Survey respondents say first responders use of technologies like AI and drones continues to increase, but reliable, robust connectivity remains crucial.

Litigation and implementation challenges could hamper California’s efforts to transition Los Angeles-area 911 centers to ...

Donny Jackson is director of content for Urgent Communications. Before joining UC in 2003, he covered telecommunications for four years as a freelance writer and as news editor for Telephony magazine.

Dr. Alan R. Shark is the executive director for the Public Technology Institute (PTI), a division of Fusion Learning Partners; and associate professor for the Schar School of Policy and Government, ...

Modern automatic license-plate-reader (ALPR) solutions are gathering more than license-plate numbers and have become AI-powered tools of surveillance that may compromise individuals’ privacy and ...

Public-safety agencies should not abandon their land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems, but they should consider investing in broadband solutions as part of a broader communications plan that uses diverse ...

FCC commissioners last week announced approval of a notice of inquiry (NOI) that seeks comments on ways that the agency can alter its 911 framework to better reflect the evolution to IP-based ...

More than 300 staff members and trainees from 31 states took part in a recent multistate communications exercise. An event that large takes months of planning, teamwork and support. The organizers, ...

Efforts to begin the process of selecting a 4.9 GHz band manager are expected to start in January, after the members of a selection committee are chosen by the end of this year, according to a public ...

Anterix COO Ryan Gerbrandt (yes, that's his name, despite what you hear in the audio), left, and Chris Guttman-McCabe—chief regulatory and communications officer for Anterix—explain how utilities may ...