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FCC on the Verge of a Major Setback to 9-1-1 Location Accuracy
By Jeff Cohen This Friday, the FCC will vote on new rules that are supposed to ensure that first responders can locate someone who calls 9-1-1 from inside a multi-story building. Unfortunately, the rules will not only fail to produce meaningful improvements, the FCC will let wireless carriers continue to avoid pursuing much better options […]
APCO International’s Public Safety Communications Priorities for the New Year
By Jeff Cohen In 2020, public safety communications professionals faced an extraordinary year, dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, record-breaking natural disasters, and major civil unrest, in addition to their “routine” work protecting and saving lives. From an advocacy perspective, 2020 was a mixed bag. We witnessed some progress with federal legislation, but there’s a lot […]
APCO’s Regulatory Priorities for 2023
The following is a list of APCO’s regulatory priorities for the coming year. As a general matter, APCO’s advocacy is driven by the best interests of our public safety members. That means we’re often arguing for a regulatory approach that: avoids shifting costs from service providers to ECCs; ensures that information being delivered to ECCs will best serve the operational needs of 9-1-1 professionals; and when it comes to spectrum, protects public safety users from interference and new costs.
APCO International’s Public Safety Communications Priorities for the New Year
The following is a list of our advocacy priorities for the coming year. Despite much progress and several wins that APCO members should be proud of since we announced our 2021 legislative and regulatory priorities, there is still significant work to be done for public safety communications.
Tracey M. Hilburn, RPL ENP
Tracey Hilburn began her career in public safety in 1982 and is currently serving as the Director of Bossier Parish Communications District located in Benton, Louisiana. Her career began as an officer with a juvenile youth shelter thus transitioning to Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office of which began her career in communications as a dispatcher. In […]
Aligning APCO’s Advocacy Priorities With Our Members’ Needs
Back in January, we posted a blog outlining our top legislative and regulatory priorities for 2021. Now that we are six months into the year, and with APCO’s Annual Conference right around the corner, we’re writing to reflect on the “why” behind our advocacy. APCO is driven by the needs of its public safety membership.
Regulatory Update from APCO’s Chief Counsel at APCO 2022
On August 7, during APCO’s Annual Conference, Chief Counsel, Jeff Cohen, provided the following report on APCO’s advocacy efforts at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Tracey M. Hilburn, RPL ENP
Tracey Hilburn began her career in public safety in 1982 and is currently serving as the Director of Bossier Parish Communications District located in Benton, Louisiana. Her career began as an officer with a juvenile youth shelter thus transitioning to Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office of which began her career in communications as a dispatcher. In […]
