By Linda Haelsen, NICE Systems

Rutherford, New Jersey, March 6, 2012 NICE Systems Ltd. today announced that nominations are now open for the 2012 PSAPs’ Finest Awards. Sponsored by NICE, the PSAPs’ Finest Awards recognize individuals for their contributions to public safety communications. Nominations are accepted in four PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) categories: Director, Line Supervisor, Technician, and Telecommunicator of the year. In the six years the awards program has been in existence, hundreds of nominations have been received and more than two dozen recipients have been recognized.

Winners are selected by a panel of judges who evaluate candidates based on their achievements, knowledge, and years of service to public safety. This year’s judges include: Eric Janus (Operations Manager, Communications Centre, Ottawa Police Service); Jhonnie Ortiz (Public Safety Manager, Fort Worth Police Department, Fort Worth, Texas); Craig Schulz (IT Manager, Raleigh – Wake Co. Emergency Communications Center); and Anthony Castillo (Deputy Director, Emergency Communications, Norfolk, Virginia).

Nominations for the 2012 PSAPs’ Finest Awards can be submitted on the NICE website at www.nice.com/PSAP/2012 through June 1, 2012. Winners will be announced in August at the 78^th Annual APCO Conference and Expo in a special ceremony in NICE’s booth.

Questions regarding the 2012 PSAPs’ Finest Awards can be directed to NICE Systems by emailing [email protected].

The NICE Security offering addresses the needs of governments and enterprises with intent-based solutions for fighting crime and terror, by anticipating, managing and mitigating safety, security and operational risks. The offering enables capture, analysis and correlation of data from multiple sensors and systems, including audio, video, radio, geo-location and web, providing a framework for fusing data silos into a single, holistic operational view.  NICE Security solutions empower organizations to act effectively in real time to prevent, manage and investigate incidents, ensuring fast resolution and debriefing, and continuous security improvements. NICE Security solutions are deployed worldwide in transportation systems, critical infrastructures, city centers and enterprise campuses.

About NICE Systems
NICE is the worldwide leader of software solutions that enable organizations to take the Next-Best-Action when interacting with people, ensuring compliance, fighting financial crime, and safeguarding people and places. NICE’s solutions capture and analyze in real time mass quantities of structured and unstructured data from multiple sources. Data can come from transactions, phone calls, mobile apps, emails, chat, social media, surveillance video, and other sensors. NICE solutions are used by over 25,000 organizations in more than 150 countries, including over 80 of the Fortune 100 companies. Customers include contact centers of all sizes, branch offices, back offices, a majority of the world’s largest financial institutions; as well as government agencies, and security-centric organizations.  www.nice.com