Leveraging Your Data to Optimize Incident Reconstruction & Response June 25 | 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET Presented by Melissa Saggau, Westminster PD 911 Center Supervisor, and Patrick Botz, Director of Engagement, NICE Public Safety During this webinar, we’ll examine how incident intelligence tools can save time and enable operational improvements and smarter decisions. Register Sponsored by NICE Public Safety
Managing Your FCC License & Registering Your Antenna June 27 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET This webinar will cover some of the basics of effectively managing your FCC license and will include these topics: an overview of keeping contact information updated; license renewals; special temporary authority (STAs); build out/construction notifications; petitions for reconsideration (PFRs); antenna structure registrations (ASRs); and the environmental notification process. This webinar will help public safety agencies properly manage their FCC licenses and adhere to FCC requirements. Register
The Block Party at APCO 2019 will be heading to the ball park. Just because the O’s aren’t playing doesn’t mean you can’t! Attendees will enjoy an evening to remember when they head to the home to the Baltimore Orioles where they can explore the grounds of Camden Yards and partake in local Baltimore cuisine. Find out more.
Congrats to our winner, Ben Mitter, Communications Officer at the West Virginia University Police Department, who created the winning design.
This year's conference T-shirt is now available for purchase in the APCO Store online. APCO 2019 attendees can save on shipping by pre-ordering their T-shirts and picking them up in Baltimore.
Use promo code APCO2019 on the final screen in the shopping cart to pick up your shirt at the on-site APCO Store. A $9.00 discount will be applied to offset the shipping cost. Place your order.
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has recently established the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity-NRC Cybersecurity Collaboration Consortium (CNCCC). The consortium will extend the knowledge and practice of cybersecurity through publications, patents, the commercialization of technology, and training opportunities for graduate students and post-doctoral students.
The president of the Montgomery County (Md.) firefighters union called on the governor to take action due to repeated “major disruptions” of the county’s communication system.
Malibu officials will conduct a run-through of the Disaster Mass Notification System on June 26 in order to test improvements to the system that increase the city’s ability to reach residents by cell phone.
Four telecommunicators coordinated the response of ten different agencies when three Girl Scouts and one mother were killed, and a fourth Girl Scout was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver.
Public safety telecommunicator Tracy Ertl's company published a book about Make-a-Wish founder Frank Shankwitz. The new movie “Wish Man” tells that story.
This year's conference T-shirt is now available for purchase in the 
