Wheeler Circulating Draft NPRM on Radio Communications of Railroad Police, He Tells Lawmakers
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler reassured Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., he plans to address the communications abilities available to Amtrak police, responding to her April inquiry that came in a July 23 letter the agency released Wednesday. He said…
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he “recently circulated a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to my fellow Commissioners that addresses the issue you raise.” As recommended by the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council the rulemaking would move to "permit railroad police, including Amtrak police, to use interoperability and mutual aid channels in several public safety spectrum bands for the purpose of communicating with state and local law enforcement officials in railroad-related emergencies.” He sent a similar letter to Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and another to Rep. Albio Sires, D-N.J., both also released this week.