More than 250 attendees gathered in Orlando, Florida, this week at the APCO AI Summit to examine how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming emergency communications. AI is a hot-button topic in public safety, and the interest in this event proved there is still so much to explore around this new technology. Sessions ranged in topic from defining what AI is […]

Today at the APCO AI Summit, APCO International announced the creation of a new operational standard titled Best Practices for Artificial Intelligence Integration into the Emergency Communications Center (ECC).

On October 7, 2025, at the APCO AI Summit, APCO International announced a new partnership with the Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT) to launch a new program to promote the responsible implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in emergency response and public safety communications systems.