MCP Insights
MCP Helps Butler County, PA Maximize the Value of a New Radio System While Also Boosting Coverage, Capacity and Interoperability
Butler County, PA’s radio system was facing end-of-life and had begun to experience reduced reliability. As a ...
November 9, 2018
Announcing the Launch of MCP's Book, Expert Advice to Guide Your Mission-Critical Facility Project
A project to build or refurbish an emergency communications center—including a 911 center—or an emergency ...
October 26, 2018
Four Takeaways from the Next Generation 911 Cost Study Report Delivered to Congress this Week
As part of the Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96), Congress directed the 911 ...
October 5, 2018
How to Lessen the Impact of Public Safety Vendor Consolidations
A baseball adage says that when a pitcher throws you a curveball, you hit it to the opposite field. But what ...
September 27, 2018
What’s the Future of Land Mobile Radio in a FirstNet World? [Webinar]
Nick Falgiatore, an MCP subject-matter expert from the radio and wireless team and a 2017 recipient of the ...
September 21, 2018
Stop Thinking About 'Staffing 911.' Start Thinking About Workforce Optimization.
It has never been more challenging to be a PSAP official. Longer-term considerations include implementing ...
September 18, 2018
Cautious Optimism Surrounds CTIA Announcement Regarding Improving 911 Location Accuracy
Last week was a great week for public safety—at least we think it was. Let me explain. CTIA, the trade ...
September 10, 2018
Trends in Computer Aided Dispatch Systems for 911 Centers
In emergency communications, the computer-aided dispatch system, or CAD, functions as the informational hub ...
August 30, 2018
Top Takeaways from APCO 2018
Earlier this month, public safety communications professionals descended on Las Vegas for the 2018 APCO ...
August 20, 2018
How to Protect Your Siren System from Hackers
Emergency siren systems respond in various ways based on the type of activation tone that is transmitted. The ...
August 13, 2018