APCO News

Election Results

Vice President: Melanie Crittenden
Secretary/Treasurer: Dan Brooks
2-year Board Member: Colleen Knudsen
1-year Board Member: Doug Chandler

Executive Council Report

The most recent Executive Council Report from the Philadelphia Conference is now available.

APCO CTO Course

Provo Police will be hosting an APCO CTO 5th edition course at their department on March 19-21, 2012. For more information, see the APCO Institute page or email lforshee@provo.utah.gov

Challenge Coins

9-1-1 challenge coins are now available for purchase through the Utah APCO website. Unnumbered coins are available for $10, and numbered for $20. A list of the numbered coins still available will be posted shortly.

Unnumbered coin – Just $10

Annual Conference Wrapup

Our Annual Conference and Hall of Fame Awards Banquet was held Oct 3-5 in Sandy. In addition to having some valuable training, we had the chance to honor some of the great dispatchers, technicians, and leaders in the public safety communications community.

Award Winners included (pictures):

Hall of Fame Inductee – Craig Dearden, Weber County Commission

Hall of Fame Inductee – Mike Mathieu, Ogden Fire

Distinguished Service Award – Gigi Smith, VECC

Distinguished Service Award – Noreen Stone, Utah Valley

Technician of the Year – Omar Issa, State of Utah

Incident of the Year (small agency) – Layton Police Communications

Incident of the Year (medium agency) – Utah Valley

Incident of the Year (large agency) – VECC

Unit Citation – Layton Police Communications

Unit Citation (2) – Utah Valley

Executive Award of Merit – Post Curriculum Task Force