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APCO International Selects 2011 Horizon Award Winners
May 23, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — APCO International has awarded both Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center and City of San Luis Obispo Communications Center with the Horizon Award for their proactive technologic achievements within the communications center and the public safety industry.
Read full articleAPCO Rebrands MEDS Software as 9-1-1 Adviser
May 23, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — May 20, 2011 — APCO International’s popular talking software recently underwent a rebranding. Now known as 9-1-1Adviser, the easy-to-use software interfaces with agencies’ current CAD systems or stands alone to provide practical instructions for public safety telecommunicators.
Read full articleGlendora PD Launches Website for Public to View 9-1-1 Responses
May 23, 2011Glendora, Calif. — From a computer, citizens can see all the crimes and incidents being reported to the Glendora police via a newly-launched feature on the Glendora Police Department’s website.
Read full articleMan Pocket Dials 9-1-1; Drug Conversation Heard
May 23, 2011Gainesville, Ga. — Authorities say a Georgia man “pocket-dialed” 911 and the dispatcher on the other end overheard people discussing a drug deal.
Read full articleConfusion Hampered 9-1-1 Response in Boy’s Brush with Camel
May 23, 2011Knoxville, Tenn. — A few more details — but not all of the answers — are emerging from a Thursday incident in which emergency medical personnel were not allowed inside the Knoxville Zoo to treat a boy who had been injured by a camel.
Read full articleFCC Announces Agenda for Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee
May 23, 2011On April 21, 2011, the FCC announced that it’s Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) will hold its second meeting on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at FCC Headquarters. A meeting agenda is provided.
Read full articleCentral Massachusetts Radio Association Celebrates 75 Years
May 20, 2011Worcester, Mass. — If you ever get invited to a hamfest, don’t go looking for a big hunk of pink meat festooned with pineapple rings and cloves. A hamfest is a flea market run by and for amateur radio enthusiasts, who are affectionately known as hams.
Read full articleMore Than 30 Cities Out of Federal Grant Program
May 20, 2011San Antonio — More than 30 smaller and mid-sized U.S. cities are losing about $170 million in federal anti-terrorism funding that began after the 9/11 attacks, perplexing some local officials at a time when information gleaned from Osama bin Laden’s hideout suggests al-Qaida is being encouraged to attack smaller targets.
Read full articleA Modest Proposal
May 19, 2011Public safety has made great strides in achieving interoperability since 9/11. The focus on interoperability also highlighted the need to maintain operability during large incidents, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and storms. The traditional approach has been to build strong infrastructure and backup systems that can ride out the incident. However, it’s clear that the power of nature can’t be completely overcome.
Read full articleAPCO International Goes to the Hill
May 19, 2011May 16-19 APCO International representatives were in Washington, D.C., advocating for the passage of legislation that would reallocate the 10 MHz of D Block spectrum to public safety, participating in the first Public Safety Broadband Summit and Expo and honoring those individuals who have served public safety during the annual Leadership in Policy Awards Dinner.
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