Verizon Frontline, Milwaukee PD partner to help ensure public safety during major political event
September 12 2024 - 11:00AM
The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team recently completed a
deployment in support of the Milwaukee Police Department, one of
the lead agencies responsible for coordination of all public safety
activity during the Republican National Convention.
The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team’s preparations for
this event started more than 18 months ago and required close
collaboration with local, state and federal public safety agencies
to identify the unique needs of the supported agencies and match
the right Verizon Frontline solutions to these needs. This
partnership helped ensure that first responders had the
mission-critical communications capabilities they needed as they
worked to ensure the safety of Milwaukee’s residents and the
thousands of visitors in the city for the event.
At the request of the Milwaukee Police Department, the Verizon
Frontline Crisis Response Team delivered more than 900 Verizon
Frontline solutions ranging from smartphones loaded with public
safety-specific applications to deployable communications assets
like Satellite Picocells on Trailers (SPOTs).
The Milwaukee Police Department used a network of 725 of these
solutions to help develop a Common Operational Picture (COP) during
the convention. A COP is a single, relevant display of operational
information shared by multiple agencies. The Milwaukee Police were
able to do this using Verizon Frontline-provided 5G smartphones,
the Verizon network and a Team Awareness Kit (TAK) application.
This app shows the exact location and names of the thousands of
officers involved in an operation of this scale and enables them
each to share pictures, reports, drone locations, and more, all on
one map.
The partnership during the convention represents a continuation
of the strong relationship between Verizon Frontline and the
Milwaukee Police Department. Verizon Frontline serves as the
primary wireless partner for the department, responsible for squad
car connectivity and a total of more than 800 voice and data lines
in service.
The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team also provided support
to the public safety agencies tasked with ensuring public safety
during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
“For more than three decades we’ve worked with public safety
agencies like the Milwaukee Police Department to ensure they have
the mission-critical communications capabilities they need to
achieve their missions,” said Russ Anderson, senior director of
sales for Verizon Public Sector's central region. “The work of the
Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team in Milwaukee recently is
just another example of how we go above and beyond to support our
partners on the front lines.”
The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team is able to provide
on-demand, emergency assistance during crisis situations to
government agencies and first responders, on a 24/7 basis at no
cost to the supported agencies. Verizon Frontline Crisis Response
Team members set up portable cell sites, WiFi hotspots, free
charging stations and other Verizon Frontline devices and solutions
that enable communications and/or boost network performance.
Verizon Frontline is the advanced network and technology built
for first responders – developed over three decades of partnership
with public safety officials and agencies on the front lines – to
meet their unique and evolving needs.
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