Verizon Public Safety Day: “We’re investing in Michigan for public safety”

On a cold and snowy day, Eric Spadafora, executive director, business sales for Verizon Wireless, kicked off the Detroit-area public safety day with a clear message to the assembled public safety and law enforcement officials.

'Verizon has a long history supporting public safety in Michigan. We are proud to continue to be your partner and we wanted to take a moment to reaffirm our continued commitment to you and your mission.'

The Verizon Public Safety Days are an opportunity for local police, government and public safety agencies and first responders to hear from their peers, Verizon and our technology partners about the work we do to support their mission and the importance of reliable communication in doing their job. In addition to Spadafora, David Wiederecht outlined our plan to build a dedicated public safety network core and add priority access and preemption service for public safety as the latest effort by Verizon to support collaboration and communication among public safety and law enforcement.

The small group, representing four counties, towns or municipalities in the Detroit area, also heard from Eric Mann and Mark Emerick about the work Verizon does in Michigan to support public safety and future plans for network investment. They also got a tour of the network facility and our mobile wireless assets, including a pull-in generator satellite pico-cell on trailer (SPOT) and a cell on light truck (COLT).