[EAS] BLU Alert Comments.

[Suzanne Goucher]

That is wishful thinking on the part of NYC.  I don't see either thing happening 
(Mandatory carriage or an expansion beyond law enforcement).

> On Aug 1, 2017, at 3:24 PM, Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> wrote:
> 
> NAB needs to step up.  Making this code mandatory is in effect giving
> every local LE agency a key to every broadcast transmitter in the area.
> 
> This is wrong...
> 
> MM
> 
>> On Tue, August 1, 2017 1:57 pm, Ed Czarnecki wrote:
>> 
>> FWIW, NYC filed its comments today - among other things agreeing on a 6
>> month implementation timeline, and desiring to change a BLU alert to be
>> **mandatory** so that broadcasters have no discretion on whether air the
>> alert.  NYC also seeks to extend the scope of Blue Alerts to any
>> uniformed personnel - beyond law enforcement.  I am not surprised by
> 
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