Missouri APCO along with the Missouri 9-1-1 Service Board submit similar letters of support for proposed legislation that would provide $10 Billion in NG911 funding across the nation.
On August 11, 2021, the Missouri Chapter of APCO wrote letters to all ten of Missouri’s congressional delegation urging them to or thanking them for their support of the 911 SAVES Act. Read a draft of that letter.
Each and every day, emergency communications professionals sit down and began answering calls the change the lives of the individuals calling. The 9-1-1 SAVES Act is a piece of legislation that reclassifies public safety communications to the “protective” occupation class – the same as police officers, fire fighters and even parking enforcement. Currently, these individuals are classified as secretaries, the same as secretaries, and taxi cab dispatchers. It is time to recognize those who are the first to act in an emergency, it’s time to recognize those emergency communications professionals as true first responders!
Left to Right: Angie Stiefermann (MOAPCO), Bryan Maydwell (911 Sevice Board), Kevin Wieberg (911DA), April Ford (MONENA), Zachary Dykes (MOAPCO) and Rep. Lane Roberts. Public Safety Telecommunicators Welcomed at the State Capitol Building On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, representatives from the Missouri Chapter of APCO, the Missouri Chapter of NENA, the Missouri 911 Director’s Association
On Monday, April 11, 2021, the Missouri 911 Service Board submitted it’s report on the status of 911 in the state of Missouri. Significant improvements in 911 services across the state have been since since the release of the Missouri 911 Modernization and Improvement Report released in 2017. KEY TAKEAWAYS 0 additional counties are now
Date: Monday, March 29, 2021 On March 11, 2021, APCO International announced its support and encouragement for the LIFT America Act, an infrastructure bill that includes $15 billion in federal funding for the deployment and implementation of Next Generation 9-1-1 throughout the country. A few days later NENA released some talking points that vastly despaired
