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APCO Lauds Chairman Rockefeller’s Top Priority for Public Safety
February 17, 2011Alexandria, Va. — APCO supports remarks made on Wednesday by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. “Jay” Rockefeller, IV, at a hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss development of a nationwide wireless, mission-critical broadband network for first responders.
Read full articlePublic Safety Alliance Receives Warm, Bipartisan Reception
February 11, 2011February 11, 2011, Alexandria, Va. – The PSA leadership came to the nation’s capital once again this week to ask…
Read full articlePSA Praises Sen. Rockefeller’s Leadership on Wireless Broadband
January 25, 2011“We are grateful to Senator Rockefeller for his leadership on this issue, his willingness to listen to public safety and work with us to find a solution that will improve the way our nation’s first responders communicate when protecting and serving the public,” San Jose Acting Police Chief Chris Moore said.
Read full articleAPCO Praises Sen. Rockefeller on Wireless Broadband
January 25, 2011Alexandria, Va. –APCO International today joins with our nation’s police officers, sheriffs and other law enforcement officials, fire fighters, EMS officials, local and state government officials, and so many other Americans in urging all members of the U.S. Senate and the entire U.S. Congress to support public safety, and the public’s safety, by co-sponsoring this critical legislation, S. 28, The Public Safety and Wireless Innovation Act of 2011, as a significant step toward finally realizing a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network.
Read full articlePublic Safety Alliance Denounces 4G Coalition’s Effort to Rebrand Itself as Public Safety
December 13, 2010December 13, 2010, Alexandria, Va.: The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) reiterates the overwhelming and diverse national public safety organizational support…
Read full articlePublic Safety Alliance D Block Activity Update
November 3, 2010The Public Safety Alliance is continuing to make great strides in advancing national policy to allocate an additional 10 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band (D Block) as well as funding to public safety to establish a nationwide broadband network.
Read full article3 Senators Join Public Safety’s Fight for the D Block
July 29, 2010On July 21, the Public Safety Alliance and 40-plus national organizations supporting its position, took their message of public safety D-Block allocation and funding for the nationwide public safety broadband network to Capitol Hill. They were joined by Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain, who introduced the First Responders Protection Act of 2010 (S. 3625).
Read full articlePublic Safety Reacts to FCC Findings
June 25, 2010Public safety representatives blasted the FCC’s position and its June 15 white paper, saying that the policy decision preceded the paper and that its findings were designed to justify the position.
Read full articleFirst Responders Launch Campaign for Nationwide Communications Network
June 7, 2010The Public Safety Alliance, a partnership among the nation’s leading public safety associations, announced a national advertising and grassroots campaign, calling on Congress to modify the FCC’s proposed auction of the D Block included in its national broadband plan. The group is comprised of major national organizations representing police, fire and emergency medical services (EMS) agencies — all concerned by the lack of a nationwide interoperable communications network they desperately need to keep America safe and respond to crime, fire, emergencies, acts of terrorism and natural disasters.
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