If you dial 9-1-1, you expect someone to answer—no matter what. That’s a promise public safety teams make to every community, and it’s a promise that technology must keep too. But as we upgrade our nation’s communication networks from legacy infrastructure to modern fiber and wireless, there’s a challenge many people don’t see: some Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) – the official name of 9-1-1 call centers – still rely on older systems that weren’t built for this new world.
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Protecting 4.9 GHz for Public Safety
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.Recent Posts
- Inside SAPD’s 911 call center: The voices saving lives before help arrives | kens5.com (TX)
- Weld County 911 call center doubles in size after remodel – Greeley Tribune (CO)
- Lawrence County consolidates law enforcement dispatch with 911 Center – Ironton Tribune (OH)
- Augusta 911 call center earns statewide honor – WRDW (GA)
- Mobile County 911 earns state’s first CALEA accreditation – NBC 15 (AL)

