Maui Police Dept. Seeks High Frequency Wireless Operations
Highlights:
Most of the the frequencies to be used by the proposed police system are not in the 4G range. They are higher frequencies (5G?). And the system is designed to emit focused, directed beams of microwave energy. In the past, similar systems have been used by the military as directed energy weapons. This is of grave concern.
Background:
The Maui Police Department has applied for a Special Use Permit to build a wireless communications facility on agricultural land at Makila, near Puamana (West Maui).
The new facilities, said to serve Public Safety and Local Government communications, would operate in the following frequencies:
5.900 GHz to 6.875 GHz
10.550 GHz to 11.700 GHz
17.700 to 19.700 GHz
By comparison, 4G typically operates below 8 GHz, which means a significant portion of these frequencies are in the higher frequency range, approaching the millimeter waves of 5G (typically understood as around 24 GHz and above).
Further, the new facilities are designed to emit focused, directed beams to spotlight a specific target, another feature of 5G.
This is all very disconcerting, as we know that most wireless infrastructure built now is easily convertible to 5G with a software update.
And we know that the higher frequencies have, in the past, been used by the military as directed energy weapons. In this era of militarizing the police, this is not as far fetched as it may seem.
Important questions need to be answered before this proposed new tower site is approved:
1) Why is the Maui Police Department seeking this type of high frequency, directed beam wireless capabilities?
3) What about the disruption to the view plane from this large and ugly tower structure?
5) What are the current limitations the Maui Police Department is trying to address that cannot be accomplished by other, safer means?
6) Why not make use of the existing fiber optic cable that is faster, safer, and more secure than wireless? See www.SafeG.net
The county online system is called BlueJeans (their version of Zoom or Skype).
Then log-in at 9am tomorrow, Tuesday, June 23, at 9am and testify when called on to do so. You will have 3 minutes! Prepare your comments, please!
Testimony will be taken when each item is discussed. This is the first item.
