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2016 Video Quality in Public Safety (VQiPS) Workshop
Save the date for the 2016 Video Quality in Public Safety (VQiPS) Workshop, August 31 – September 1 in Seattle, Washington!
Who should attend:
Public safety (e.g., law enforcement, fire response, emergency medical services), representatives from standards development organizations, industry, and federal partners.
Registration is now available:. http://www.cvent.com/d/5vqnrp
Special travel arrangements may be available for members of local, state, and federal first responder agencies. please email Chris.Espinoza@associates.hq.dhs.gov for details.
VQiPS Background:
First responders rely heavily on video technology to increase their situational awareness while onsite at an incident, monitoring an incident from afar or conducting day-to-day response. As video technology has evolved, equipment options have become increasingly complex. The VQiPS Initiative provides information and support to first responders so they can articulate their own video quality needs, and ultimately buy the best products to fit their unique needs. Through the creation of unbiased guidance and educational resources, VQiPS assists the first response community in clearly defining and communicating their video quality needs. VQiPS empowers practitioners with the tools and information needed to purchase and deploy the appropriate video technology solutions to support their mission. Among its most recent knowledge products, the VQiPS Working Group has developed Policy Considerations for Video in Public Safety which assists practitioners by providing guidance for government agencies crafting written policies and procedures for the use of video in a variety of public safety applications. Further, VQiPS has developed a glossary of video system terminology, a video library, the Digital Video Quality Standards Handbook and numerous technical reports on topics such as Optimizing Network Resources for Transmitting Video on Public Safety LTE Networks.
Special travel arrangements may be available for members of local, state, and federal first responder agencies. Please email Chris.Espinoza@associates.hq.dhs.gov for details.
