Posts From APCO International
GIS for Public Safety: Emerging Technologies and Solutions for 2022
August 9, 2022GIS mapping systems can visualize data and spatial relationships to help solve and prevent crime, make infrastructure maintenance more efficient and crack the problem of establishing the location of information inside buildings with multiple floors.
Read full articleBeing a Relatable Leader with Boundaries
August 8, 2022The presenter reminded the audience to embrace their strength and weaknesses, encouraged us to set boundaries, exposed us to the changes that a “title” can bring, instructed us to develop and maintain relationships with our people and to always remember the importance of a relationship.
Read full articleA Spoon Full of Positive Helps the Feedback Go Down
August 8, 2022The two presenters shared three types of feedback that can be used with a successful QA program.
Read full articleFederal Funding for Next Generation 9-1-1: Legislation Updates From the Public Safety NG9-1-1 Coalition
August 8, 2022Members of the Public Safety Next Generation 9-1-1 Coalition discussed their efforts to secure bipartisan support for legislation to enable a nationwide upgrade to NG9-1-1.
Read full articleLegislative and Regulatory Issues Impacting APCO Members
August 8, 2022APCO’s Senior Counsel provided an overview of some of APCO’s top legislative and regulatory priorities – the 9-1-1 SAVES Act, the PROTECT 9-1-1 Act, 9-1-1 location accuracy, and network outage notifications – and a panel of 9-1-1 professionals described how these issues impact emergency communications centers.
Read full articleAnswer The Call to Be Your Best Self Every Day
August 8, 2022The parents of Kyle Plush managed to display extreme grace and genuine appreciation for our profession and the life-saving work we perform every day, while firmly and gently reminding everyone in the room that we have an obligation to the people we serve to be our best self every day.
Read full articleHelp! My ECC Has Been Kidnapped!
August 8, 2022Ransomware is the biggest threat to public safety. As the first of the first responders, we need to plan for how to deal with these attacks before they happen to minimize the impacts.
Read full articleAPCO and NSA Announce Professional Development Partnership at APCO 2022
August 8, 2022APCO International has been selected by the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) to be the preferred training provider for all of NSA’s public safety communications needs. APCO and NSA announced the professional development partnership, which will begin October 1, 2022, during APCO’s 88th Annual Conference & Expo.
Read full articleAPCO Releases Definitive Guide to Next Generation 9-1-1
August 8, 2022The guide takes a forward-looking approach to Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) to address what emergency communications centers (ECCs) and professional staff from telecommunicators to directors need to make informed decisions now and in the future.
Read full articleInvesting in the Future: Developing Young Professionals in Your Center
August 7, 2022As the staffing and retention crisis comes to the focus of leaders across the nation, one question has become abundantly clear: how do we prepare the younger generation for positions of leadership and enable them to continue modernizing the profession?
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