Follow APCO on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram throughout the conference for the latest updates. We're hosting our first-ever social media takeover over on Instagram throughout the conference. Check out our conference for a look into APCO 2022 from an attendee's perspective. Thanks again to Nonie McCandless of Douglas County 911 Emergency Services.
Officials say the agency is down 11 people from full staffing and that maintaining the current property tax intake accounts for 45% of the staffing budget.
Tri Com Central Dispatch, Illinois, has 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). Read more
The deadline has been extended to August 15 to join a working group for the revision and redesignation of the standard to identify the recommended minimum components of a Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement (QA/QI) Program within an Emergency Communication Center (ECC). APCO is looking for a well-balanced group that will include contributions from training, technical and operational subject matter experts from the public safety communications realm. Learn more
Training opportunities are available at the APCO Institute to earn CDEs by participating in instructor led, interactive and engaging training in the APCO Virtual Classroom. Upcoming courses include:
Emergency Medical Dispatch, 5th Ed., Version 4 (32 CDEs) | August 23-26
Public Safety Telecommunicator 1, 7th Edition - Canada (40 CDEs) | September 12-16
Law Enforcement Communications, 1st Edition (32 CDEs) | September 13-16
Public Safety Telecommunicator 1, 7th Edition (40 CDEs) | September 26-30
Cybersecurity Fundamentals for the ECC (8 CDEs) | October 11
