RELAXATION OF E-911 LOCATION ACCURACY DEFENDED AGAINST CRITIQUE

摘要

APCO and the National Emergency Number Association defended agreements they made with AT&T and Verizon Wireless on E-911 location accuracy rules against criticism by the New York City Police Department. It said the groups made a mistake by backing away from tougher rules that the FCC approved last year. "NYPD asks us to clarify why we departed from our earlier proposal for a [public safety answering point] area of compliance measurement," the groups said in an FCC filing. "The present compromise of county level may appear to NYPD as a retreat, but we respectfully submit it is a significant advance from the total disagreement that persisted earlier, and does not represent a substantial change from PSAP-level compliance."