David Buchanan

APCO Local Advisor
APCO
Yucaipa, California

Job History: Mr. Buchanan is retired from the County of San Bernardino as a Network Services Supervisor, where he managed a countywide regional public safety radio system covering 20,000 square miles with over 15,000 users. David Buchanan’s primary focus is state and local government public safety radio communications, including voice, mobile data, microwave, and paging. He is well versed in all areas of public safety radio with specific experience in state and local government public safety communications and extensive experience in public safety spectrum issues including 700/800 MHz Regional Planning, spectrum planning, and FCC licensing.

Education: Mr. Buchanan holds a B.A. Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino, 1978; an A.S. Electronics, San Bernardino Valley College, 1973; and additional electrical engineering course work, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1995-1996.

Associations & Professional Memberships: Mr. Buchanan is a Life Member, Associated Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO), and was awarded APCO’s Art McDole award for long time technical contributions to the art and practice of public-safety communications in 2004. He is Past-President, California Public-Safety Radio Association, Chair, Region 5 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee; APCO Local Frequency Advisor, Southern California; Chair, APCO Spectrum Management Committee, 2000-2005; Member, FCC Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee; Member, FCC National Coordination Committee – Vice Chair of the Interoperability Sub-Committee, 1996, and former Chair of the NPSTC Broadband Task Force. He received the NPSTC Richard DeMello Award in 2012.

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Presentation(s):

• Harmonizing Deployable Trunking for Interoperability

  Wednesday, August 9, 2023
  10:00 AM – 11:00 AM