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APCO Partners Sign Charter Demonstrating Commitment to Global Alliance
Alexandria, Va. – On Sunday, November 4, 2012, representatives from APCO International in the United States, APCO Canada, British APCO and APCO Australasia (APCO Partners) came together to sign a...
View ArticleIncreasingly Complex Homeland Security Issues Require Apolitical Approach by...
LEXINGTON, Ky., November 13, 2013 – The National Homeland Security Consortium (NHSC) is calling on leaders at all levels of government and the private sector to come together to address the...
View ArticleHolliston Fire Department Implements APCO EMD
Daytona Beach, FL - Residents in Holliston, Ma., now have the added strength of APCO Institute Emergency Medical Dispatch behind their 911 call center because the Holliston Fire Department recently...
View ArticleDHS Assistant Secretary Michael Locatis & FirstNet Board Members Confirmed to...
Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is pleased to announce that Michael Locatis, Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity and Communications for...
View ArticleAPCO Publishes ANSI Approved Standard for Public Safety Communications Common...
Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International released Public Safety Communications Common Incident Type Codes for Data Exchange, APCO American...
View ArticleAPCO Joins in Voluntary Industry Agreement to Offer Text to 9-1-1 Services
Daytona Beach, FL – The nation’s four largest wireless carriers, joined by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and the National Emergency Number Association...
View ArticleYork County, Va., Launches Text-to-9-1-1 Service
Alexandria, Va. –Yesterday the York-Poquoson-Williamsburg Emergency Communications Center in Virginia launched a first-office application of text-to-9-1-1 service with Verizon Wireless and...
View ArticleAPCO Seeks Comments on Draft Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards...
Alexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International released today for comments a Candidate American National Standard (APCO ANS 3.104.1-201x) that...
View ArticleDistrict of Columbia Implements New ASAP Alarm Response Program
(Washington, D.C.) – The Office of Unified Communications (OUC) has implemented an innovative computer-aided dispatch system (CAD) interface enhancement – the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP)....
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U.S. Capital Implements ASAP
Washington, D.C.,’s Office of Unified Communications (OUC) has gone live with the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) program, becoming the second largest PSAP to implement ASAP. The OUC ASAP launch...
View ArticleMitigating Risks in the Application of Cloud Computing in Law Enforcement
A new IJIS report responds to law enforcement concerns about cloud computing, including reliability, access, requirements, cost, and the recovery of data, and offers recommendations for law enforcement...
View ArticleAPCO International Commends FCC Report on Derecho Impact
Alexandria, VA – Today, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau released its anticipated report and recommendations following the “Derecho” storm that...
View ArticleAPCO Congratulates Senator Jay Rockefeller on His Retirement
Alexandria, VA – Today, West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller announced that he would not seek reelection in 2014. Senator Rockefeller, who serves as the Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and...
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Silent Key: Robert J. Hajek
We’re sad to say that we’ve just learned of the passing of APCO International Life Member Robert J. Hajek. Born Nov. 20, 1932, in Chicago, Ill., Hajek succumbed to cancer on Dec. 23, 2012, in...
View ArticleAPCO’s Sunshine Fund
Did you know that APCO International has a way for members to help their colleagues in need? In 2004, APCO’s Executive Council established the “Sunshine Fund,” which provides financial assistance to...
View ArticleAPCO Publishes ANSI Approved Standard for Core Competencies and Minimum...
Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International released the Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications...
View ArticleAPCO Publishes ANSI Approved Standard for Core Competencies and Minimum...
Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International released the Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Training...
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Public Safety & Emerging Technology: NG9-1-1, Text to 9-1-1 & More
“Don’t be scared; be smart,” Mark S. Adams, director, principal architect networks and communications, Northrop Grumman Information Systems, advised attendees of the APCO International Emerging...
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PSFA Dedicates VA Building in Honor of APCO Past President Riddle
Current and past APCO International leaders gathered on January 24 to dedicate the Virginia Office in the name of Gregory T. Riddle, Immediate Past President, in honor of a lifetime of distinguished...
View ArticleAPCO International Issues Position on Public Safety App Development
Alexandria, VA – Recognizing the value of mobile applications (apps) and other tools made possible by new technologies, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International...
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