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Announcing the recipients for the 2024 Public Safety Communications Leadership in Policy Awards:
- Leadership in Regulatory Service Award: Nicole McGinnis, Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
- Leadership in Legislative Service Award: The Honorable Maria Cantwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. Senate
- Leadership in Advancing Communications Policy Award: Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Lifetime Leadership in Advocacy Award: The Honorable Anna Eshoo, Co-Chair, Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus, U.S. House of Representatives
The winners will be honored during APCO’s annual Public Safety Communications Leadership Dinner in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 29.
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APCO still seeks a Host Committee Chairperson for APCO 2025, taking place in Baltimore on July 27-July 30, 2025. We are currently accepting nominations and you can find complete information regarding the nomination requirements on PSConnect. Please submit your complete nomination to: Patricia Giannini Henry at henryp@apcointl.org. The deadline for submission is May 1, 2024.
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On December 26, 2023, public safety telecommunicator Lesly Hernandez of the Metro Nashville Department of Emergency Communications answered a 9-1-1 call for an 88-year-old female who was suffering from chest pain and shortness of breath. As the call began it seemed to be a standard ambulance request. While processing the call, Lesly was notified by the caller that the patient had stopped breathing. For quick thinking on her feet and dedication to exceptional patient care, Hernandez is awarded the Teammates in Action Award for February 2024.
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The following agencies have received APCO Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative:
Public safety agencies use the APCO International Agency Training Program Certification as a formal mechanism to ensure their training programs meet APCO American National Standards (ANS). Initial and continuing training for public safety telecommunicators is important as they provide essential services to the public in an expanding and rapidly changing environment.
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Rutherford County Source
Communications Training Officer Celeste Thompson of the Murfreesboro (Tennessee) Communications Center was credited with helping to save the life of a one-year-old who had stopped breathing.
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WHIO TV 7
In a simulator, students practice answering calls, asking questions and dispatching first responders to an emergency scene.
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Citizen Times
The county will follow the installation of four new dispatch consoles with an update to its public safety radio network.
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