Public Safety Alliance

• February 16th, 2012 | Press Releases

  PSA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CONGRESS SECURING THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND

  Today, the Public Safety Alliance (PSA) applauds Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV-D), House Speaker John Boehner (OH-R), and the bipartisan House and Senate Conferees to the Payroll Tax Reduction Extension legislation that provides for a much needed nationwide interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network (PSBN). This bill includes the allocation of D Block spectrum and an estimated $7 billion in funding from the proceeds of incentive auctions for its successful implementation. Creation of a nationwide 20 MHz PSBN is one of the last remaining recommendations of the 9/11 Commission made in the wake of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Congress is expected to vote the bill through both the House and the Senate by Friday, and have it on the President’s desk for signature and final enactment next week. The White House has consistently urged inclusion of public safety broadband and comprehensive spectrum legislation as part of the overall package, and has indicated its strong support for enactment.

• January 12th, 2012 | Press Releases

  Public Safety Alliance Calls for Spectrum Legislation to be Included in Any Payroll Extension Deal

  As Congress returns from their holiday recess and the appointed conferees begin negotiations ahead of February 29 mandate for enacting a yearlong Payroll Tax Reduction Extension bill, the Public Safety Alliance (PSA) today reiterated its strong support for finally realizing a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network now.

• December 15th, 2011 | Press Releases

  PSA Letter to Majority Leader Reid and Republican Leader McConnell

  We urge the Senate to pass legislation that includes D Block allocation to public safety with sufficient funding to expedite nationwide construction of the public safety broadband network that includes rural America, and does not include damaging provisions to require 700 MHz narrowband giveback, nor an unworkable and unaccountable private entity “administrator” governance model. Additionally, the PSA urges the Senate to maximize state and local flexibility in allowing enhanced “secondary use” of the public safety broadband network by non-public safety entities and users, as well as with respect to forming public and private partnerships that best meet their specific needs to assure sustainment of their mission-critical public safety broadband systems. In sum, the PSA strongly believes that S.911 best provides these priorities, and we urge you together as the Senate’s leadership to replace the Walden JOBS Act provisions that compose Title IV of H.R. 3630 with language similar to S. 911 for Senate passage of the overall bill. Click here to download the full letter.

• December 14th, 2011 | Press Releases

  PSA WELCOMES HOUSE D BLOCK ALLOCATION & FUNDING: CONCERNED WITH NARROWBAND GIVEBACK & GOVERNANCE

  The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) today expressed its appreciation for the full House’s vote of support for D Block spectrum allocation to public safety and funding for the Public Safety Broadband Network, but warned of an ominous storm cloud on the horizon as our nation’s first responders, who put their lives on the line everyday, learn more about the full extent of the other provisions in the bill that gives with one hand and takes away with the other to make H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 disastrous for public safety’s goal for nationwide interoperable emergency communications.

• December 13th, 2011 | Press Releases

  PSA Letter to Speaker Boehner and Democratic Leader Pelosi

  We urge the House to pass legislation that includes D Block allocation to public safety with sufficient funding to expedite nationwide construction of the public safety broadband network that includes rural America, and does not include damaging provisions to require 700 MHz narrowband giveback, nor an unworkable and unaccountable private entity “administrator” governance model. Additionally, the PSA urges Congress to maximize state and local flexibility in allowing “secondary use” of the public safety broadband network by non-public safety entities and users, as well as with respect to forming public and private partnerships that best meet their specific needs to assure sustainment of their mission-critical public safety broadband systems.Click here to download the letter.

• December 8th, 2011 | Press Releases

  Nation’s Public Safety Leadership Reiterates Support for S. 911

  As Congress continues to move forward with legislation to allocate D block spectrum to public safety and provide sufficient funding to realize a nationwide, interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network, the Public Safety Alliance (PSA) today sought to assure all Members of Congress that America’s public safety community is unified in their support, along with the nation’s state and local government officials, in enactment of legislation to finally implement one of the last remaining unmet recommendations of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.

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Public Safety Agencies and Associations

1. International Association of Chiefs of Police
2. International Association of Fire Chiefs
3. National Sheriffs' Association
4. Major Cities Chiefs Association
5. Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association
6. Major County Sheriffs' Association
7. Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, International
8. National Emergency Management Association
9. International Association of Emergency Managers
10. Police Executive Research Forum
11. National Criminal Justice Association
12. National Association of Police Organizations
13. National Volunteer Fire Council
14. National Troopers' Coalition
15. National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
16. Association of Air Medical Services
17. Advocates for Emergency Medical Services
18. Emergency Nurses Association
19. National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians
20. National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
21. National Association of State Emergency Medical Service Officials
22. National Emergency Medical Services Management Association
23. International Municipal Signal Association
24. American Probation and Parole Association
25. InterAgency Board for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability
26. Congressional Fire Services Institute
27. Wichita Falls Texas Fire Department
28. Oregon Fire Chiefs Association
29. National Association of Attorneys Generals

State and Local Government

30. National Governors Association
31. National Association of Counties
32. National League of Cities
33. United States Conference of Mayors
34. Council of State Governments
35. International City/County Managers Association
36. National Conference of State Legislatures
37. National Association of Regional Councils
38. The National Association of State Chief Information Officers
39. State of New York
40. State of Nevada
41. State of Oregon
42. State of Iowa
43. State of Illinois
44. State of Maryland
45. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal

Other National Associations

46. Communications Workers of America
47. American Public Works Association
48. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
49. Alarm Industry Communications Committee
50. The National Association of State Technology Directors
51. Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBEC)

Public Safety Industry

52. Alcatel-Lucent
53. AT&T
54. EADS
55. Harris
56. Kenwood
57. Motorola
58. Northrop Grumman
59. Verizon
60. Raytheon
61. Rivada
62. Zetron
63. L.R. Kimball
64. Advanced Response Concepts Corporation
65. The Digital Decision, LLC
66. TASER International
67. CALAMP Wireless Networks
68. Televate
69. TechAmerica
71. Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT) also known as 911 Industry Alliance