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Young Professional Spotlight: Jennifer Savely, Kenai Police Department
May 18, 2023Jennifer Savely is a dispatcher for the Kenai Police Department in Alaska. Jennifer has always been interested in dispatch, and…
Read full articleYoung Professional Spotlight: Yasmen Barnett, RapidSOS and Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
March 2, 2023Yasmen Barnett has spent the last 8 years in dispatch for the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office in Central Florida.
Read full articleYoung Professional Spotlight: Amber Waid, Carroll County 911
December 13, 2022Amber Waid has been a telecommunicator for most of her adult life after being led to the field by a law enforcement officer.
Read full articleYoung Professional Spotlight: Shelby Creed, Linn County E-911 Central Dispatch
October 13, 2022At 29 years old, Shelby Creed is one of the youngest directors in the state of Missouri.
Read full articleInvesting in the Future: Developing Young Professionals in Your Center
August 7, 2022As the staffing and retention crisis comes to the focus of leaders across the nation, one question has become abundantly clear: how do we prepare the younger generation for positions of leadership and enable them to continue modernizing the profession?
Read full articleYoung Professional Spotlight: Elizabeth Ulmer, Lincoln Emergency Communications Center.
May 26, 2022Elizabeth Ulmer is the Senior Public Safety Dispatcher for the Lincoln Emergency Communications Center.
Read full articleYoung Professional Spotlight: Alicia Taylor, Woods County E911
March 3, 2022Alicia Taylor has excelled in emergency communications since her arrival in 2016 and like many young professionals in the field, she came with no prior public safety experience.
Read full articleYoung Professional Spotlight: Monica McCullough, Williamson County Department of Emergency Communications
January 10, 2022This quarter’s Young Professional Spotlight is Monica McCullough. Monica is a 29-year-old Communications Training Officer for Williamson County Department of Emergency Communications in Franklin, TN.
Read full articleYoung Professional Spotlight: Kyra Lamb, Manatee County Emergency Communications
June 11, 2021Kyra Lamb worked for Manatee County Emergency Communications, Florida, as a dispatcher for five years before becoming the 9-1-1 Database…
Read full articleYoung Professional Spotlight: Ben Smith, Woodward County E-911
March 25, 2021The APCO Young Professionals Committee is proud to recognize Ben Smith as our young professional spotlight. He was nominated for…
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