As a kid, I grew up watching the Jetson’s, Back to the Future trilogy, Quantum Leap, Star Trek and other television shows and movies that made predictions on how our society would evolve. While some things came true, including the Simpsons prediction from 2000 of Donald Trump as our President, I am still waiting for […]
Read MoreThe race for location accuracy to 2021 is on! Back in 2015, the FCC passed a rule requiring carriers to deliver more accurate location data for 80% of calls by 2021. What seemed to be a pie in the sky is slowly becoming a reality. US regulators caution that 10,000 lives could be saved each […]
Read MoreFor a little more than two decades, I have had the wonderful opportunity to seek, listen and learn what challenges and magnitude of weight ultimately falls on the decision makers within the state, county, city government entities that I have served across our nation specific to 911 / Public Safety communications. Those that have chosen […]
Read MoreAs States finally begin to adopt the Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) standards, I am surprised at the amount of disinformation spreading around the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) community. Most notable is the recent article in The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg about the Caroline County, Virginia opinions about the State-mandated 9-1-1 Services Upgrade. What’s most shocking […]
Read MoreWe learned a lot at APCO 2018 this year and had some great discussions with different people who focused on different elements of public safety. One of our interesting discussions that occurred several times was the question as to what comes first in planning for your migration to NG9-1-1. Does an ESInet need to be […]
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