The federal government is pushing cross-agency standards for law enforcement and first-responder radio communications on two tracks: the Integrated Wireless Network and Project 25.
Badders said, however, that the current state of transition in law enforcement radio standards poses a renewed risk of proprietary standards emerging. “The problem I have is someone like [a major integrator] rolling out a new standard. They will want to try to drive something of their own.”
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