Communication system and method for cooperative press participation at an incident scene

A method for press and public safety agencies to interoperate, comprising:

• presenting an electronic press pass having electronic press credentials stored therein upon entry to a public safety incident scene, the electronic press pass being associated with a portable non-public safety (non-PS) communication device;
• scanning the electronic press pass, using a scanning function of a portable public safety (PS) radio;
• verifying, by a server, that the electronic press credentials are acceptable for access to an approved zone of the public safety incident scene;
• temporarily registering the portable non-PS communication device and electronic press credentials with the server for access to the approved zone as a temporarily registered device;
• determining, by the server, that a location of the temporarily registered device has crossed a boundary into a keep-out zone of the public safety incident scene;
• and sending a boundary warning from the server to the temporarily registered device with instructions to relocate to the approved zone.