The Louisville Metro Police Department responded to questions and concerns Tuesday about its decision to move to an encrypted communication system that would delay police radio communications broadcast on police scanners.”We don’t want to impede on people having access to information,” LMPD Assistant Chief Paul Humphrey said. “What we want to do is make sure that when people do arrive at our scene, that we can protect them.”The radio transmissions will now be available on an app called Broadcastify and will be delayed by 15 minutes.”This delay is designed to make sure that we can secure a scene, secure people and victims and potential suspects, and have enough time to get resources there to contain things as opposed to preventing access to information,” Humphrey said…
NORTH GEORGETOWN – Several fire departments recently upgraded their communication systems after receiving a roughly $900,000 regional grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
North Georgetown, Sebring, Beloit, Damascus and Homeworth fire departments will be installing the Ohio Multi-Agency Radio Communication System (MARCS), a radio and data network that provides “statewide, secure, reliable public service wireless communication for public safety and first responders,” according to the Ohio Department of Administrative Services…
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau today is continuing to take actions against telecom vendors that the agency perceives to be a threat to national security. The latest companies whose equipment or services have been deemed to be a security risk are AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp and China Mobile International USA Inc.
The regulator had earlier deemed Huawei and ZTE equipment as a threat and is requiring providers that deployed equipment from those companies (mostly Huawei) to replace it…
Fayette County hopes to use American Rescue Plan funds and grant money to upgrade the radio system used by the sheriff to dispatch emergency services.
The Board of Supervisors and the Fayette County E911 Commission met in joint session at the courthouse last week to advance the radio system issue that has been discussed for more than a year.
According to meeting minutes, the supervisors voted unanimously to conditionally allocate $2.85 million of the county’s American Rescue Plan funds to transition from the current radio system to Iowa Statewide Interoperable Communications System. They also voted 3-0 to apply for grants to help fund the radio system…
A few decades ago, government security managers were tasked with overseeing physical features like fencing, CCTV cameras, doors and locks. Today, security stretches far beyond brick and mortar infrastructure—into the digital realm. With the meteoric rise in ransomware and cybercriminals for hire in recent years, threats are omnipresent online. Many American dispatch centers and public safety organizations aren’t prepared, according to experts on the subject speaking at last week’s 2022 International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) in Las Vegas.
“Public safety is one of the most under-protected infrastructures in all of North America. We all protect our phones more than we protect 9-1-1, and it should not be that way,” said Paul Hill, a cybersecurity expert from Motorola speaking on a panel about the subject moderated by Dick Tenny, of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…
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