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  • The December  "Chapter and Member Services" Newsletter is available here.
  • Fundraising efforts are underway for Melanie
    Hasselman, a dispatcher with Shawnee County
    Emergency Communications.  Her husband Greg is
    24 years old, and will undergo testing at the Mayo
    Clinic to determine if he is a candidate for a heart-liver
    transplant.  For more information on this vital
    fundraiser, click here.
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  • The "911 Act"  that was signed into law on May 18, 2011 has extensive
    changes in wireless and landline 9-1-1 tax revenues as well as how you
    can spend the money.  Below is an explanation of these changes, as well
    as a sample Resolution that can be used as a model for local agencies.
  • Greg Riddle, President of APCO is requesting support on the D-Block
    Legislation for public safety.  Information is available on the Legislative
    Page under "Federal Legislation".
  • The Kansas 911 Coordinating Council is providing updates regarding the
    requirements of SB50 (Kansas) which was passed into law last Spring.  A
    letter from the Coordinating Council can be found here.
The Deadline is in...
Click here to Learn More about Narrowbanding
-National Response Plan
-KS Mutual Aid Response Guide
-NIFOG
-more
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911 Fees/Statutes,
911 Coordinating Council,
Annual Report Submission.
more

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  • Area and Regional Council and Committee minutes are now posted on
    the Committees page.
  • APCO''s 2012 Women in Public Safety Communications Conference has
    been cancelled in hopes that it will be restructured in the future.  Anyone
    with ideas on the conference can contact Liz Phillips, Asst. Director of the
    University of Kansas Public Safety Office at 785-864-5900 or by email at .  
    lphillips@ku.edu
2012 Spring Conference
April 1 - 3, Hutchinson
  • Harvey County 911 Director Courtney Becker has co-authored a book about a
    911 call he took in 2004, and how it impacted his life.  For information about
    "He Heard Hannah", click here.