Sammye Foster Cotton of Wills Point, Texas, passed way Nov. 16 at the age of 43 after a battle with ALS. Cotton was Garland (Texas) Police Department Communications Manager and an APCO member who previously worked for McKinney (Texas) Police Department and the Commerce (Texas) Police Department.
Silent Key: James Robert “Jimmy” Scanlon
Hopkins (Minnesota) Fire Department Assistant Chief and APCO member James “Jimmy” Scanlon died November 4 after going into cardiac arrest the day before. He was 38.
Silent Key: Bob Marz
Bob Marz, an APCO life member, passed away October 5 at home in South Ogden, Utah, with his family. He was 87.
Silent Key: John J. Daly
John J. Daly, 66, whose life was dedicated to public safety in Collier County, Florida, passed away August 22 at a Cape Cod, Massachusetts, hospital after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Silent Key: Max Thwaits III
Max Thwaits III, the Essex County (New York) emergency services director, passed away September 19. Thwaits, of Au Sable Forks, was 40. He was a member of the APCO Atlantic Chapter.
Silent Key: RoxAnn Brown
APCO Life Member RoxAnn Brown passed away July 27 in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. She was retired from public safety communications and had been active in APCO before retirement. Services are pending.
APCO International Awards Scholarships to 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Professionals
APCO recently awarded close to $80,000 in scholarship awards to APCO members.
Silent Key: Todd A. Austin
Todd A. Austin of Burbank, California, an APCO member and emergency communications center manager for the Los Angeles Police Department Communications Division, passed away May 2. He was 52. Austin worked for the LAPD ECC for 22 years and rose to the rank of senior police service representation officer in charge of operations support unit […]
Silent Key: Stephanie A. Kulowiec
Brookfield Police Department public safety telecommunicator Stephanie A. Kulowiec of Brookfield, Connecticut, passed away on Sunday, April 17. Kulowiec was a member of the APCO Atlantic Chapter. in a social media post, The Brookfield Police Department praised Kulowiec’s participation in community charitable events and wrote: “It is with great sadness that we announce to you […]
Silent Key: Joseph Cory Thompson
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.
