new visual brand that will be associated with FirstNet services and products, according to AT&T and FirstNet officials. FirstNet…
Report: NG 9-1-1 Makes Progress in 2017
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: January 19, 2018 A record 48 states and territories provided information about progress…
FirstNet’s Schrier on New Public-Safety Meetings, App Interoperability and Privacy
“We want to talk to public safety about what they’re using today and how we can improve those capabilities with the apps store or bring…
Public Safety Personnel – Keeping Track of Your Most Valuable Assets
By W. Brent Lee, Law Enforcement Official, Retired Allthingsfirstnet.com’s current Points to Ponder asks the question, “Which of the following FirstNet apps do you view…
Northern Mariana Islands ‘opt-in’ decision gives FirstNet Clean Sweep of states and territories
Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Ralph DeLeon Guerrero Torres announces that he has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and…
Northern Mariana Islands Governor Torres Approves FirstNet Opt-in
Governor Torres’s decision will help enhance emergency communications across the territory’s rural and remote areas by bringing coverage and capacity to the islands. RESTON, Va.,…
Public Safety Advocate: Interoperability
After publishing last week’s Advocate, I received some emails and questions about the whole interoperability issue and why it is a problem for public safety…
A Glimpse of How CES 2018 Impacts Public Safety Technology
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant Everyone knows the high cost of public safety technology. Most of the time this cost is driven by proprietary…
Public-safety representatives contest recent Verizon claims about its first-responder offerings
Recent statements attributed to Verizon in the media that the carrier’s broadband service is the only public-safety-grade LTE network and that its planned public-safety LTE…
Public Safety Advocate: One Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN)
The recent milestone of all 50 states and 5 of the 6 U.S. territories having opted in to the FirstNet NPSBN is significant and signals…
American Samoa Governor Moliga Approves Opt-in to FirstNet
“In weighing this important decision to join FirstNet or deploy our own system, our team came to the conclusion that opting-in to FirstNet was the…