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- APCO Seeks Comments on Candidate Standard for Public Safety Telecommunicators When Responding to Calls of Missing, Abducted and/or Sexually Exploited ChildrenAPCO International is seeking comments for the candidate American National Standard (ANS) for Public Safety Telecommunicators When Responding to Calls of Missing, Abducted and/or Sexually Exploited Children. ... Continue
- Meet Your AFC Advisor: Ben Holmes (Massachusetts)Ben Homes began his public safety career as a public safety telecommunicator for several towns in Massachusetts before being hired by the Massachusetts State Police as a radio technician in 2014. In 2019, Homes was promoted to Radio Engineer and ... Continue
- Prince William County Department of Public Safety Communications Receives APCO Agency Training Program CertificationAlexandria, VA – Prince William County Department of Public Safety Communications, VA, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International. Public safety agencies use the Agency Training Program Certification ... Continue
- Colorado State Patrol Receives APCO Agency Training Program CertificationAlexandria, VA – Colorado State Patrol, CO, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International. Public safety agencies use the Agency Training Program Certification as a formal mechanism to ... Continue
- Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications Receives APCO Agency Training Program CertificationAlexandria, VA – Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications, VA, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International. Public safety agencies use the Agency Training Program Certification as ... Continue
- Springdale Police Department Receives APCO Agency Training Program CertificationAlexandria, VA – Springdale Police Department, AR, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International. Public safety agencies use the Agency Training Program Certification as a formal mechanism to ... Continue
- Silent Key: Blake T. HaskellBlake T. Haskell passed away September 30, 2021, at South Shore Hospital in Massachusetts with his wife Deb by his side. Haskell started at Boston EMS as one of the first EMT telecommunicators that co-occupied the Boston Police Department “Turret” ... Continue
- APCO Files PINS for Supplemental Emergency Responder Recommendations Candidate StandardAlexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International has filed a Project Initiation with ANSI for the creation of an ANSI standard titled Supplemental Emergency Responder Recommendations. 9-1-1 calls traditionally resulting in the dispatch of law, medical ... Continue
- APCO Seeks Working Group Members to Create a Non-9-1-1 Call Processing and Dispatch StandardAPCO International has filed a Project Initiation with ANSI and issued a call for participation for work group members to participate in the creation of an ANSI standard titled Non-9-1-1 Call Processing and Dispatch. ... Continue
- House Committee Passes Major Next Generation 9-1-1 Funding LegislationOn September 15, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed legislation that includes a $10 billion grant program for deployment of Next Generation 9-1-1. This landmark legislation promotes many key principles championed by APCO and its partners in the Public ... Continue