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Legislative Updates 2013-06-06

Status of Public Safety-Related Bills AB 47 (Gatto D) Emergency telephone system: abuse. Summary: Would make any person who calls the 911 telephone system to dispatch a police, sheriff, fire department, or emergency medical service personnel response to a residence or place of business where there is no emergency, with […]


New State 911 Advisory Board Page

The NAPCO webpage has been recently updated to include news regarding the California State 9-1-1 Advisory Board. On May 2, 2013, Chuck Berdan was appointed by Governor Brown to serve as the APCO representative for California on the State 9-1-1 Advisory Board.  Earlier in the year, by a joint decision […]


ProCHRT Coming to NAPCO

ProCHRT stands for The Professional Communications Human Resources Task force – the focus of this international committee includes professional recognition, certification/training/standardization requirements, retirement eligibility and human resources matters pertinent to the Dispatch Community. We will work under the guidance/structure of the National ProCHRT Committee. Learn more about ProCHRT at: http://www.apcointl.org/resources/professional-communications-human-resources-committee.html […]


Free POST Certified Training

The Northern California Chapter of APCO and the Redwood City Police Department are happy to offer this free training opportunity to NAPCO members Managing Suicidal Callers and Persons with Mental Health Disorders 8-hours of POST Certified Training Credits When: June 18th, 2013 Time: 8am to 5pm Where: San Francisco International […]


May Meeting Presentations

If you missed us in Sonoma, then we missed you.  Don’t fret.  You can get a glimpse of what was discussed. All of the presentations are now available to download from the NAPCO home page.  If you were not able to be there, you truly missed out on being able […]


NAPCO Loses One of its Own.

Mark Lockwood of SR911 in Stanislaus County CA lost his battle with brain cancer 05-04-13 after many months of a courageous fight. Mark started out as a volunteer Firefighter, EMT, and worked his way to a lead position in a local volunteer agency. He became a dispatcher approx 17 years […]