For Police, First Responder Communications Network Is Much Needed Good News
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…
For Police, First Responder Communications Network Is Much Needed Good News
State and Local Implementation Grant Program 2.0 (SLIGP) Recommendations
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…
House Subcommittee Schedules FirstNet Hearing For Next Week
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…
Public Safety Advocate: Now That Your State Has Opted-In
As of today, 27 states and territories have opted in to FirstNet and it appears as though more are preparing to make the move. Once…
FirstNet Strengthens Commitment to Indian Country on Network Consultation, Deployment
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…
FirstNet and ESInet Commingled, Maybe Not Such a Good Idea
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.
How FirstNet Will Make Mobile Officer Programs A Reality
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…
Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner: Pennsylvania Needs FirstNet
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…
Public Safety Advocate: The Opt-In/Opt-Out Clock Is Ticking!
States have until December 28, 2017, to decide to either opt in or opt out of FirstNet. There is a third option available, which is…
Colorado Police Department Upgrades To App-Based Body Camera Technology
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…
EMT Leader: FirstNet’s “Legacy” Will be Serving Rural Communities
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…
FirstNet Delivers Initial State Plans To U.S. Territories In The South Pacific
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…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Only Better!
A number of people within the various states and the public safety community are not happy with the coverage AT&T/FirstNet is offering on day one….
Indiana to Transform Communications for Public Safety; Governor Holcomb Approves Buildout Plan for First Responder Network
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.
FirstNet, AT&T Launch First Developer Program for Public Safety
FirstNet and AT&T* launched the first developer program geared toward America’s first responders. This will encourage public safety-focused innovation to help equip first responders with state-of-the-art communications tools. It also brings public safety closer to having their own app store where they can find new solutions purpose-built for their needs.