Safety officials like Cyren Call’s proposal to assign 30 MHz of s...

they “do not necessarily endorse all elements of the Cyren petition [but] do strongly support the additional spectrum allocation and the concept of assigning that spectrum to a public safety broadband trust.” The trust approach would “facilitate the rapid, cost-effective deployment of network infrastructure, and do so through a process controlled and directed by public safety,” the groups said in comments filed Wed. The other groups were the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police, International Assn. of Fire Chiefs, Major Cities Chiefs Assn., Major County Sheriffs’ Assn., Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Assn. and National Sheriffs’ Assn. The National Public Safety Telecom Council endorsed the public trust approach, since otherwise “the severe challenges facing state and local public safety communications will endure.” The group includes the American Radio Relay League, American Red Cross, Assn. of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, American Assn. of State Highway & Transportation Officials and others. SMR provider Industrial Communications & Electronics endorsed the proposal, saying it knows the plan would require Congressional approval but the FCC also should “initiate a rulemaking proceeding in which this critical public policy issue can be considered before the spectrum at issue is auctioned for purely commercial usage.”