MCP Insights
DOT and DOC Grants Will Give 911 A Much-Needed Boost
Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) took the ...
August 16, 2019
How Public Safety Agencies are Navigating Change and Accelerating Progress
MCP’s Model for Advancing Public Safety is Helping Agencies Build a Blueprint for Today and What They Can ...
August 8, 2019
APCO Preview: This Year's Hot Topic Will Be the Growing Cybersecurity Threat
During the decade that I covered the public safety communications sector for Urgent Communications magazine, ...
July 31, 2019
CASE STUDY: Supporting the National Capital Region's CAD2CAD Initiative
Background Real-time, effective, interoperable data-sharing is essential for supporting emergency response ...
July 19, 2019
Three Tips for Navigating Public Safety Vendor Consolidations
Vendor consolidations happen all the time across all business sectors, for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it ...
July 10, 2019
The Five Biggest Takeaways from This Year’s NENA Conference
If you didn’t travel to Orlando last week for the annual National Emergency Number Association (NENA) ...
June 28, 2019
NENA Conference and MCP's MAPS Program Will Help Prepare You for What's Coming
After taking a look at the breakout sessions scheduled for the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) ...
June 7, 2019
Public Safety Drones are Worth Pursuing, Despite the Challenges
The concept of drones—also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or unmanned aerial systems (UAS)—dates ...
May 3, 2019
Use the Concept of the 'Virtual Bench' to Attract A Players to your Public Safety Organization
A popular and effective supply-chain management strategy involves “just-in-time” delivery. This approach ...
April 30, 2019
The Critical Role of Standards for NG911 Implementation
Throughout the design, development, and implementation of Next Generation 911 (NG911), one fundamental ...
April 19, 2019