This is an article by Charles (Charley) Bryson, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, April 16, 2025.
Despite significant investments in public safety, critical training gaps for first responders persist. Regional planning committees, established by the FCC in the 1980s to manage public safety radio frequencies, remain key to improving interoperability. Learn about ongoing efforts—both regional and national—to close communication gaps and improve coordinated emergency response.
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Charles (Charley) Bryson
Charles V. Bryson is the former chair of Region 20 and the National Regional Planning Committee. He has served on multiple nationwide planning committees for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials and participated in public safety and first responder organizations as a practitioner and consultant since 1966. He earned both a B.S. and an M.S. degree in criminal justice administration from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and served as an adjunct faculty member at both VCU and J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.
