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Telecommunicator Spotlight: Amy Tallent
October 8, 2013Now, almost 10 years later, she is the communication training officer and alternate terminal agency coordinator for a department of more than 100 commissioned officers in a city with a population of more than 50,000. The officer who urged her to apply is now her direct supervisor.
Read full article9-1-1 Adviser Dispatch Software Approved in New Jersey
October 7, 2013Recently the New Jersey Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services (NJ-OETS) approved APCO’s 9-1-1 Adviser as a software solution that New Jersey public safety answering points (PSAPs) may use to electronically triage EMD calls.
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Comments on Draft Standard for Common Incident Disposition Codes for Data Exchange
October 3, 2013APCO International released for comments a Candidate American National Standard (ANS) that identifies a list of “Common Disposition Codes for Data Exchange.”
Read full articleAPCO Comments on New FCC Rulemaking on Reporting of Outage Information
September 26, 2013PCO President Gigi Smith is issuing this statement following a meeting today of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) where a new rulemaking was initiated that would require wireless carriers to release certain outage information.
Read full articleTelecommunicator Spotlight: Telecommunicator Karen Williams
September 4, 2013Karen Williams, 54, is a senior calltaker for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the public safety communications arena in Prince George’s County, Md.
Read full articleAPCO’s Public Safety Communications Announces 2013 Hot Products
September 3, 2013Hot Products 2013 to be featured in the November issue of Public Safety Communications.
Read full articleAPCO International Welcomes President Gigi Smith at 2013 Conference & Expo
August 28, 2013Gigi Smith was sworn into office at the 2013 President’s Dinner in Anaheim, Calif., on the final night of the expo
Read full articleAPCO International Convenes Second General Business Meeting at 79th Annual Conference
August 22, 2013On Tuesday Aug. 20, APCO members gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Anaheim Marriott for the second general business meeting.
Read full articleAPCO’s Annual Conference & Expo Concludes with a Performance by Taylor Hicks
August 22, 2013During the dinner, Gigi Smith, Police Operations Manager of the Valley Emergency Communications Center in the Greater Salt Lake City, Utah area, was sworn in as the next president of APCO International.
Read full articleAPCO Enters Into Memorandum of Understanding With FirstNet Regarding Mobile Apps
August 21, 2013APCO International entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to work cooperatively to foster and promote useful and effective mobile applications (apps) for public safety and emergency response purposes.
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