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Fayetteville Police Department Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
December 22, 2015The Fayetteville Police Department, Ark., has met the minimum training standards for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International Agency Training Program Certification and has been awarded certification as of December 14, 2016.
Read full articleSilent Key: Pres Thomson
December 22, 2015Charles Preston Thomson, an APCO Life Member from the Northern California Chapter who served as an AFC Frequency Advisor, died on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015.
Read full articleCincinnati Emergency Communications Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
December 10, 2015The Cincinnati Emergency Communications Center, Ohio, has met the minimum training standards for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International Agency Training Program Certification and has been awarded certification as of November 24, 2015.
Read full articleAPCO Congratulates FirstNet on Approving Release of Its RFP
December 9, 2015The Board of Directors for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) voted to approve the release of a request for proposals (RFP) for the construction, maintenance, and improvement of the nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN).
Read full articleThe Practice of Federal Spectrum Sharing in Today’s Public Safety System Implementation Environment
November 30, 2015The determination of which public safety spectrum to use when building a public safety radio system is influenced by a number of factors including spectrum availability, the cost of implementation, agency coverage requirements and the need to ensure implementation will promote continued or new interoperability to system users and their neighboring agencies.
Read full articleSilent Key: Anna Curtis
November 23, 2015Anna Curtis, a veteran telecommunicator and APCO member in Burlington, N.C., died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a short battle with cancer. She was 56.
Read full articleAPCO Statement on FCC Chairman Wheeler’s Call for Funding to Modernize the Nation’s 9-1-1 System
November 23, 2015Today, in an Op-Ed in The New York Times, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler called on Congress to provide funding assistance to state and local government 9-1-1 authorities for the transition to “Next Generation 9-1-1” technology. As Chairman Wheeler rightly pointed out, the nation’s 9-1-1 system is in dire need of upgrading to technology that will provide the features necessary to best ensure the safety and security of the general public and emergency responders.
Read full articleDurham Emergency Communications Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
November 5, 2015Durham Emergency Communications Center, NC, has met the minimum training standards for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International Agency Training Program Certification and has been awarded certification as of October 28, 2015.
Read full articleSilent Key: Randell “Randy” Zentz
October 30, 2015Randell “Randy” Zentz, 49, of Palm Coast, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family, after a five-year battle with…
Read full articleSilent Key: Gary Allen
October 16, 2015Longtime APCO member Gary Allen, former editor and publisher of Dispatch Monthly magazine and 911 Dispatch website, died on Sunday, Oct. 11 after a battle with brain cancer.
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