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9-1-1 Issues
| Project (40) RETAINS
APCO
Project (40) RETAINS - 2002 Mid Year Report
Report
to Executive Council
Mid-Year Meeting 2002
The goal of Project
40 as charged by the Executive Council is to develop a standard
to be used by Communications Centers for number of staff needed
to perform to an expected level of service and scheduling of those
staff in the most efficient manner. A Project 40 Steering Committee
has been formed and work to date has consisted of meeting and discussions
with the National Institute of Justice at Denver, followed by communication
with the Bureau of Justice Assistance in Washington, D.C. It is
the hope of the Project 40 Team that a partnership can be formed
with the NIJ and BJA to validate a standard that addresses the goal
of the Project.
The intent would be for the NIJ to publish an instructional
primer, which will include information on how to gather workload
data as well as number of staff needed to meet preferred levels
of service. Also included in the publication will be various scheduling
plans utilizing the number of staff recommended by the staffing
standard. If a partnership with the NIJ/BJA does not occur a plan
for corporate involvement will be pursued. The Project 40 Team is
working with APCO staff to create a Project 40 web link, which will
include the Best Practices that were presented to Council in Salt
Lake City. Also in the planning stages are plans to obtain additional
statistical data from the APCO membership via the APCO website and
Bulletin.
The Project 40 Steering Committee members were selected
based on region, size and duties of their agency. The intent being
that if a partnership with the NIJ/BJA comes to fruition the agencies
of the steering committee could quite possibly become samples for
validation. The Committee represents several areas of the country;
from the one-dispatcher agency that does it all to the large combined
centers. Also included are representatives from agencies who provide
EMS only, fire only, and police only.
Committee
Members
| Julie Righter, Chair
|
Lincoln Emergency Communications |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Steve Souder |
Montgomery County Communications
|
Rockville, Maryland |
| Capt. Randy Kerr |
Alachua County Sheriff's
Office |
Gainesville, Florida |
| David Saffel |
West Virginia State
Police |
Elkins, West Virginia
|
| Joe Noce |
Mesa Police Department
|
Mesa, Arizona |
| Karen Allen |
Tempe Police Department |
Tempe, Arizona |
| Bill Cade |
Regional
Public Safety Comm |
Center
Port Orange, Florida |
| Jeff Haislett |
East Texas Medical
Center |
Tyler, Texas |
| Jimmy Jones |
Charlotte/Mecklenberg
Police Dept |
Charlotte, North Carolina
|
| Chris Shadwell |
Atlanta Fire Department |
Atlanta, Georgia |
| Woody Glover |
APCO Staff Liaison |
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Greg Ballentine
|
APCO Board Liaison
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