This award supplements funding for award 2010-IJ-CX-K023. This award was competitively made in response to a proposal submitted by L-3 to an NIJ FY2010 solicitation, "Communications Technology Center of Excellence." The purpose of this supplemental funding is to continue the operations of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) System's Communications Technology Center of Excellence (COE).
The principal role of the COEs is to support NIJ's research programs. They assist NIJ in identifying the technology needs of the criminal justice community with respect to the portfolios that they support and conduct related research, test, and evaluation activities. They also develop the equipment performance standards that underpin the NIJ compliance-testing program as well as best practices guides. They provide active Technology Assistance (TA); assisting agencies to address specific technology issues in a relevant area, for example, in implementing a new communications system.
The activities of the COE will include:
* Hosting the Computer Assisted Pre-Coordination Resource Database system (CAPRAD) and providing support to the associated CAPRAD regional planning committees.
* Continuing to conduct a law enforcement broadband communications pilot.
* Continuing to evaluate the 4.9GHz public safety broadband network in Brookline, MA and expanding that evaluation to include the NIJ-sponsored Stevens Institute of Technology, and similar, network bonding technology.
* Continuing to provide technical support to the Department of Justice in its efforts with respect to Public Safety Broadband Network.
* Conducting a second operational evaluation of technology to deal with the illicit use of cell phones in a correctional environment to complement the ongoing evaluation of the Mississippi State pilot.
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