Posts From APCO International
Young Professional Spotlight: Whitney Wilson, Roswell Police Department
The APCO Young Professionals Taskforce is proud to recognize Whitney Wilson as this quarter’s young professional. Wilson is a Senior…
Read full articleAPCO Statement on the CSRIC “Report on the Current State of Interoperability in the Nation’s 911 Systems”
The Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) VII adopted a “Report on the Current State of Interoperability in the Nation’s 911 Systems.”
Read full articleBayside Communications Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
Alexandria, VA – Bayside Communications Center, WI, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from the Association of…
Read full articleMaximizing the Benefits of LTE Networks in Mission Critical Push-To-Talk Systems
By DVSI Engineering Introduction Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems such as APCO Project 25 and Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) have…
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Workgroup Members to Participate in the Revision of APCO’s Standard for Public Safety Communications Incident Handling Process
Alexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International has filed a project with the American National Standards…
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AI Is Coming: Will I Still Have A Job?
[Originally published in the March/April 2020 PSC magazine.] By Suzanne Ladd, Senior Program Manager for Seminole County Fire/EMS Emergency Communications It’s really…
Read full articleSilent Key: Robert “Bob” Cook
While attending training at a nearby agency on Thursday, January 23, 2020, Davie County (North Carolina) Telecommunicator experienced a sudden…
Read full articleTelecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association – Endorsed by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International
Read full articleThen & Now: The Old Fossil’s Swan Song
By By Lin Hardy Ford. For the past 13 years, I have been the author of the historical column in the APCO Bulletin, the APCO historian and the acting chair of the APCO Historical Committee.
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New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Communications Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
Alexandria, VA – New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Communications, NH, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
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