Public Safety Alliance

THE LEADERS OF POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE (EMS) AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE JOINED TOGETHER TO FORM THE PUBLIC SAFETY ALLIANCE (PSA) TO URGE CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOCATE THE 700-MHZ D-BLOCK SPECTRUM TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

The allocation of the D-Block spectrum to public safety and federal funding is critical to building a nationwide wireless broadband network that provides the capacity needed to transmit mission critical real-time high-resolution video, voice and data. Unless Congress passes legislation this year to allocate the D-Block spectrum to public safety, the FCC will auction the spectrum early next year for commercial services.

The PSA supports S. 3756, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act of 2010, introduced by Senator John (Jay) Rockefeller, IV (D – WV), Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. This legislation builds on the growing support in Congress from Senators Joe Lieberman (I – Conn.) and John McCain (R – Ariz.) who introduced S. 3625; Representatives Peter King (3rd Dist., NY) and Yvette Clarke (11th Dist., NY), who introduced H.R. 5081, which now has more than 68 cosponsors; and Representative Henry Waxman (30th Dist., CA), whose draft language was the catalyst to identifying the necessary funding to build out and maintain a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network.

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