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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1289 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 GRECO  COUSINS  CONCRETE  CORP 
 For  Authorization  to  Operate  a  Private 
 Land  Radio  Station  in  the 
 Industrial  Radio  Service 


 and 
 License  of 
 BERGEN  COUNTY  POLICE  DEPARTMENT 
 To  Operate  Frequency  Pair  466/  480.5125  MHz 
 Under  Call  Sign  WPLR685 


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 FCC  File  No.  D069976 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  9,  2000  Released:  June  13,  2000 
 Before  the  Deputy  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications 
 Bureau: 


 1.  The  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division  (Division)  of  the  Wireless 
 Telecommunications  Bureau  has  before  it  a  motion  for  extension  of  time  (Motion)  to  file  a  protest  of  our 
 Order  on  Reconsideration  and  Order  on  Modification  (Order),  1  filed  by  the  Bergen  County,  New  Jersey 
 Police  Department  (Bergen)  on  June  2,  2000.  2  Bergen  requests  that  we  extend  the  time  for  filing  a  protest 
 to  Order  to  forty-  five  days,  from  June  12,  2000  to  July  27,  2000.  3  On  June  6,  2000  the  Police  Department 


 1  Application  of  Greco  Cousins  Concrete  Corp.  for  Authorization  to  Operate  a  Private  Land  Mobile  Radio  Station 
 in  the  Industrial  Radio  Service  and  Bergen  County  Police  Department  to  Operate  Frequency  Pair  477/  480.5125 
 MHz  Under  Call  Sign  WPLR685,  Order  on  Reconsideration  and  Order  on  Modification,  DA  00-  929  (WTB 
 PSPWD  rel.  May  18,  2000)  (Order). 


 2  Bergen  County,  New  Jersey  Police  Department  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  to  File  Protest  of  Commission 


 Order  (Motion)  (filed  June  2,  2000). 
 3  Motion  at  1. 
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 of  the  City  of  New  York  filed  comments  in  support  of  Bergen’s  Motion.  4 
 2.  In  the  Order,  the  Division  concluded  that  the  grant  of  Bergen’s  license  was  defective.  5 
 Accordingly,  the  Division  reinstated  Greco  Cousins  Concrete  Corp.  ’s  (Greco)  application  for  authorization 
 of  a  new  station  in  the  Industrial  Radio  Service  for  use  on  frequency  pair  477/  480.5125  MHz  to  pending 
 status  6  and  proposed  to  delete  frequency  pair  477/  480.5125  MHz  from  Bergen’s  Station  WPRL685.  7 


 3.  The  Bergen  County  Police  Department  serves  an  area  with  a  population  of  875,000.  8 
 Bergen  includes  a  Patrol  Division,  Water  Search  and  Recovery  Team,  Bomb  Team,  Hostage  Negotiations 
 Team,  Canine  Squad  and  Criminal  Investigation  Division.  9  According  to  Bergen,  its  Communications 
 Division  covers  “all  facets  of  county  government,  including  police,  fire,  emergency  management,  and 
 transportation.”  10 


 4.  Bergen  states  that  the  Order  proposes  to  terminate  critical  public  safety  communications 
 and  vest  authorization  for  the  assigned  frequencies  in  Greco.  11  Bergen  further  states  that  this  action  will 
 endanger  the  health  and  safety  of  law  enforcement  officers  in  Bergen  County  and  throughout  the  New  York 
 Metropolitan  area,  thus  jeopardizing  fundamental  public  safety  operations.  12  Bergen  also  states  that  no 
 detriment  will  accrue  by  granting  an  extension  of  time  to  file  a  protest  of  the  decision,  and  that  such  an 
 extension  will  afford  Bergen  an  opportunity  to  review  and  present  its  position  to  the  Commission.  13  While 
 the  Commission  does  not  routinely  grant  motions  for  extension  of  time,  we  believe  that  Bergen  has 
 presented  good  cause  for  approval  of  such  a  motion.  14  We  therefore  conclude  that  a  grant  of  the  Motion 
 would  be  in  the  public  interest. 


 5.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  Section  4(  i)  of  the  Communications  Act 
 of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  154(  i),  and  Section  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46, 
 the  motion  for  extension  of  time  to  file  a  protest  of  the  Order  on  Reconsideration  and  Order  on 


 4  Comments  of  the  Police  Department  of  the  City  of  New  York  (filed  June  6,  2000).  The  Police  Department  of 
 New  York  City  stated  “[  w]  ith  Bergen  County  located  directly  across  the  Hudson  River  from  New  York  City, 
 effective  communications  capability  is  critical  for  cooperative  efforts  between  NYPD  and  public  safety  agencies 
 throughout  Bergen  County.” 


 5  Order,  ¶  16. 


 6  Id.,  ¶  1. 
 7  Id.,  ¶  16. 
 8  Motion  at  2. 
 9  Id. 
 10  Id. 
 11  Motion  at  1. 
 12  Id.  at  1-  2. 
 13  Id.  at  2. 
 14  See  47  C.  F.  R.  1.87. 
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 Modification  15  filed  by  the  Bergen  County,  New  Jersey  Police  Department  on  June  2,  2000,  IS 
 GRANTED. 


 6.  For  the  forgoing  reasons,  we  hereby  extend  the  time  for  filing  a  protest  to  the  Order  on 
 Modification  in  this  proceeding  to  July  27,  2000. 


 7.  This  action  is  taken  under  delegated  authority  pursuant  to  Sections  0.131  and  0.331  of  the 
 Commission's  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.131,  0.331. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Ramona  Melson  Deputy  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau 


 15  This  ruling  does  not  affect  the  filing  deadlines  for  Petitions  for  Reconsideration.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.106. 
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