Public safety, the radio spectrum, and the President´s Task Force on Communications Policy

The President´s Task Force on Communications Policy, with the financial support and technical cooperation of the Office of Law Enforcement Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, retained the services of the Kelly Scientific Corporation to investigate and evaluate the problems of mobile-radio communications congestion among users of the Public Safety Radio Service. The contractual effort covered a period of approximately 20 weeks, ending on June 28, 1968. The results of the investigation are reported in this article; they include important considerations for application to such timely problems as riot control and other civil disturbances.