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What If Your Public Safety Radios Were Being Intentionally Jammed?

It could happen in the future.

I have to admit that this is not something I have considered in the past. That being someone here in the USA intentionally jamming public safety radio channels.

Fortunately, there are those who have been thinking about this issue. See this article: DHS Wraps Up Jamming Exercise to Strengthen First Responder Communications

To quote one section of the news release:
“'Illegal jamming equipment still poses a threat to emergency communications, with potential to impact the safety and operational capabilities of emergency responders. Over the past six years, S&T has worked to help the emergency response community recognize, respond to, report, and resolve jamming incidents so they can be safer and better execute their mission,' said Sridhar Kowdley, S&T program manager. 'The Department of Defense’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering enabled vital communications during JamX 22 by providing cellular (4G/5G) systems for public safety to use and test against jamming signals. S&T is excited to explore this partnership for future resilient communications research.'”
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.