Kansas 9-1-1 Liaison position open

The Kansas 911 Coordinating Council in collaboration with the Kansas Adjutant General's Department has created a full time 911 Liaison position whose duties will include providing guidance and technical support to PSAPs in behalf of the Council; assist PSAPs and regional groups with planning and implementation of NG911 services, and provide support services to the Council and its committees. The successful candidate for this position should have extensive knowledge of public safety communications and enhanced 911 systems, and be a self-motivated, detail oriented person with good written and oral communication skills. The position will be located in the Adjutant General's Department and classified as a Planner II-911. This employee will receive task assignments and general direction from 911 Coordinating Council leaders as well as direct supervision by the assigned supervisor in the Adjutant General's Department.

Additional information upon the functions, requirements and compensation for this position are available at https://www.da.ks.gov/ps/pub/reqinfo.asp?id=174251, and a flyer is available in the Announcements section at www.ksapco.org.

April is National 9-1-1 Education Month

April is "National 9-1-1 Education" month, and April 14-20th is "National Telecommunicators Week".  The KSAPCO website at www.ksapco.org hosts links to the APCO Internation NPSTW site as well as the "9-1-1 Number to Know" site, both of which offer educational materials and ideas on how to educate our citizens and celebrate our dispatchers.

Let us know what your agency has planned to mark these events.

KCJIS Committee minutes

Minutes from the February and March KCJIS Committee Meeting have been posted on the KSAPCO website at www.ksapco.org.

Conference parking

Parking is free for anybody involved in our conference.  Parking is available across the street, east of the hotel, on Waco.  There is a covered walkway that will take you from the 2^nd floor of the parking garage to the 2^nd floor of the hotel and you can take the elevator down from there to access the lobby and meeting rooms.  You will have to take a ticket when you go into the parking garage but when leaving you’ll call the front desk from the speaker at the gate and tell them you are with APCO and they’ll raise the gate for you.

Shoulder pads?

Shoulder pads, miniskirts, leg warmers, huge earrings, fingerless gloves, parachute pants, Members Only jackets, stretch stirrup pants, and oversized tops hanging off the shoulder.  What do they have in common?  They are 80’s fabulousness!  Don’t miss out on the opportunity to strut your stuff in your best 80’s outfit at the 80’s Dance Party sponsored by Voice Products this Sunday, April 7^th, to kick off our Spring APCO Conference.  80’s dance music, DJ Cain, Voice Products, great food and drink – it just doesn’t get better than that! 

Kansas 911 Coordinating Council Minutes

The March Minutes of the Kansas 911Coordinating Council can be accessed by visiting http://www.ksapco.org/911_Coordinating_Council.html, or directly at the KAC website at http://www.kansascounties.org/index.aspx?NID=250.

KSAPCO Spring Conference: A Conference Full of Solutions

  By Elora Randleas, Sedgwick County Emergency Communications - While we may not be able to solve ALL of your problems, there are a lot of great courses available at the Kansas Chapter Spring Conference April 7-9 that will offer you solutions!

Do you feel like you're stagnant, waiting on something to change in your life? Operation GROW is the course for you! We will be discussing ways to establish personal goals, empower your team and create strategies for growth, and improve your work-life balance.

Are you tasked with employee investigations and you aren't sure that you're doing them correctly? Employee Investigations if the course for you! This course will discuss Garrity and how that case law applies to whether or not your employees have an obligation to be truthful. It will also cover how to conduct an investigation, notifying witnesses, conducting interviews, and writing reports.

Does your agency have morale issues (and honestly, which agency doesn't struggle with this at some point)? Morale is the course for you! This course is going to discuss toxic emotions, how to identify them and what to do with them, as well as FREE or low cost ways to reward co-workers and show them appreciation.

Do you lie awake at night worrying about NextGen 9-1-1? We've got several courses addressing that issue including "Why a Hosted NG9-1-1 Solution Might Be Right for Your PSAP", "Taking the Worry Out of Your Migration to Next Gen 9-1-1", and "NG9-1-1 GIS Data: What to Plan For!" among others.

And don't forget the awesome opportunity to attend the FREE Project Management workshop being offered on April 10th in conjunction with the conference. Whether you have a project already planned or underway (NG9-1-1, Digital System, Rebanding, etc) or just want to be prepared to take the lead on a future project, this course is for you! Space is limited to please email Elora Randleas (erandlea@sedgwick.gov) for further.

Check out the Kansas APCO Chapter website for more information on the conference or to get registered! www.ksapco.org