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Public Safety Communications Advisory Commission

The Public Safety Communications Advisory Commission (PSCC) is charged with providing recommendations to the PSIC office on the development of standards based systems that provide interoperability of public safety agencies' communications statewide. The Commission consists of a Chairman (the GITA Director) and 14 commissioners who are appointed by the Governor. The Commission meets once quarterly or more frequently.

Current Commissioners:

Chad Kirkpatrick, Director, Government Information Technology Agency

Joe Anderson, Assistant Chief, Bullhead City Fire Department

Michael Brashier, Communications Manager, City of Casa Grande

Amy Brooks, Captain, Apache Junction Fire Department

Steven Campbell, Lt. Colonel, Department of Public Safety

Pablo Duarte, Microwave-Two-way Radio Engineer, Cochise County Government

Jan Hauk, Past President, Arizona Fire District Association Representative

Tracy Montgomery, Assistant Chief, Phoenix Police Department

Gilbert Orrantia, Director, Arizona Department of Homeland Security

William Pribil, Sherriff, Coconino County

Patrick Quinn, Deputy Chief, Tucson Fire Department

Kathleen Robinson, Assistant Chief, Tucson Police Department

Dan Wills

Dewayne Woodie, Fire Chief, Ganado Fire District/EMS

Mike Worrell, Captain, Phoenix Fire Department

Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee

The Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) is the sub-committee of the PSCC responsible for technical and operational recommendations to the PSCC. In addition, the SIEC is responsible for management of the UHF / VHF spectrums. The SIEC has five members: Two SIEC Co-Chairs appointed by the PSCC and three members selected by the SIEC Co-Chairs. The Committee meets once quarterly or more frequently.

Current SIEC Members:

Mark Venuti (Co-Chair), Director, Guardian Medical Transport

Paul Wilson (Co-Chair), Captain, Pima County Sheriff's Department

Jesse Cooper, Communications/IT Project Manager, Phoenix Police Department

Scott Tillman, Supervising Telecom Engineer, AZ DPS

Pete Weaver, Director, Maricopa County Emergency Management

Workgroups

The PSCC and SIEC are supported by three working groups composed of volunteers from the public safety community.

The Operational Workgroup is an SIEC Workgroup that evaluates and makes recommendations from an operational perspective to the SIEC on Memoranda of Understanding, Standard Operating Procedures; and Policies, Standards and Procedures. This Workgroup is also tasked with making recommendations on Training, Exercises and Outreach.

The Technical Workgroup is an SIEC Workgroup that evaluates and makes recommendations from a technical perspective to the SIEC on Policies, Standards and Procedures. The Technical Workgroup is also responsible for UHF and VHF spectrum management as well as utilization of the Communications Asset and Mapping Tool.

The Governance Workgroup evaluates and makes recommendations to the PSCC on providing a unified approach across multiples disciplines and jurisdictions to aid the funding, effectiveness and overall support for communications interoperability. This Workgroup helps to provide the framework in which stakeholders can collaborate and make decisions that reflect shared objectives.

Governance Technical Operational

Cathy Allen

Gary Bradbury

David Felix

Lisa Hansen

Stanley Kephart

Lisa Meyerson

Tracy Montgomery

Patrick Quinn

Georgene Ramming

Kathleen Robinson

Lou Trammell

Greg Wilkinson

Dan Wills

Paul Wilson

 

 

Tom Alinen

Clifford Bailey

Joe Gibson

Rob Gunter

Karl Hartmetz

Jason Hatchet

Morgan Hoaglin

John Lucas

Carl Reitz

Larry Sayers

Mark Schroeder

Tim Steffen

Richard Stoddard

Isaiah Twombly

 

 

Paul Barbeau

Darin Douglass

Joe Gibson

Mark Griffin

Karl Hartmetz

Mark Hill

Morgan Hoaglin

Robert "Bob" Hollister

Patsy Joy

Glenn Kasprzyk

David McCarthy

Terry Mullins

Carl Reitz

Louise Smith

Bill Tait

 

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