Verizon First Responder Advisory Council available to public safety agencies
30 Julio 2020 - 08:00AM
Today, Verizon announced that it will make its First Responder
Advisory Council (Council), a coalition of the nation’s most
respected public safety leaders, available to current and
prospective Verizon public safety agency customers through a series
of upcoming events and meetings. The first event on Aug. 18 --
Public Safety in 2020 -- will be a panel discussion on public
safety service in these unprecedented times.
Formed in 2019, the VFRAC includes representatives from all
facets of the public safety community, including former leaders in
emergency management, fire, public health and law enforcement. The
Council helps advise Verizon on various aspects of its work with
public safety agencies including strategy, product development and
public policy initiatives, helping to ensure the services and
solutions developed for public safety meet the needs of first
responders.
“The mission of public safety agencies to serve
communities has not changed in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic,
but everything else about their jobs has been altered in the last
six months,” said Andrés Irlando, senior vice president and
president, Public Sector and Verizon Connect at Verizon. “At such a
critical time for our nation, and knowing what a tremendous
resource the Verizon First Responder Advisory Council has been to
us internally, it made perfect sense to make its members’
expertise, insights and wealth of experience available directly to
our customers and all first responders across the country.”
On Tuesday, August 18, members of the public safety community
are invited to participate in an open discussion with Council
members during a Virtual Town Hall (online) on the topic of Public
Safety in 2020, sponsored and hosted by Verizon.
Council members participating in the town hall include:
- Commissioner William Bratton - Commissioner, NYPD & Chief,
LAPD (ret); Vice-Chair, Homeland Security Advisory Council,
Chairman, Teneo Risk;
- Dr. Jerry Hauer - Commissioner, New York State Homeland
Security and Emergency Management Commissioner (ret);
- Chief Daniel Oates - Police Chief, Miami Beach, Ann Arbor, MI
and Aurora, CO (ret);
- Chief Ed Plaugher - Chief - Arlington County Fire (ret);
- Commissioner Charles Ramsey - Commissioner, Philadelphia Police
Department and Chief, Metropolitan (DC) Police Department
(ret);
- Karen Tandy - Administrator, Drug Enforcement Agency (ret);
Member, Homeland Security Advisory Council; and
- Chief Scott Thomson - Chief of Police, Camden County
(ret).
A full list of Council members is included below.
“Council members draw on decades of experience in leading the
nation’s public safety agencies to our work on the Verizon First
Responder Advisory Council,” said Commissioner Bratton, “This
expertise has never been more important. The Council is committed
to helping Verizon and its public safety customers ensure that
emergency management, fire and law enforcement communities have the
resources and technologies they need to keep communities safe and
protected.”
To register for the Virtual Town Hall and learn more about the
VFRAC visit here.
The Verizon Public Safety Advisory Council is comprised of the
following individuals:
- William J. Bratton, Chair (Vice Chairman, Homeland Security
Advisory Council; Police Commissioner, New York and Boston (Ret.);
Chief, LAPD (Ret.); Chairman, Teneo Risk)
- David Cagno (Lieutenant Commander, NYPD (Ret.))
- Salvatore J. Cassano (Fire Commissioner, FDNY (Ret.))
- Jerome M. Hauer (Commissioner, Division of Homeland Security
and Emergency Services, State of New York (Ret.); Commissioner, NYC
Office of Emergency Management (Ret.); Acting Assistant Secretary,
Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (Ret.))
- Sandy Jo MacArthur (Assistant Chief, Office of Administrative
Services, LAPD (Ret.); Captain, Civil Rights Integrity Division,
LAPD (Ret.))
- Kenneth L. Morckel (Director of Public Safety, State of Ohio
(Ret.); Superintendent, Ohio State Highway Patrol (Ret.))
- Daniel J. Oates (Police Chief, Miami Beach, FL; Ann Arbor, MI;
and Aurora, CO & Deputy Chief, NYPD (Ret.))
- Judith Pal (Assistant Commissioner, NYPD (Ret.); Chief of
Staff, Baltimore and Milwaukee Police Departments (Ret.);
Communications Lead, City of Irvine, CA, and Atlanta and Savannah,
GA Police (Ret.))
- Edward P. Plaugher (Fire Chief, Arlington County, VA (Ret.);
Deputy Fire Chief, Fairfax County, VA (Ret.); Assistant Executive
Director, International Association of Fire Chief (Ret.))
- Brett C. Railey (Chief of Police, City of Winter Park, FL
(Ret.))
- Charles H. Ramsey (Public Safety Advisor, U.S. Conference of
Mayors; Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department (Ret.); Chief,
Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia (Ret.))
- Ellis M. Stanley, Sr. (Chair, Global Board of Directors,
International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM); Director,
Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency (Ret.); General
Manager, Emergency Preparedness Department, City of Los Angeles
(Ret.))
- Karen P. Tandy (Member, Homeland Security Advisory Council;
Administrator, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (Ret.); U.S.
Associate Deputy Attorney General (Ret.); Past Chairwoman, Board of
Directors, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund;)
- J. Scott Thomson (Past President, Police Executive Research
Forum, Chief of Police, Camden County, NJ (Ret.), President, Police
Executive Research Forum (Ret.))
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