Abstract: A communication system and method are provided for establishing cross-agency communications for managing an incident scene. Converged devices are paired to in-vehicle computers of public safety (PS) vehicles, each PS vehicle having a different agency role. Device capabilities are compared to determine communication commonalities amongst the paired devices of vehicles of different agency roles. One or more frequency channels common to the devices associated with the deployed vehicles of different agency roles are determined. Communication is established amongst devices associated with vehicles of different agency roles using the determined common channel.

Abstract: A device, system, and method for electronic access control to reunify persons is provided. A device determines, using electronic data, a modality of an incident associated with a premises. The device determines: one or more routes associated with the premises and the modality; and electronic reunification data associated with the modality, the electronic reunification data defining one or more first persons and one or more second persons that are to meet in association with the incident and in accordance with the one or more routes. The device controls access points at the premises, along the one or more routes, to one or more of unlock, lock, open, or close. The device transmits one or more notifications to one or more communication devices, indicative of the electronic reunification data.

Abstract: A process for triggering and propagating a covert mode status change using configuration protocol data includes, while a computing device is in a non-covert mode, maintaining one or more externally-perceivable output devices according to non-covert-configuration data of a non-covert profile; in response to detecting a trigger: changing the computing device to a covert mode; selecting a covert profile; controlling the externally-perceivable output devices according to covert-configuration data of the covert profile; and transmitting an instruction message to each of one or more second computing devices, the instruction message comprising: a status change message to place each of the one or more second computing devices in a respective covert mode; and covert-configuration protocol data mapped to the covert-configuration data of the covert profile, such that respective externally-perceivable output devices, at the one or more second computing devices, are controlled according to the covert-configuration protoco

Abstract: A process for triggering and propagating a covert mode status change using configuration protocol data includes, while a computing device is in a non-covert mode, maintaining one or more externally-perceivable output devices according to non-covert-configuration data of a non-covert profile; in response to detecting a trigger: changing the computing device to a covert mode; selecting a covert profile; controlling the externally-perceivable output devices according to covert-configuration data of the covert profile; and transmitting an instruction message to each of one or more second computing devices, the instruction message comprising: a status change message to place each of the one or more second computing devices in a respective covert mode; and covert-configuration protocol data mapped to the covert-configuration data of the covert profile, such that respective externally-perceivable output devices, at the one or more second computing devices, are controlled according to the covert-configuration protoco