Emergency Communications
National Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG-9-1-1) Initiative
The Nation's current 9-1-1 system is designed around telephone technology and cannot handle the text, data, images and video that are increasingly common in personal communications and critical to future transportation safety and mobility advances. The Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) initiative will establish the foundation for public emergency communications services in a wireless mobile society.
The NG9-1-1 Transition Plan and the NG9-1-1 Final System Design have been released and can be accessed below:


The IACP Law Enforcement Information Management Section (LEIM) brings together law enforcement
practitioners to improve and facilitate the exchange of information and system interoperability
within and across jurisdictional boundaries. LEIM key stakeholders include police chiefs, law enforcement
executives, and technologists.