Fletch Casts

Drones in Public Safety have moved way past the “hey, look what we bought with grant money” phase. With new FAA tools, expanded waiver pathways, and more attention on critical infrastructure protection, Drone as First Responder is becoming less of a future concept and more of an operational reality with propellers. Today, we’ll be talking about the FAA’s latest updates impacting Public Safety…

[Video Placeholder] It started one early Saturday AM . . . with a watermelon. Which, I admit, is not usually how I begin a discussion about Public Safety technology. There were no acronyms involved. No standards document. No federal rulemaking. No vendor slide deck with seventeen arrows, four clouds, and a glowing icon labeled “AI-powered situational intelligence.” Just a 12-inch round…

The Enterprise NG911 Accountability Gap To best understand today’s environment, you’re likely best suited with a brief history lesson on the evolution of telecommunications and the legacy 911 world. Before ‘divestiture’ and the break-up of Ma Bell, figuring out who the OSP (Originating Service Provider), or the originating phone company, usually didn’t require a corporate committee, a…

Historically, the public safety industry loves to talk about innovation… right up until someone asks who’s actually responsible for delivering it? That’s where things suddenly get very quiet. But every once in a while, a state steps up and says: “Enough delays. Enough workarounds. Enough pretending legacy architecture is good enough for the future.” And right now, Massachusetts appears to be…