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Compliance
Request Report
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PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO FREQUENCY
INTERFERENCE
On June 15,
1998, APCO signed a Memo of Understanding (MOU) with the FCC's Compliance
and Information Bureau (CIB), in conjunction with the FCC Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau aimed at improving the Commission's compliance and enforcement
processes involving public safety radio services.
The agreement's main
objective is to facilitate the Commission's certified Frequency Advisory
Committee's (FAC) work in concert with CIB to protect the technical and
regulatory integrity of radio communications. Under the agreement, APCO
will follow an FCC technical and administrative standard to collect all
information relevant to process a compliance or interference matter. This
allows the FCC to rely on APCO and other public safety coordinators to
research and verify the substance of a complaint. APCO will only refer
a matter to the Commission when an interference problem cannot be resolved.
The MOU supports the Commission's mandates under the Telecommunications
Act of 1996 and will conserve the Commission's resources that it would
otherwise expend in the research and verification of a licensee-filed
complaint.
Pursuant to FCC Rule
90.173(b), all applicants and licensees shall cooperate in the selection
and use of frequencies in order to reduce interference and make the most
effective use of the authorized facilities. Licensees of stations suffering
or causing harmful interference are expected to cooperate and resolve
this problem by mutually satisfactory arrangements. If the licensees are
unable to do so, the Commission may impose restrictions including specifying
the transmitter power, antenna height, or area or hours of operation of
the stations concerned. Further, the use of any frequency at a given geographical
location may be denied when, in the judgment of the Commission, its use
in that location is not in the public interest; the use of any frequency
may be restricted as to specify geographical areas, maximum power, or
such other operating conditions, contained in this part or in the station
authorization.
The following Compliance
Request Report (CRR) should be completed for interference complaints and
submitted to APCO for processing. The form can be faxed to (386) 322-2502,
ATTN: RF Interference or sent by internet e-mail to rfinterference@apco911.org.
A copy of this report will
be emailed to the address in the first email address box.
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