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APCO International Technology Roundtables Back in 2012
November 17, 2011DAYTONA BEACH, FL—October 31, 2011— The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International announced it will hold two Technology Roundtables in 2012 after a successful first year of events in 2011.
Read full articleAPCO Appeals to Super Committee to Consider D Block Allocation
November 10, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 9, 2011 – Public Safety officials sent a formal letter today to the co-chairs of the…
Read full articleLos Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Selects Panasonic Toughbook Mobile Computers for Countywide Patrol Vehicle Deployment
November 10, 2011Secaucus, New Jersey – Nov. 10, 2011 – Panasonic Solutions Company, a provider of rugged mobile technology solutions for the…
Read full articleRun for 9-1-1 5K Run/Walk Debuts in January
November 10, 2011The first Run for 9-1-1, a 5K run/walk benefiting emergency first responders, is set for January 14, 2012.
Run for 9-1-1, an Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International event, is a timed 5K run/walk that benefits emergency responders in Volusia County, Fl. The event will take place on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 8:00 am, beginning and ending at Aunt Catfish’s Restaurant, Port Orange, Fl.
Read full articleOfficials Skeptical of Police Phone Plan
November 9, 2011Jared Hunt, Daily Mail Capitol Reporter, Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia) Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper isn’t buying West…
Read full articleAeroflex TM500 LTE Test Mobile Completes Support for 3GPP Release 9 with Addition of Multicast Video Streaming Function
November 9, 2011Stevenage, UK— November 9, 2011— Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX), announced today that the…
Read full articleAmerica’s Most Wanted Host John Walsh Calls on Congress to Allocate D Block to Public Safety
November 9, 2011On Oct. 26, John Walsh, Host of America’s Most Wanted and leading child protection advocate, asked Congress to help “first…
Read full articleNew 9-1-1 Center Sold by Mistake
November 8, 2011Russell Carpenter, 76, of Sutton, thought he was getting a pretty good deal when he purchased a 6.5-acre property for about $3,100 at the Braxton County tax sale. Little did the retired construction supervisor realize that the property was in fact owned by the county commission and was the site of the Braxton County 911 Center/EMS and represented an approximately $1.5 million investment by the county.
Read full articleThis Is Only A Test!
November 8, 2011Cops are preparing for a blitz of panicked 911 calls during a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, blanketing every TV and radio station coast-to-coast, that experts fear could produce a Orson Welles-like fear frenzy.
Boston and state police said they’re both staffing extra 911 dispatchers to answer calls at 2 p.m. Wednesday, when the 30-second alert from the Federal Communications Commission will interrupt regularly scheduled programming on all TV and radio stations in the United States and Puerto Rico.
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How to Avoid Divisiveness in the Comm Center
November 9, 2011I have been talking about the “Us vs. Them” mentality between patrol and communications a lot lately. I was thinking…
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