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Alan Bull who is the Technical Services Manager for the
District was elected as President of the Motorola Trunking
Users Group (MTUG). After being a member for 19years and
serving as Tennessee President on two different occasions,
Alan ran for National Office and was elected. Now serving as
Past President, Alan heads up many duties and serves on
different committees within MTUG.
Alan also serves on the Region 39 700Mhz Planning Committee
as Co-Chairman. This group serves to author the rules and
regulations for usage of the 700 Mhz Band as set forth by
the FCC. Alan has also served on the 800 Mhz Planning
Committee since it’s inception some 21 years ago and is
currently the Secretary for the Group..
Alan is also the Vice Chairman of the National Planning
Oversight Committee (NPOC). Through the National Public
Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) he serves on
committees under the regional planning committee as well as
the interoperability committee. In the past year – as a
result of action taken by the National Institute of Justice
(NIJ) a new Organization was formed called the National
Regional Planning Council (NRPC). This group represents the
55 FCC Regions tasked with submitting approved regional
plans to the FCC for action. The FCC mandates this process
and activity. Alan was elected as the founding Chairman and
is currently organizing that group to meet FCC guidelines on
the revised 700 MHz Bandplan. Representing Public Safety in
the newly formed Public Safety Broadband Licensee and the
Public Safety Spectrum Trust Organizations – Alan has been
offered a seat on their advisory Board.
Under the Homeland Security District II Interoperability
sub-committee, Alan serves as vice Chairman and has been
involved in a successful grant project to secure an
interoperable network for all of the twenty-four hour
dispatch points in the region.
Alan will be working on a committee under SAFECOM to fulfill
the Homeland Security requirements of a Statewide
Interoperable Executive Committee (SIEC) plan that will
assure interoperability between districts, regions, states,
and international borders. Alan has recently been named to
the Advisory Committee to administer the Public Safety
Interoperability Communications (PSIC) grant awarded by
Homeland Security under the DTV grant. Combined with this
statewide project, Alan has been selected by the Homeland
Security Group as a Peer Reviewer of other state plans. |
Sylvester Daugherty, CALEA Executive Director (L) and Jim
O'Dell, Chairman of the Board, present Joyce Estes and Barry
Furey with Knox County's CALEA Accreditation. |
The Knox County Emergency Communications District is the FIRST
communications agency in Tennessee to receive this honor, and is one
of only seventeen agencies nationwide so accredited. (It is estimated
that there are more than 5,500 9-1-1 centers and public safety
answering points in the United States.)
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