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Narrator: VQiPS in 100 seconds.

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Video is an increasingly important
 tool in public safety.

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Mark L. Ryckman: Mayors, City Managers,
 County Administrators, are looking to

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video technology more and more
 as a cost effective means

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to provide public safety services.

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Narrator: Video will play an even bigger
 role in FirstNet, the Nationwide

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Public Safety Broadband Network
 authorized by Congress.

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Barry Luke: Video is really critical in
 public safety as we move forward

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into the next generation. Whether its the
 paramedic who needs to send video of

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a patient back to a doctor in the
 emergency room, or whether its a police

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officer in a tactical environment,
 video will be a huge driver

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in this new Public Safety
 Nationwide Network.

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Narrator: Despite video's importance,
 agencies have had few resources

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to guide them in choosing the right
 equipment for the job.

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 VQiPS, the Video Quality and Public Safety
 Program, has changed that.

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Cuong Luu: We have developed a
 number of tools that helped

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responders determine their requirements
 and get a better idea

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of how equipment and systems
 will meet those requirements.

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Mike Keegan: Once I heard about VQiPS
 it was like, a one stop shop and something

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that I had been searching for since 2007.

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Lieutenant Samuel Hood, III: VQiPS has
 been essential to my program, becuase

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I would still probably be struggling,
 at the very beginning if I didn't have

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the opportunity to meet
 with the experts.

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Julie Stroup: The other types of venues
 tend to be more vendor focused on

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products, and when you're in implementation
 mode your not constantly shopping

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and you dont want to keep looking at
 more and more products.

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Ron Derderian: These are extremely
 beneficial workshops, they provide a lot

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of really good information and they
 always stay with cutting edge technoloy

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and I think that's really important.

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Narrator: For more information,
 visit us at FirstResponder.gov.

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