PETER T. KING 
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Tw1tter: "' RepPeteK1ng 
The Honorable Thomas E. Wheeler 
Chairman 
Federal Communications Commission 
445 Twelfth Street, S.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20554 
Dear Chairman Wheeler, 
November 14,2013 
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In light of next week's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Workshop on E911 
Phase II Location Accuracy, I am writing to convey my support for a FCC rule requiring 
wireless carriers to collect and share indoor cellular location data with law enforcement. It is 
vital that we give law enforcement and first responders the tools they need to keep our 
communities safe - and improving 9-1-1 location accuracy can help save lives, stop crimes, and 
improve response times. 
As Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and 
Intelligence and as Co-Chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, ensuring the highest 
level of public safety is of upmost importance - and that requires keeping pace with 
technological advances and adapting to the fact that 9-1-1 calls are increasingly being made from 
wireless phones. The lack of location data for indoor cellular callers is a gap in public safety that 
must be remedied. 
The Police Chiefs of four New York jurisdictions - Nassau County, Suffolk County, New 
York City and Buffalo - joined with Chiefs representing the 63 largest jurisdictions in the Nation 
in writing to your predecessor, Chairman Julius Genachowski, in May 2013 urging action in thi s 
area and specifically asking the Commission "to consider regulations that require 
telecommunications providers to provide indoor cellular location data to law enforcement, j ust 
like caller data provided for wired phones." New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly 
also weighed-in on this matter in a letter to Acting Chairwoman Clyburn, noting the importance 
of capturing location data for all call types "regardless of the user device location." 
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The International Association of Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire 
Fighters and the National Volunteer Fire Council have passed a joint resolution emphasizing that 
"the deployment of effective indoor location technology is important for fire service, emergency 
medical services and public safety in general." 
Please take the views of these first responders into consideration. I would appreciate an 
update following the Workshop on whether the FCC plans to pursue a policy requiring wireless 
carriers to collect indoor cellular location data as discussed above. If you have any questions or 
need additional information, please contact Erin Ingraham of my staff at 202-225-7896. 
Sincerely, 
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PETER T. KING 
Member of Congress 
cc: Commissioner Mignon Clyburn 
Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel 
Commissioner Ajit Pai 
Commissioner Michael O'Rielly 
Bureau Chief David Turetsky