Given the important issues surrounding the development of a public safety broadband network, you asked us to provide information about current and planned public safety communication networks and the progress being made to support both voice and data needs. We examined (1) the resources that have been provided for current public safety communication systems and their capabilities and limitations, (2) how a nationwide public safety broadband network is being planned and its anticipated capabilities and limitations, (3) the challenges to building a nationwide public safety broadband network, and (4) the factors that influence competition and cost in the development of public safety communication devices and the options that exist to reduce prices.