Technology (3)
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
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
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
911’s 50th Anniversary Wish List: Advanced Mobile Location
Three weeks ago, my colleague, John Chiaramonte, made an impassioned plea to the four major wireless ...
February 16, 2018
911’s History is Gratifying, but its Future is Thrilling
Considering that our planet is about 4.5 billion years old, a 50-year slice doesn’t seem all that ...
February 12, 2018
Shooting Death Underscores Urgent Need for Action on Swatting Incidents
Swatting, the practice of falsely reporting an emergency to elicit a response from a police department’s ...
January 8, 2018
A Look Back at 2017's Most Read Stories on MCP Insights
This past year, we launched an online repository of articles called MCP Insights. Our vision was to create a ...
December 21, 2017