APCO and the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) professional development partnership begins October 1. APCO has been selected by NSA to be the preferred training provider for all of their public safety communications needs. The curriculum includes industry-accepted national standards-based training, instructor-level certifications to deliver course instruction in-house, continuing education programs beyond basic training requirements, and advanced management and leadership courses. Learn more at apcointl.org/nsa.
The Conference and Exposition Committee (CEC) is seeking a Host Committee Chairperson for APCO 2024, taking place August 4-7 in Orlando, Florida. We are currently accepting nominations and you can find complete information regarding the requirements for a nomination on PSConnect or contact the CEC Chair, Kim Ostin. Please submit your complete nomination to Kim at apcocec@apcointl.org. The deadline for submission is December 1, 2022.
This webinar will explore what is and is not true interoperability, the importance of incident command for school leadership and examples of tools to help guide schools and districts’ learning to improve their response.
Public safety telecommunicator Necedah James was named telecommunicator of the year, and telecommunicator Richard Moses received an award for setting a positive tone in the emergency communications center.
Telecommunicator Andrea Holczman received a call from the friend of a woman in labor on their way to the hospital. They weren’t going to make it before the baby arrived, so Holczman got the caller “ready to catch.”
