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APCO Launches Grassroots Campaign to Support the 911 SAVES Act
March 7, 2019Today APCO welcomed the introduction of the 911 Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services (SAVES) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Read full articleNational Public Safety Telecommunicators Week Is April 9-15
April 7, 2017In recognition of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW), April 9-15, 2017, APCO International joins communities, government leaders and 9-1-1 communications centers to honor members of the 9-1-1 community who help save lives in times of personal or national crisis.
Read full articleAPCO Advocates for Appropriate Recognition of Public Safety Telecommunicators
September 20, 2016Today, APCO International, the world’s largest association of public safety communications professionals, filed formal comments with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) advocating that Public Safety Telecommunicators – the professionals who answer 9-1-1 calls, dispatch emergency responders and perform many related tasks – be recognized for the critical work they do to protect and save the lives of the general public and first responders.
Read full articleMajor Boost in the Fight to Reclassify Public Safety Telecommunicators
September 9, 2016Today, U.S. Representative Norma Torres, a former 9-1-1 dispatcher who worked for 17 years for the Los Angeles Police Department, sent a letter telling the federal agency overseeing the reclassification process that “9-1-1 Dispatchers Are More Than Office & Support Staff.”
Read full articleAPCO Extremely Disappointed, Remains Committed to Seeing Public Safety Telecommunicators Properly Classified as a ‘Protective’ Occupation
July 22, 2016Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced the Standard Occupational Classification Policy Committee’s (SOCPC) recommendations for revising the…
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