Posts From APCO International
APCO Officials Meet with FCC Leadership
July 18, 2012Alexandria, Va. – Terry Hall, First Vice President and the incoming President for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO)…
Read full articleAPCO Unveils Vehicular Emergency Data Set to Encourage Deployment of Advanced Automatic Crash Notification by Vehicle Manufacturers
July 18, 2012Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International today announced its approval of the Vehicular Emergency…
Read full articleAPCO Releases Best Practices for PSAPs When Processing Vehicle Telematics Calls
July 18, 2012Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO) today announced the release of Recommended Best Practices for…
Read full articleVote for Your 2012-2013 Executive Committee
July 18, 2012APCO’s electronic voting allows you to vote from anywhere, at any time. You still have a voice in the association,…
Read full articleNextNav and APCO International Offered a Free Webinar on Indoor and Urban Positioning for Emergency Response on July 25
July 5, 2012NextNav LLC and APCO International will offer a free webinar, “Revolutionizing Indoor and Urban Positioning in Mobile Devices for Emergency Response” from 2:00 to 3:00 pm on Wednesday, July 25. Participants will include NextNav’s Chris Gates, VP of Strategy and Development , and APCO’s Kathy McMahon, Technical Services Manager, Communications Center and 9-1-1 Services.
Read full articleCapitol Dispatch: New Questions for T-Band
July 5, 2012Recent legislation reallocating the 700 MHz D Block for public safety broadband and setting aside substantial funding for a nationwide public safety broadband network was a huge win for APCO International and its partners in the public safety community. Of course, no legislation is perfect, and in this case the otherwise positive legislation contains a few provisions that create major challenges for a subset of public safety land mobile radio systems.
Read full articleAPCO Announces ASAP Technical Development Course
June 28, 2012In concert with the APCO International 78th Annual Conference & Expo, APCO is pleased to announce a preconference course designed…
Read full articleDartmouth Police Department Implements APCO EMD
June 19, 2012Daytona Beach, FL- June 19, 2012 – Residents in Dartmouth, Ma., now have the added strength of APCO Institute Emergency Medical Dispatch behind their 911 call center because the Dartmouth Police Department recently implemented the program.
Read full articleAPCO Provides Comments to NTIA on State and Local Implementation Grant Program
June 18, 2012Alexandria, Va. – The Association for Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International timely submitted comments that were due Friday, June 15…
Read full articleFCC Opens Proceeding to Explore 4.9 GHz Public Safety Band
June 13, 2012Daytona Beach, Fla. – The FCC announced that it has adopted a “Second Report and Order and Further Notice of…
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