Earlier this week, the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and State
(DOS) announced that senior officials of the United States-Mexico
High-Level Consultative Commission on Telecommunications (HLCC) have
just signed a bilateral agreement that will support the creation of a
new cross-border communications network for law enforcement and public
safety officials to use to strengthen border security.
This agreement, signed on September 2, established a bilateral working
group in which DHS and Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Security (SSP)
will coordinate the installation and operation of the communications
network. Participating safety and law enforcement officers will be able
to coordinate cross-border collaboration on incident response and other
aspects of law enforcement through voice, data and video means.
