Improving Public Safety Interoperability OMG

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Improving Public Safety InteroperabilityOMG

• Thursday, June 26th, 2008

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• "The single most important issue facing homeland
  security today is interoperability."
•   Dr. David Boyd
• Speech to Ninth Annual Technologies for Critical
  Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition,
  November 7, 2007

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Agenda

• Centre for Security Science and Canadian Police
  Research Centre who are we?
• Interoperability Background
• Case Studies 1, 2 3
• Visual Analytics Common Operating Picture
• The World is Flat - Standards
• Next Steps
• QA

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Centre for Security Science

• Defense Research and Development Canada and
  Public Safety Canada joined forces to develop
  Centre for Security Science (CSS) -
  www.css.drdc-rddc.gc.ca
• Canadian Police Research Centre (CPRC) now part
  of CSS www.cprc.org
• Powerful new opportunities to join forces and
  leverage each others strengths
• Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest
  Group in Partnership with Public Safety
  Associations (CACP, CAFC, EMSCC) in Canada

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Call to Action!

• Several successful meetings held (Toronto, St.
  Johns, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and
  Saskatoon October 16th in Moncton NB for
  Maritime Forum)
• Hugely successful Canadian Voice Interoperability
  Workshop, March 26th to 28th, Ottawa with over
  170 experts from across Canada, the USA and
  International
• Support and recognition in the U.S. (LEIM
  presentations, NPSTC, etc.)

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CITIG Research Proposals

• Call for proposals ran through September to
  October 31
• 21 proposals received
• The total value of projects 2,682,473 with total
  value of funds requested 1,634,583
• Range of value requested 10,000 to 500,000
• In total, 325,000 in funding provided for
  interoperability projects
• All projects now completed and submitted.

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The Next Round of Proposals

• Working to improve the process (the feedback
  received was very helpful)
• It will remain a competitive process
• Working to make it as painless as possible while
  still respecting the needs of Federal procurement
  rules
• Targeting start of fiscal Q3
• Look for information by mid-summer

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Working with our US Partners

• Ongoing efforts with DHS CCI, ST, OIC, OEC,
  NVAC, NIJ, NPSTC, NIST
• Various presentations to National Workshop
• CITIG presentations to DHS University Summit,
  NVAC, NIJ, etc.
• RCMP (IBET) working with US counterparts on pilot
  projects
• Seeking other joint projects

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Case Study 1Daily Interoperability
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2004 Presidential Visit
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The Challenge

• 14 days to develop an operational plan including
  a unified radio communications plan
• 2,000 multi-jurisdictional police officers
• 700 Public Order members from four agencies
• Over 12 different federal, provincial and local
  jurisdictions with two provinces hosting events
• Limited number of patched radio channels
  available
• Parliament Buildings, conference centre and
  various embassies increase security concerns
• No common visualization tools available
• Multiple data sources available

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Case Study 2 Alexandria Bridge

• Snake march approached low priority post
• All Public Order teams engaged / transportation
  routes clogged
• Only major support team available Quebec
  Provincial Police Public Order team - ready room
  at other end of bridge
• Command Control requirement to seek approval
  prior to using these resources
• Process manual but timely

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Case Study 3(Police Information Portal)

• Commenced over drinks at a Christmas party
• Just do it! Attitude by key police leaders
• Originally linked RMS between limited agencies
  in Ontario / BC
• Transferred to become part of National Police
  Services/RCMP
• Now National System with 98 sign on
• No analytical tools attached yet

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The World is Flat(Thomas Friedman)

• Standards (P25, TETRA, TETRA-POL, MESA)
• Convergence
• VoIP / RoIP (voice IS DATA!)
• Software Defined Radio (SDR)
• Cognitive Radio (CR)
• We define what you define how

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Visual AnalyticsSupporting Incident Command (1)

• Combine various of sources of data into one
  visual representation that I/C can use to better
  understand theatre of operations
• Vastly improve situational awareness for all
  levels of Command structure
• Provide Commanders from various public safety
  agencies (police, fire, EMS, EM) access (when
  authorized) to real-time information

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Visual AnalyticsSupporting Incident Command (2)

• New technologies could dramatically improve and
  reduce need for co-location of CC resources
• Ability to visualize voice transmissions in real
  time may have improved ability to assess
  situation faster and make more informed
  deployment decisions
• Push Common Operating Picture from UCC to Field
  Commanders Wireless Device
• Requires standards for sharing EM data

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Next Steps for CITIG

• Ongoing Regional Forums (Moncton October 16th)
• Vendor Outreach Forum showcase in Toronto October
  8th 9th
• Second National Voice Interoperability Workshop
  November December 7 10th in Toronto
• February 15-18, 2009 Victoria, BC CACP
  Informatics Committee Conference

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• Discussion
• Questions?

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Inspector Lance Valcour Ottawa Police Service On
secondment to Canadian Police Research
Centre Program Manager Canadian Interoperability
Technology Interest Group Lance.Valcour_at_cprc.org w
ww.cprc.org/citig 613-993-2842