Chief Charles Werner (Charlottesville, Va.) represented the IAFC at a November 15 press conference, arranged by Senator Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) to call for allocation of the D Block to public safety to build a nationwide public-safety broadband network.
The senator was joined by three other U.S. senators and two members of the House of Representatives. Standing behind the elected officials were more than 50 uniformed public-safety officers: fire chiefs, police chiefs and sheriffs supporting the call to create 21st-century communications capability for public safety.