In this episode of TiPS: Today in Public Safety, Fletch examines the privacy minefield created by always-on sensors — from Apple Watches and Alexa to doorbell cameras and vehicle crash detection. We explore the life-saving potential, the unsettling pitfalls, and the legal challenges facing 9-1-1 centers as NG911 develops.

Whether you’re a PSAP manager, a first responder, or someone with a smart device in every room, this episode will make you reconsider what “always-on” truly means.

In this episode, Fletch unpacks one of the strangest but most exciting concepts in network science: quantum routing.

Instead of your 911 call taking one fixed path through the network, quantum routing uses the principles of quantum entanglement and probability to explore all possible paths at once, instantly selecting the best.

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🎧 Tune in for a funny, snarky, and thought-provoking look at how physics might one day reshape emergency communications.

This week on TiPS: Today in Public Safety we’re diving into three big topics you don’t want to miss:

🔹 Digital Warrants: Top 5 Issues – From consent to cloud storage, what cops & courts need to know in the digital age.

🔹 Privacy vs. Always-On Sensors – When does “smart” become too smart?

🔹 Tech, Movies & Public Safety – From Terminator to the internet age, what Hollywood got right (and hilariously wrong).

🎙 Hosted by Fletch, ENP — bringing you the latest, most informative, and sometimes controversial takes on emergency communications three times a week.

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Multitasking is the dispatcher’s superpower — but even superheroes have limits. In this episode of TiPS: Today in Public Safety, Fletch explores how eye-tracking technology, already used in aviation, surgery, and even gaming, could help sharpen focus in 9-1-1 dispatch centers.

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Distraction in a PSAP isn’t just inconvenient — it’s dangerous. Could eye-tracking be the tool that keeps attention sharp when it matters most?

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What if your next search and rescue didn’t rely on one big “hero drone,” but an entire caffeinated ant colony of BabyBots — each one mapping hazards, sniffing gas, and hunting for survivors in places GPS can’t touch?

In this episode of TiPS: Today in Public Safety, Fletch takes you inside the swarm: how dozens of tiny, affordable drones #SLAM together to cover more ground, deliver real-time hazard maps, and keep responders out of danger. From DARPA’s underground challenges to the policies you’ll need to fly them, this is a no-BS, boots-and-bots look at the future of rescue ops.

Whether you’re in public safety, emergency management, or just love seeing cutting-edge tech in action, this is the episode that will make you rethink how we save lives.

Could the future of 911 be… out of this world? In this episode, we explore the potential of moving core emergency communications to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites — eliminating the need for vulnerable ground-based radio towers.

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No, we’re not strapping call takers into rockets (yet), but the concept of “dispatch from space” might not be science fiction for long.

🎧 Listen now and join the conversation about the future of Public Safety communications.

#PublicSafety #NG911 #SatelliteCommunications #Starlink #DisasterRecovery #LEO

🚨 For the week of 8/18 on TiPS: Today in Public Safety:

MONDAY 🚀 Satellites replacing radio towers?

WEDNESDAY 🐜 BabyBots swarming disaster zones?

FRIDAY 👀 Eye-tracking helping dispatchers focus?

Three episodes, three big ideas reshaping 911.

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In this episode of TiPS: Today in Public Safety, Fletch continues the history of 911 technology with Part 2 — covering the broadband boom, the rise of VoIP, and how the internet threw Public Safety a curveball. Learn how nomadic devices broke the location model, why it took two decades to roll out NG911 i3, and how satellite and IoT connections are shaping the future of emergency response. Packed with humor, history, and hard-earned lessons, this is the must-listen sequel to Episode 25 0813 Part 1 of 2.

In TiPS Episode 25 0813, Fletch takes listeners through the first 30 years of 911 technology — from the historic first call in Haileyville, Alabama, to the rise of E911, the chaos of early cell phone calls, and the location headaches brought by VoIP. Blending humor with history, this episode makes complex technology easy to understand, even for those outside of public safety. Perfect for 911 professionals, technologists, and anyone curious about how our emergency number evolved.

Part 1 of a 2 Part Series

Today, Fletch takes listeners inside the cutting-edge world of AI-driven behavioral analysis — technology that can spot deception in a 911 call faster than most humans can blink.

From micro-pauses to tone shifts, this episode explores how situational intelligence is giving public safety call takers a powerful new ally in the fight against fake emergencies, AI-enhanced swatting, and misleading callers.

With real-world examples, a dash of humor, I'll show you why this tech isn’t about replacing human intuition — it’s about supercharging it.

Don’t miss You Can’t Lie to Me: AI-Driven Behavioral Analysis for 911 on 911TiPS.com and on your favorite podcast platform.