Posts From APCO International
APCO Seeks Workgroup Members to Create a New Standard for Crisis Intervention Techniques and Call Handling Procedures
May 16, 2019Alexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International has issued a call for workgroup members to participate…
Read full articleOnondaga County Department of Emergency Communications Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
May 2, 2019Alexandria, VA – Onondaga County Department of Emergency Communications, New York, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative,…
Read full articleGrand Junction Regional Communication Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
May 2, 2019Alexandria, VA – Grand Junction Regional Communication Center, CO, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from the…
Read full articleFirst Ever National Consortium Dedicated to Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide
May 2, 2019On April 30, 2019, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) convened the National Consortium on Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide (the Consortium) in partnership with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
Read full articleAPCO International Announces NPSTW 2019 Contest Winner
May 1, 2019APCO announced today that St. Louis County Police Bureau of Communications is the winner of APCO’s National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW) 2019 contest, in which emergency communications centers were asked to share tributes to their work teams.
Read full articleCelebrity Chef and TV Personality Rachael Ray Recognizes Telecommunicators on Her Show
May 1, 2019Laurie Perkins Lewis, Waterford Emergency Communications Center, CT, wrote a letter to the Rachael Ray Show about National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week (NPSTW) and in particular about her comm center and the amazing work of her team in hopes to get NPSTW recognized on a very public platform.
Read full articleAPCO International Announces 2019 Award Winners
April 25, 2019APCO International is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Public Safety Communications Awards and Technology Leadership Awards.
Read full articleAPCO Files a Project Initiation and Seeks Workgroup Members to Revise Standard for Emergency Communications Center CAD ASAP Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
April 25, 2019APCO International has filed a Project Initiation with ANSI and has issued a call for workgroup members to participate in the revision of the ANSI standard that provides the technical documentation for creating a data exchange to transmit information between an Alarm Monitoring Company and an Emergency Communications Center (ECC)
Read full articleCharleston County Consolidated 9-1-1 Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
April 16, 2019Alexandria, VA – Charleston County Consolidated 9-1-1 Center, South Carolina, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
Read full articleNational Week Honoring Emergency Telecommunicators Begins Sunday
April 11, 2019This Sunday, April 14, 2019, marks the beginning of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, a week that gives communities and emergency communications centers a chance to honor those who help save lives in times of personal or national crisis.
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