”Public safety continues to have serious concerns with some aspects”...
"Public safety continues to have serious concerns with some aspects” of spectrum legislation proposed by Republicans in the House Commerce Committee, said Public Safety Spectrum Trust Chairman Harlin McEwen for the Public Safety Alliance. In a statement Thursday, McEwen objected…
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specifically to the proposed giveback of narrowband spectrum and a “troubling governance model” for the public safety network. But public safety is united in its desire to “work constructively” with all members of Congress to get the bill done, he said. The alliance gets that Congress must consider fiscal realities, but “any legislation must also recognize the practical operational implementation and sustainability of this effort by local, state, tribal and federal governments, departments and their public safety agencies,” PSA spokesman Sean Kirkendall said. A successful network requires sufficient spectrum, funding, and operational control and flexibility, he said.