The call for speakers is now open for APCO 2021, APCO's Annual Conference & Expo, being held in San Antonio, Texas, August 15-18. This event draws thousands of leaders in the emergency communications community. Ten professional development tracks are planned on topics such as ECC management, frontline telecommunicator, leadership development, emergency preparedness, cybersecurity, emerging technologies and more. Submit session ideas that will create an extraordinary experience for our attendees. Deadline to submit is December 18. Learn more
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October 21 | 1:00 p.m. ET
Free for members and worth one CDE
This webinar will share the components of a real-time operations platform and how such a system can help deliver the outcomes public safety agencies need.
Attendees will learn:
- Public safety challenges uncovered in years of analysis
- Why current CAD systems struggle to address these challenges
- What a real-time operations platform is
- How such a platform can help you achieve your desired outcomes
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Sponsored by Axon
More webinars are scheduled for November. View all of our upcoming webinars.
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An ECC quality assurance program requires the proper tools and methodologies to make it work. Information provided in this online course includes model policies, call taker templates and practical exercises for program implementation. The next class begins November 4. Register
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A resume is one of your most important career tools and needs to be top-notch to stand out. This new career advancement service offers a review of your resume and a one-on-one coaching session with an experienced industry expert. Get valuable guidance on how to craft an impactful resume to advance your career in emergency communications. Learn more
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Fox 10 News
Telecommunicator Marissa Tompkins delivered information to her agency’s responding officers and called in nearby agencies for assistance as the suspect fired more than 40 rounds from three different guns.
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The Richmond Standard
Deana Koyl, a supervisor at the Richmond Communication Center, guided the father through the delivery when the family could not get to the hospital before the baby arrived.
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The World
Coos Bay, Oregon, public safety telecommunicator Rhonda Wilson has seen plenty of change during her tenure fielding 9-1-1 emergency calls, including technology, radio communications and policing techniques.
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APCO member Linda Rose Ellis, 63, passed away Oct. 2 in Merryville, Louisiana. Ellis served as Beauregard Parish (Louisiana) Emergency 9-1-1 director after she was promoted from the post of 9-1-1 coordinator in 2014.
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Paso Robles Daily News
A public safety telecommunicator received a medal of valor after noticing an armed person lurking near the emergency communications center and tracking the person via camera while alerting officers to the person’s location. One officer was shot in the incident.
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Times-Union
Rookie telecommunicator Meghan Vinehout gave post-birth instructions after a woman's premature birth of one of her twins. On the way to the hospital to deliver the second twin, the ambulance carrying the mother had an accident with a tractor-trailer but was able to continue to the hospital.
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