Several law enforcement groups asked the FCC to grant an APCO pet...
Several law enforcement groups asked the FCC to grant an APCO petition urging the Commission to clarify that the level of accuracy for locating wireless E-911 calls must be measured at local, not state, levels. “The fact remains that…
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Phase II E-911 services are requested, deployed and utilized at the local level, contracts between wireless carriers and PSAPs are initiated at the local level and responses to calls begin at the local level,” said the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police, Major Cities Chiefs Assn., National Sheriffs’ Assn. and Major County Sheriffs’ Assn. in a letter to the FCC. “We share the APCO concern that too large a measurement area will leave some public safety answering points with very poor levels of accuracy, making it difficult for police and other public safety personnel to locate emergencies in a timely manner,” they said: “Our law enforcement agencies cannot afford to devote scarce resources to search for every emergency reported by a wireless caller.” The groups also urged the Commission to require wireless E-911 accuracy retesting “on a periodic basis, no less frequently than every 2 years.”