The purpose of the User Committee is to:

• Promote the exchange of information, experience and concepts among public safety communications users from diverse agencies, services and backgrounds, related to public safety interoperable communications.
• Encourage planning and decisions leading to greater levels of communication among member and partner agencies and jurisdictions.
• Promote the cooperation and sharing of resources among the members.
• Advise the Northeast Minnesota Emergency Communications Board (“the Board”) on matters of policies and procedures to promote reliable communications throughout the region.
• Develop and recommend minimum training standards for users and trainers to the Board for their approval.
• Develop and recommend minimum equipment specifications to the Board for their approval.
• Each member of the JPO is able to appoint up to 5 members within their jurisdiction representing diverse disciplines (up to two per discipline).The users are operational-level public safety practitioners.