According to Paul Steinberg the public safety “enters the collective era.” (Steinberg, 2013, n. p.) When the Middle Class Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 came into law, it was required that the radio spectrum was freed and put at public safety agencies’ disposal. The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) was established by the Congress to supervise the building of the broadband network and its use. This achievement was accomplished with years of interference of organization responsible for the public safety and the representatives of the industry. They were certain that the access to the specialized broadband radio spectrum was critical in case of incidents. He acknowledged that as a chief technology officer he worked that the new broadband network is capable to provide per-incident the necessary data and the right information to those who must have it most on the ground of the Incident Command System (ICS).
William (Bill) Bratton, a New York City Police Commissioner, stated that predictive policing “is the wave of the future” (Winston, 2015, n. p.) and he marked also that the Minority Report of 2002 was transformed into reality. Predictive policing is a method for gathering data to foresee the location and accomplices or victims in future crimes.
Bratton noticed that there are substantial concerns in connection with civil liberties and rights in regard to the method of predicting policing and data mining but he added that his expectations were for more trust on the part of the citizens to the New York Police Department that intended to work in the law boundaries. .
As a conclusion it has to be admitted that both projects have much to be tested in practice, corrected and developed but they outline a certainly more safety future in the recent times of terrorism, cybercrimes, cyber terrorism, etc. They are evaluated as a large step ahead to the non-cloudy and secure future.
Reference
Stainberg, P., What Public Safety Broadband Means for Los Angeles, Fresh Ideas in Public Safety, 2015, Web Retrieved on March, 8, 2016 from www.communities.motorolasolutions.com/community/north_america/fresh_ideas/blog/2 015/05/22/what-public-safety-broadband-means-for-los-angeles
Winston, A., Local Law Enforcement / Surveillance and Privacy, 2015, Web retrieved on March 8, 2016 from www.revealnews.org/article/predictive-policing-is-wave-of-the-future-ny- commissioner-says/
