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June 2, 2011The APCO International Conference is a big deal. So help get the word out about the 2011 conference, and raise money for members of your agency to attend: Participate in APCO’s Get Your Agency to Philly campaign by July 1. Learn how last year’s winner, the Lee County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office Communications Division, sent 11 staff members to the 2010 APCO conference in Houston.
Read full articleVector Security Creates Law Enforcement Scholarship Program in the Name of Fallen Hero
May 26, 2011POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (May 23, 2011): When Poughkeepsie, NY police officer, John Falcone, responded to a domestic dispute call on Friday,…
Read full articleAPCO International Recognizes 7 Recipients for the 2011 Public Safety Communications Award Program
May 24, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International will honor recipients of APCO’s Annual Public Safety Communications Award Program at the 2011 Conference & Exposition in Philadelphia, Pa. this August.
Read full articleAPCO Rebrands MEDS Software as 9-1-1 Adviser
May 23, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — May 20, 2011 — APCO International’s popular talking software recently underwent a rebranding. Now known as 9-1-1Adviser, the easy-to-use software interfaces with agencies’ current CAD systems or stands alone to provide practical instructions for public safety telecommunicators.
Read full articleAPCO International Announces Recipients of Public Safety Leadership Awards
May 10, 2011Daytona Beach, FL—May 10, 2011— APCO International has announced the recipients of the 2011 Public Safety Leadership in Policy Awards…
Read full articleA 9-1-1 Dispatcher Car for NASCAR
May 5, 2011If you had the opportunity to raise the visibility of your profession, would you take it? This spring APCO International Florida Executive Council Representative Debbie Gailbreath is participating in a contest to do just that by unconventional means: designing a 9-1-1 Dispatcher Car for NASCAR.
Read full articleDHS Launches Month-Long Multiband Radio Pilot
May 4, 2011WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate today announced the kick-off of a 30-day…
Read full articleAPCO International Thanks Executive Director George Rice for 5 Years of Dedicated Service and Leadership
April 26, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — APCO International today expressed its gratitude to Executive Director George Rice for his diligence in leading the association into an era of organizational and programmatic growth. Rice will step down from his position with APCO effective June 30 to move to another association leadership setting, that of Executive Director of the 9-1-1 Industry Alliance.
Read full articleFCC Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn Addresses the Women of APCO International
April 21, 2011On April 14, attendees of APCO International’s 2011 Women in Public Safety Communications Leadership Conference had the opportunity to hear FCC Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn speak on topics important to their lives and careers in public safety communications.
Read full articleAPCO’s Orlando Roundtable
April 20, 2011The evolution of technology, from Next Generation 9-1-1 to social media, is increasing the number of platforms citizens can use — or want to use — to reach emergency services and the backbones by which these “calls” are transmitted. This concept was a common thread throughout the technical and operations discussions during APCO International’s third Technology Roundtable.
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