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APCO member and public safety telecommunicator Joseph Cory Thompson, 49, passed away January 24 at High Point Regional Hospital in North Carolina. Thompson was a telecommunicator for Randolph County, North Carolina.

Johnny Lee Platt Jr., RPL, CPE, passed away January 11 at the age of 37. Platt was an APCO member and had a dedicated and decorated career in public safety. He was deputy director with Johnson County Emergency Management and Communications in Olathe, Kansas, and was active on the Agency Training Program Committee and Bylaws […]

Larissa Michelle Johnson George, APCO member and CAD manager for Greene County (Georgia) 911, passed away Jan. 16 at the age of 41. After graduation, she became a public safety telecommunicator for Greene County 911 and worked there for 22 years. She was promoted to administrative assistant and CAD manager. She served as an EMT […]

Charles F. English, 94, a past president of APCO International, 1984-1985, and lifetime APCO member, passed away November 5 in Cary, North Carolina.

Gary Peters, president and CEO of ProComm Alaska, LLC and an active APCO member, passed away Nov. 16 at the age of 67 in Palmer, Arkansas. He was a resident of Talkeetna, Alaska. Peters was a giant in the field of telecommunications – well known and much loved by friends and colleagues.

Matthew J. Knight, 48, passed away Nov. 29. Knight was a public safety communications industry professional who served as commercial advisor to Missouri APCO.

Blake T. Haskell passed away September 30, 2021, at South Shore Hospital in Massachusetts with his wife Deb by his side. Haskell started at Boston EMS as one of the first EMT telecommunicators that co-occupied the Boston Police Department “Turret” in the 1970s. From there he went to work for the city of New York […]

APCO International mourns the loss of Senior and Life Member Richard C. Boettcher, RPL, of Massachusetts who passed away Aug. 31 at the age of 74 after a long and dedicated career in public safety communications. An Atlantic chapter member since 1990, Boettcher retired in 2016 from the North Andover Police Department. His service to […]

William A.  Cade Jr. passed away Aug. 10 at the age of 75 in Bell, Florida, after a career in public safety communications and law enforcement. The long-time APCO member, former APCO staff member and former executive council representative from Missouri served as chief deputy of the Lincoln County (Maine) Sheriff’s Office where he created […]

Retired Schenectady Police Sergeant Ray Wemple was an APCO member since 1969 and enjoyed a long and varied career in public safety communications.

Dick Nelson, 80, passed away on Jan. 26 in Ocala, Florida, after a long battle with cancer. In 1987, he accepted an opportunity with Marion County, Florida, as the 9-1-1 Director, implementing the County’s Enhanced 9-1-1 System. He served until his retirement in 2007. He served as Chairman of the Florida Statewide 9-1-1 Coordinator Group […]

Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff’s Office Call Taker Michelle Lynn Lisee, 50, passed away Dec. 24. She died at the hospital after suffering for two months from COVID-19 and complications from a lung transplant. Lisee, an APCO member and resident of San Tan Valley, joined the sheriff’s office in June 2019. She is survived by her […]

Peggy Rogers Glaze, 62, an APCO member since 1987 and long-time Fayette County (Georgia) 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicator, died Dec. 3. Glaze, of Hampton, Georgia, retired as assistant director from Fayette County 9-1-1 Communications in 2016 after 31 years of service, according to a 2016 newspaper article. She served as president of the Georgia APCO […]

John W. Moyers, 60, of Knoxville, Tennessee, passed away on Nov. 10. John worked for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Communications for 20 years as a Radio Communications Technician (October 1994 – September 2014). In 2015, John left TEMA for the Tennessee Department of Health and served as its radios system analyst. John was instrumental in the TEMA radio system upgrade from low […]

British APCO Chief Executive Officer Ian Thompson died suddenly at home on Nov. 16. Ian has played a pivotal role in advancing BAPCO and indeed turning it around into being the successful organisation that it is today. Ian joined British APCO in August 2016 as operations manager after retiring from a successful 30 year career […]

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. Survivors include her son, Ethan Lamar Shrout of DeRidder, Louisiana; brothers Billy Foshee and Kay of DeRidder; David Glaspie of Anacoco, […]

APCO Life Member Richard “Dick” Reynolds, 76, passed away July 22 at his home in Felton, Delaware. After retiring from the Air Force, Reynolds went to work as a telecommunications specialist with the Delaware Department of Technology and Information. There he worked closely with Delaware’s 9-1-1 centers and became involved with the Mid-Eastern APCO Chapter […]

Robert Goldstein passed away July 13 at the age of 92 in Fox Point, Wisconsin. He was an APCO Chapter Life Member and had been a member of APCO International since January 1965. He joined the Wisconsin Chapter Executive Committee as Chapter Secretary in 1978, became first vice president in 1982, vice president in 1983 and […]

APCO life member Emil Thomas Vogel, 83, formerly of Rochester, New York, passed away in Seneca, South Carolina, on May 25 after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Vogel retired from Motorola and was a supporter of public safety. He was very active with APCO, including as a member of the Spectrum Management Committee. He served in […]

APCO Life Member Helen Rushing of the Mid-Eastern Chapter has passed away. She served APCO in numerous capacities including as chapter officer, regional participant, national membership coordinator, frequency coordinator and on many committees. She has often been referred to as Ms. APCO. Helen Rushing joined the Mid-Eastern Chapter in 1957. She served actively as the […]

Deputy Fire Chief Bradford S. Smith, a senior member of APCO International and longstanding member of the Atlantic APCO Chapter, passed away in the early morning on April 1 after waging a short, but aggressive battle against cancer. He was 56. Deputy Chief Smith dedicated nearly 40 years of his professional career to public safety […]

While attending training at a nearby agency on Thursday, January 23, 2020, Davie County (North Carolina) Telecommunicator  experienced a sudden cardiac arrest. Following 27 minutes of continuous CPR, Bob did regain a faint pulse and was taken to a local hospital for stabilization. He was later transferred to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, […]