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Technology

Iowa Sheriff Criticizes Public Safety Broadband Rollout

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to halt the public release of the emails of Story County (Iowa) Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald, after the FirstNet board member criticized his FirstNet colleagues over the deployment of the nation's first public safety broadband wireless network.

October 15, 2013

Technology

Public Safety Broadband Moves Forward In New Mexico, L.A. County

The federal panel governing development of the nation's public safety broadband network has approved lease agreements for the first networks in New Mexico and Los Angeles County.

August 14, 2013

Technology

Connecting Smartphones To a Police Radio Network

Raytheon has developed one of the nation's first strictly IP-based interoperable dispatch systems supporting smartphones and tablets working with Twisted Pair Solutions, a Seattle-based provider of mission-critical solutions for secure, real-time communication.

August 14, 2013

Technology

Public Safety LTE Network Tested During Super Bowl

Real-time wireless video was delivered to the Emergency Operations Center from a rugged tablet supplied by the Harris Corp. to showcase 700 MHz Band 14 LTE capabilities.

February 5, 2013

Technology

High-Tech Gear: Agencies Level the Playing Field

Technology companies can no longer take a proprietary view that shies away from open architecture and cross-platform partnerships. In our multidimensional and complex world, partnerships offer cost-efficient, workable solutions for public safety.

November 18, 2012

Technology

Public Safety Broadband: FirstNet Must Put Public Safety First

FirstNet (the First Responder Network Authority) will oversee the building and operation of the new nationwide public safety broadband network. The board as a whole can't allow the politics of business and Congress to shape a system with limited capabilities and limited competition.

October 7, 2012

Patrol

IACP 2012: Napolitano, San Diego Chief Welcome Attendees

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, one of several speakers to open the 119th IACP conference in San Diego, also announced a new training portal to help law local law enforcement counter violent extremism.

September 28, 2012

Technology

Feds Name NYPD Deputy Chief, Iowa Sheriff To Broadband Panel

A New York City deputy chief and Iowa sheriff will join a 15-member panel that will establish a nationwide broadband network for public safety, acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank announced Monday.

August 19, 2012

Technology

APCO Honors Officials for Public Safety Broadband Network

The recipients of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International's 2012 Public Safety Leadership in Policy Awards will be honored at APCO's annual Leadership in Policy awards dinner in Washington, D.C., on May 15.

April 26, 2012

Technology

Federal Stimulus Bill Establishes Public Safety Broadband Network

The federal government has agreed to establish a public safety broadband network for emergency first responders and provide funding for next-generation 911 technologies.

February 20, 2012