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Celebrate the First First Responders
April 16, 2010This is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, and politicians and the public made it a point to honor telecommunicators for their part in saving lives. Read about the kickoff and other events held this week.
Read full article9-1-1? There’s an App for That
April 15, 2010There’s a new iPhone app called Silent Bodyguard. When activated, the application silently sends an emergency alert and your GPS location to a pre-set list of phone numbers and e-mail addresses at 60-second intervals without alerting onlookers or potential attackers. Public safety telecommunicators need to know how to manage those calls and have a procedure in place for how to best use the GPS information being delivered to you.
Read full article10 Nlets Data Sets You Need to Know About
April 2, 2010This series covers transactions for 10 of the 100 data sets from the Nlets network.
Read full articleMishandled 9-1-1 Calls
April 1, 2010Today’s 9-1-1 comm centers must learn to deal with public scrutiny in a world with 24-hour media. Article includes tips to prevent call mishandling and manage the investigation during such incidents.
Read full articleReview: MX Desk Mount LCD Arm
April 1, 2010The M-NCPPC Montgomery County (Md.) Park Police Communications Center installed and reviewed Ergotron’s new MX Desk Mount LCD Arm.
Read full articleAnonymous Calls
April 1, 2010Implications of U.S. Supreme Court rulings, including Alabama v. White, Florida v. J.L. and Terry v. Ohio,for dispatchers and their communications with law enforcement.
Read full articleNational Broadband Plan Released
March 24, 2010APCO and the public safety community have been anticipating the release of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan for some time now. In March, the FCC finally released the plan.
Read full articleFrom Broadband to TriBand
March 24, 2010Educational opportunities were plentiful and many new products were on display at IWCE 2010, held March 10-12 in Las Vegas.
Read full articleHow to Effect Change
March 12, 2010APCO Member Alan Hull talks about what APCO has meant to him and reminisces about his experiences.
Read full articleCelebrating Women in Public Safety Communications
March 11, 2010In honor of Women’s History Month this March, Marilyn Ward answered a few questions about her distinctive experiences and the challenges she faced as a woman in public safety communications.
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