APCO recently filed formal petitions with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding a major change it made to regulations that govern the use of spectrum in the 6 GHz band. Public safety agencies extensively use the 6 GHz band for mission critical systems that support operational needs such as dispatching first responders and maintaining land mobile radio communications during incidents. Under the FCC’s new rules, hundreds of millions of unlicensed devices could be introduced that present a risk of harmful interference to public safety’s systems. APCO urged the FCC to halt implementation of the rules and put effective mechanisms in place to prevent and quickly eliminate interference.
Read APCO’s petitions. The APCO Government Relations Office has also written a TableTopX blog post describing the issues.
|
 Congratulations to India Simpson, from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for winning our APCO 2020 T-shirt design contest! The official conference T-shirt will be available at the APCO Store on-site in Orlando. A special link to pre-order the T-shirt online and pick it up in Orlando will be available soon.
|
Congratulations to this year’s APCO scholarship winners. Close to $100,000 in scholarships was awarded to over 100 APCO members who applied for the competitive annual scholarship program. Scholarship recipients will use their award toward their selected course of specialized training to further their professional development in the public safety communications field. A special thank you to the APCO Commercial Advisory Council and Silent Key scholarship donors who made these training opportunities possible.
|
APCO Life Member Helen Rushing of the Mid-Eastern Chapter has passed away. She served APCO in numerous capacities including as chapter officer, regional participant, national membership coordinator, frequency coordinator and on many committees. She has often been referred to as Ms. APCO. More information will be added to this page when it becomes available.
|
Idaho Statesman
Calls for service dropped by 12% compared with the week before the governor’s stay-at-home order.
|
Radio World
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) asked states to treat those who work in communications, including the public safety communications infrastructure, as essential to COVID-19 response.
|
Whitefish Pilot
The Whitefish (Mont.) City Council voted to support the Flathead Emergency Communications Center board’s proposal to add a property tax increase to the November ballot. The tax would generate about $3.5 million for ECC operations and capital improvements.
|
GCN
The Orleans Parish Communication District launched a cloud-based platform allowing video conferencing and texting with residents who feared they had contracted COVID-19.
|
Hays Free Press News-Dispatch
Hays County (Texas) and the city of Kyle are consolidating their ECCs, which officials say will mean more efficient 9-1-1 response.
|
10 News
Police discouraged calls reporting violations of COVID-19 guidelines such as large gatherings of people, since it is up to the Virginia Department of Health, not the police, to enforce those guidelines.
|
State of Wisconsin Selects GeoComm for Statewide NG9-1-1 GIS Project
Siklu Announces the Addition of Ilana Lurie as COO & CFO and Itzik Marcovich as Vice President of Operations Management Team Expanded to Support Recent Business Growth
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Acquisition of NG-911, Inc. and Receives Multi-Year Contract Awards of Approximately $15 Million
Computer Aided Dispatch Market Estimated to Boost in Near Future 2027 With Key Players – CentralSquare, Cody Systems, Doublemap, Hexagon, Mark43, Southern Software, Sun Ridge Systems, Traumasoft, Tyler, Zetron
|
|
| |
|
