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APCO 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.
Read full articleAPCO Announces New FirstNet Track as Part of Its Annual Conference & Expo
April 9, 2019APCO International announces the addition of a FirstNet-themed professional development track to the already diverse educational program at APCO’s Annual Conference & Expo (APCO 2019), taking place August 11-14, 2019, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Comments on Draft Public Safety Grade Site Hardening Requirements Standard
March 27, 2019Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is seeking comments on sections 3.4 and 3.7 of…
Read full articleVail Public Safety Communications Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
March 21, 2019Alexandria, VA – Vail Public Safety Communications Center, Colorado, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from the…
Read full articleGwinnett County Police Department E911 Communications Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
March 21, 2019Alexandria, VA – Gwinnett County Police Department E911 Communications, Georgia, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
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