APCO International — The public review and comment period is open until July 12 for the Candidate APCO ANS 1.101.2-201x: Standard for Public Safety Telecommunicators when Responding to Calls of Missing, Abducted, and Sexually Exploited Children. This is a recent update to the original ANS, version 1.

The candidate APCO/NENA ANS 1.102.2-201x: Service Capability Criteria Rating Scale has been released for comments until July 19. The revision includes the addition of “Day-to-Day” operations service capability criteria items, provides updates to the existing “Survivability” items, based upon lessons learned in the field since the original publication.

A revised Candidate APCO ANS 3.103.1-200x: Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Telecommunicators is in its second public review and comment period ending July 26. The updated proposal includes the addition of Chapter 10: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Dispatcher, as well as revisions resulting from comments received during the first public review and comment period.

Please review these candidate ANS during their public review and comment periods. More information regarding each of the proposals can be found at: www.apcointl.org/standards/standards-call-to-action/

Standards Call for Participation
The Standards Development Committee (SDC) is seeking interested representatives from various areas of public safety communications to serve on the SDC or one of its sub-committees. For more information

about the SDC and Public Safety Standards, be sure to attend the SDC presentation in Houston on Sunday, August 1 from 2:00-3:00pm or email standards@apcointl.org.