The APCO Institute is currently working with individual state agencies to gain approval for APCO courses and programs that meet state training credit requirements. Currently approved states are listed below. Check back often, as additional state-approved courses are continually added.
If you are a state agency that is interested in working with us for training credit approval, please email [email protected].
Approved States
Alabama
Agency
Alabama 911
Training Approved
Credit Process
Contact your agency training coordinator for credit process.
Georgia
Agency
The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council
Training Approved
- All APCO courses
- Registered Public-Safety Leader (RPL) Program
- Certified Public-Safety Executive (CPE) Program.
See all training opportunities on the APCO training page
Credit Process
APCO submits the information on behalf of students for training credit required by the Council.
Idaho
Agency
Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
Training Approved
Credit Process
Idaho POST works directly with agencies that register their staff for APCO courses. Once students complete an APCO course, the agency will send all required documentation to POST for state credit.
Kentucky
Agency
Kentucky Law Enforcement Council
Training Approved
- All APCO courses
- Registered Public-Safety Leader (RPL) Program
- Certified Public-Safety Executive (CPE) Program.
Credit Process
Students can submit any APCO course taken to receive Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund (KLEFPF) credit.
Maryland
Agency
Maryland Department of Emergency Management, Maryland 9-1-1 Board
Training Approved
- All APCO courses for public safety telecommunicators
Credit Process
Students and agency instructors should submit proof of training to the State of Maryland 9-1-1 Board. Students need to provide documentation of class completion.
Massachusetts
Agency
Massachusetts State 911 Department
Training Approved
- For a current list of approved APCO training courses, please refer to the Approved Training Course List.
Credit Process
To seek credit for APCO courses not on the Approved Training Course List, follow the request instructions in the header of the Approved Training Courses List. Please contact the APCO Institute at [email protected] for any required documentation.
Michigan
Agency
Michigan State 911 Administration Portal (MiSNAP)
Training Approved
(In-person and virtual course formats only)
Credit Process
Contact [email protected] for steps to report successful completion of training to MiSNAP.
Minnesota
Agency
State of Minnesota – Department of Public Safety
Credit Process
If an agency would like to contract an APCO course, they must reach out to the Department of Public Safety, who will put out a Quick Call proposal. APCO will provide all necessary information to assist in this process.
Mississippi
Agency
BETST Standards & Training
Training Approved
Credit Process
Contact your agency training coordinator for credit process.
Missouri
Agency
Missouri 911 Service Board
Training Approved
Credit Process
Contact your agency training coordinator for credit process.
New Mexico
Agency
New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy
Training Approved
Credit Process
Upload course completion certificates to the NM website for credit.
New Jersey
Agency
Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services
Training Approved
Credit Process
APCO courses are approved and used by the state, students submit to the state to file for reimbursement.
Texas
Agency
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE)
Training Approved
- Active Shooter Incidents for Public Safety Communications, 2nd Edition
- Bullying and Negativity in the Communications Center, 2nd Edition
- Communications Center Supervisor, 5th Edition
- Communications Training Officer, 6th Edition
- Comprehensive Quality
- Crisis Negotiations
- Customer Service in Today’s Public Safety Communications
- Disaster Operations and the Communications Center
- Emergency Medical Dispatch, 5th Edition
- Emergency Medical Dispatch Manager
- Fundamentals of Tactical Dispatch
- Law Enforcement Communications, 1st Edition
- Public Safety Communications Staffing and Employee Retention
- Public Safety Telecommunicator 1, 7th Edition
- Surviving Stress
Credit Process
Contact your agency training coordinator for credit process.