Posts From APCO International
Make 2020 Your Year to Learn and Grow
December 26, 2019One of the latest alternatives to New Year’s resolutions is to try something new every month. Here are some suggestions.
Read full articleGlynn-Brunswick 911 Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
December 19, 2019Alexandria, VA – Glynn-Brunswick 911, Georgia, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of…
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Comments on Two Draft Standards
December 12, 2019Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is reaffirming and seeking comments on a candidate American…
Read full articlePresident’s Channel: APCO’s Fight for Better 9-1-1 Location Information
December 6, 2019If you’ve been following the latest news about the FCC and 9-1-1 location accuracy, you know that 9-1-1 public safety communications suffered one of the most disappointing rule changes to come out of the FCC in recent memory. In the lead-up to the FCC’s action, APCO was very vocal that the FCC wasn’t doing what’s best for 9-1-1.
Read full articleTemple University Police Department Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
December 5, 2019Alexandria, VA – The Temple University Police Department in Pennsylvania has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative,…
Read full articleGuilford Metro 911 Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
December 5, 2019Alexandria, VA – Guilford Metro 911, NC, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association…
Read full articleFederal Communications Commission Fails the Safety of the Public
November 22, 2019Today, the Federal Communications Commission established regulations that fail the citizens of the United States. When someone suffering from a…
Read full articleHere Come the Drones
November 21, 2019[Originally published in the November/December 2019 issue of PSC magazine.] By Kevin Schafer Consider a police officer arriving on the…
Read full articleSilent Key: Kenneth C. Yoder
November 12, 2019Retired Austin Radio Frequency coordinator Kenneth C. Yoder, 86, passed away Nov. 7. He served as an APCO frequency adviser…
Read full articleAPCO Files a Project Initiation and Seeks Work Group Members to Create a Standard for Managing Operational Overload in the Public Safety Communications Center
October 24, 2019APCO International has filed a Project Initiation with ANSI and has issued a call for participation for work group members to participate in the creation of an ANSI standard addressing emergency communications center overload.
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