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Motorola Outlines Next Gen Plan for Public Safety
May 28, 2010Motorola is committed to public safety and ensuring that public safety agencies can build on current solutions to position themselves for NG9-1-1, according to Greg Brown, co-CEO, Motorola; and CEO, Motorola Solutions, and Gene Delaney, president, Enterprise Mobility Solutions, Motorola.
Read full articleWhy We Can’t Text 9-1-1
May 28, 2010Looks like the word is getting out to the public that they can’t text 9-1-1. APCO’s own Courtney McCarron Hastings…
Read full articleTechnology vs. Dispatch Experience
May 28, 2010On May 2, the city of DeKalb, Ill., 9-1-1 system dodged a bullet. That morning, a tech savvy freshman from Northern Illinois University programmed his iPhone to call 9-1-1 repeatedly, tying up the city’s two 9-1-1 lines. It took only six minutes for Carol Halsey, a DeKalb Comm Center dispatcher with 20 years of experience, to stop the loop.
Read full articleConcealed Weapon Permit Transaction
May 28, 2010All but two states have passed laws that allow citizens to carry certain concealed weapons in public.
Read full articleHonoring Our Advocates
May 21, 2010On May 18, public safety and government officials joined APCO International at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C., to honor individuals who advocate for public safety on local, state and national policy levels at APCO’s 6th Annual Leadership in Policy Awards Dinner.
Read full articleMentoring Made Simple
May 14, 2010Aspiring comm center leaders require role models and guidance. But what it is and how does it mentoring benefit you and your agency? Here mentoring is defined and its personal benefits are explored.
Read full articleWildlife Violation Transaction
May 14, 2010The Wildlife Violation Nlets transaction provides a standardized, secure method to exchange wildlife violator information with law enforcement.
Read full articleTrained Right
May 7, 2010An interview with Kathryn Wheeler of the Willamette Valley Comm Center in Salem, Ore. Wheeler successfully processed an emergency childbirth call, as well as an emergency call about her father on April 20, only six months into her public safety communications career.
Read full articleInjury Severity Prediction
May 1, 2010Discussion of Advanced Automatic Collision Notification and its implications for the comm center, including discussion of the development of a standard by APCO, NENA and members of the telematics service providers to integrate that information into 9-1-1 ALI data.
Read full articleNG9-1-1: Navigating Unfamiliar Territory
May 1, 2010During the past several months many of those who work in the public and private sectors of the 9-1-1 industry have engaged in discussions about Next Generation 9-1-1. For many, these discussions have been more confusing than enlightening. Here I address the use of the term NG9-1-1 and provide a better explanation of where we’re going from here.
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