In 2017, Shaoyang Traffic Police Detachment of China’s Hunan Province established the Red Eagle Motorcycle Squad, which consists of 66 traffic officers and parapolice. As higher demands are posed to law enforcement, besides guaranteed mission-critical voice service, the police's requirement on data service including multimedia and mobile working has been increasing.

Since its establishment in 2018, PrioCom has taken major steps as a secure mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in mission-critical communications using 4G in the Netherlands. A new bilingual website emphasizes the organization’s position and offers its resellers support through a personal online portal.

The FCC issued a $39,278 fine against Ocean Hinson of Surry County, North Carolina, for intentional misuse of a local public-safety radio communications network in violation of the Communications Act of 1934. Hinson impersonated first responders in unauthorized radio communications on Surry County’s licensed public-safety frequency.

Siemens Mobility and Softil announced an agreement to bring a range of next-generation communications solutions to market for use in Long Term Evolution-Railway (LTE-R) railways as well as mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) metro applications such as underground, trams and buses.

A Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) subcommittee identified the Project 25 (P25) Digital Fixed Station Interface (DFSI) as the best integration protocol standard for LMR and Long Term Evolution (LTE) interoperability. The subcommittee said an enhanced radio over IP (RoIP) protocol could also be developed to address DFSI’s shortcomings.

A report from the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) offers updates on current and future use for the 400 MHz professional mobile radio (PMR)/public access mobile radio (PAMR) frequencies.

A U.S. district judge denied a Hytera Communications motion to dismiss a copyright infringement claim filed against it by Motorola Solutions in an ongoing legal dispute.

Astrid, the Belgian national operator of the radio communications, paging and dispatching networks for emergency and security services, renewed the support and maintenance contract agreements with Airbus-Proximus consortium. The network serves users from all public-safety and security services, along with several utility and transport companies in Belgium.

BK Technologies announced two new orders for its Project 25 (P25) radios from fire agencies.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) selected AT&T for a potential $984 million 15-year contract. Through this award, the DOJ will transition to a next-generation communications platform supporting more than 120,000 employees across more than 2,100 locations.