Appointed by Governor: J. Kevin Aftung; E. Colton O'Donoghue; Tony W. Rose; Anna L. Sierra; Stephen H. Souder; Bardona J. Woods.
Appointed by Senate President: Cheryl C. Kagan; Edward R. Reilly.
Appointed by House Speaker: Michael A. Jackson; Susan W. Krebs.
Appointed by Maryland Association of Counties: Richard K. Brooks III; William Ferretti; Charlynn Flaherty; Tracy German; John E. (Jack) Markey; Jonathan R. Seeman; Erin Sher Smyth.
Ex officio: Cecilia Warren, designee of Secretary of Disabilities; Julia M. Fischer, designee of Secretary of Information Technology; Jason M. Stanek, Chair, Public Service Commission; Scott G. Roper, Executive Director, Emergency Number Systems Board; Anthony Myers, Chair, Emergency Number System Board.
![[photo, Hampton Plaza, 300 East Joppa Road, Towson, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/22dpscs/images/1198-1-732.jpg)
Staff: Scott G. Roper
c/o Emergency Number Systems Board
Hampton Plaza, 300 East Joppa Road, Suite 1000, Towson, MD 21286 - 3068
(410) 339-6305
e-mail: scott.roper@maryland.gov
Hampton Plaza, 300 East Joppa Road, Towson, Maryland, May 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Final Report to Governor & General Assembly due Dec. 1, 2019 (Chapters 301 & 302, Acts of 2018).
In June 2018, the Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland was authorized by the General Assembly (Chapters 301 & 302, Acts of 2018).
The 9-1-1 phone number can be called to request emergency assistance or report an emergency situation.
Maryland's original 9-1-1 System was authorized in 1979, and carried out by the Emergency Number Systems Board. That 9-1-1 system is based on landline phones. Next generation technology provides more accurate caller location information and more efficient response.
The Commission was charged with studying and making recommendations about the development and implementation of a next generation 9-1-1 statewide emergency communications system. Further, the Commission was to examine all costs for planning, testing, and operating a next generation system, as well as to consider the best practices, policies, and procedures for public safety telecommunications.
Authorization for the Commission ended June 30, 2020.
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