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The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials has three primary...

The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials has three primary concerns when local officials shut down wireless service, as Bay Area Rapid Transit officials did Aug. 11 at a downtown San Francisco subway station. Comments were due Monday to the…

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FCC on a March 1 public notice from the Public Safety Bureau on wireless service interruptions imposed by officials with an eye on protecting public safety. “APCO’s principal concern is that any such disruption that may be appropriate under relevant law and policy be as narrowly focused as possible to avoid disruption of (i) the public’s ability to call 9-1-1 for emergency assistance; (ii) the ability of government officials themselves to utilize CMRS; or (iii) mission-critical public safety radio communications that may be operating on radio frequencies in spectrum adjacent to CMRS frequencies,” APCO said in a filing (http://xrl.us/bm5tdw).