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Urban Operational
Experimentation

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is all about bringing together
the public safety community

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with the technology developers
in an environment

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where we can cut past
some of the product marketing

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and really get first responders
hands-on with technologies.

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This week's all about
introducing new

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and emerging technologies
to first responders in a way

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that totally removes
the risk from them.

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And some of the end goals
are to provide direct

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feedback to them
about what works,

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what doesn't work
for their organization.

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Get direct
feedback to the vendors

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that were invited out here,

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what they can do
to improve their technologies,

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and then take all of that
and put it in a report

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that can be shared

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with the national first
responder community

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that wasn't here
for this event.

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For the developers,
they really need the feedback

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to understand the particulars
of the operational environment

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of the first responders.

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Today we're looking at

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drone technology, which I think
can be a big help for the FDNY.

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I think if
we had large incidents,

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it would be good
to have a different perspective,

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a different view
of that incident

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from the air, obviously.

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And I like the idea of a drone

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getting out
in front of some of our units

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to let them know what

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they're approaching,
what they're going into.

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It would be nice to know

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if fire was blowing out
the windows

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before we arrived at the fire.
You could set up a plan

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and be more effective.

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I was really looking forward
to this in terms of being able

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to test the latest
unmanned systems in particular.

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MTA, we're standing up
our drone program right now

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and our ability to not only test
the latest technology,

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but also interact
with our interagency partners

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and NYPD, FDNY, New York City
Office of Emergency Management,

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the New York state observers
here.

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Technology doesn't
always perform

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to what we would call
it got an A.

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We see failures, which is good
because it's those failures

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that help

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the developers understand how
to move their technology forward

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so that ultimately it is useful
for the first responders.

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Technology is so vital for
our nation's first responders,

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be they firefighters
or emergency

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medical personnel,
or police officers.

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You know, we're right out front
serving the American public.

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The dynamics of our job
are constantly changing,

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the challenges,
and technology is what helps us

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meet those challenges.

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It helps us to be able
to stay ahead of the curve

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and be able to provide
those lifesaving services.

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So it's always important
to be on the cutting edge.

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NUSTL helps us with that.

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We have to be one step
ahead of the bad guys, you know?

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So if we don't know
what's out there

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or I haven't tested it
thoroughly, we might not be

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ahead of the game.

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We might be behind the eight
ball.

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So it's important
to always stay ahead.

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There's really no other testing
event that I know of

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that brings together
all of these public

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safety agencies in one venue
to be able to test like this.

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So what I hope is that
the public sees

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their public safety agencies
going out there,

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willing to invest in
these technologies, to test them

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and to understand that, you know

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we're
just not deploying officers

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or deploying people out there.

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We're actually looking

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at utilizing technology
to make the transportation

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environment and everyday life
in the city safer.

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Without government backing,

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without funding,
without research, things

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change much slower.

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So to have these partnerships
and the backing,

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the funding in multiple agencies

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and financial resources
from larger agencies,

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we wouldn't have the innovations
that we do today.

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So they're incredibly important.

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