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APCO International Announces 2021 Award Winners
May 6, 2021APCO International is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Public Safety Communications Awards and Technology Leadership Awards.
Read full articleAPCO Announces Final Approval of Two National Standards
May 6, 2021APCO International received final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on April 8, 2021, for two American National Standards (ANS).
Read full articleManaging Trauma
May 6, 2021What is a traumatic event? For telecommunicators, traumatic events can be anything. While not every call we take is traumatic, the cumulative toll of the job itself is. The effects of cumulative acute stress can be detrimental to our mental and physiological health.
Read full articleDATAMARK Selected to Support NG9-1-1 Preparedness and Completeness Needs in Wood County, Wisconsin
April 29, 2021WOOD COUNTY, Wisc. (April 29, 2021) – DATAMARK, the public safety GIS team of Michael Baker International, has been selected…
Read full articlePlano Public Safety Communications Training Academy Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
April 23, 2021Plano Public Safety Communications Training Academy, TX, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International.
Read full articleIdaho State Police Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
April 23, 2021Idaho State Police, ID, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International.
Read full articlePublic Safety Telecommunicators Help Find and Rescue Abducted Child
April 16, 2021On January 15, 2020, at about 1:30 p.m. an 11-year-old girl was walking home from school. A man got out of a car and grabbed her. Witnesses called Springfield (MA) Emergency Communications (SEC).
Read full articleSilent Key: Ray Wemple
April 15, 2021Retired Schenectady Police Sergeant Ray Wemple was an APCO member since 1969 and enjoyed a long and varied career in public safety communications.
Read full articlePublic Safety Telecommunicators Help Locate Child Taken in Home Invasion
April 15, 2021The five telecommunicators on duty banded together, dispatched field responders, broadcast lookouts, performed notifications, made NCIC entries, pinged cellphones, coordinated with investigators and communicated with area jurisdictions.
Read full articlePublic Safety Telecommunicators Help Rescue Child Stolen by Non-Custodial Parent
April 14, 2021On February 21, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. the Glendive (MT) 911 Communications Center sent a multi-state message from the Glendive Police requesting law enforcement agencies attempt to locate a child abducted by a non-custodial parent in a stolen vehicle possibly en route to California.
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