2016 Fall APCO Conference - The Gold Standard

Sedgwick County Emergency Communications is honored to host the Kansas APCO Fall Conference, celebrating those that represent the thin gold line throughout the state of Kansas. The conference, held October 17th through October 19th, will be full of opportunities to celebrate your excellence will learning more about your chosen profession and networking with other gold liners. The conference is being held at the newly renovated Holiday Inn located at 549 S. Rock Rd. in Wichita. Please join us!

Registration is now open and we are accepting calls for presentations.  Head over to www.ksapco.org to register and submit your presentation for approval!  

We can't wait to see you in October!

Free Kansas VINE Training for New Statewide Implementation

Kansas VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday), an automated victim notification  service, is currently being implemented across Kansas. Kansas VINE is provided through a  collaborative effort between Appriss, Inc., the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL), the Office  of the Attorney General, and the Kansas Sheriffs’ Association (KSA). Kansas VINE is a free and anonymous telephone and online service that provides victims of  crime and concerned citizens the ability to search for custody status information on an  incarcerated offender in a county jail. Kansas VINE also provides the ability to register for  notifications on a change in custody status for an incarcerated offender.

This training is designed to promote awareness and increase usage of Kansas' VINE among  law enforcement, jail staff, victim advocates, community members, etc.

Victims have a right to know.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A FREE KANSAS VINE AWARENESS TRAINING!

KANSAS CITY   Tuesday, August 2 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Kansas City Kansas Community College Thomas R. Burke Technical Ed. Center 6565 State Ave Kansas City, KS 66102  Training in Allied Health Multi-Purpose Rm #2901		PITTSBURG Thursday, August 4 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pittsburg State University   McPherson Hall  1702 S. Homer Street Pittsburg, KS 66762 Located directly behind the football stadium
TOPEKA Wednesday, August 3 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Law Enforcement Center Topeka Police Department/ Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office 320 S. Kansas Ave Topeka, KS 66603 Training held in Classroom A		WICHITA Friday, August 5 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Sedgwick County Extension Education Center 7001 West 21st North Wichita, KS 67205 Corner of 21st and Ridge Road

Preview of Class Topics for 2016 Kansas APCO Spring Conference - Don't Miss Out!

Monday, April 11:

TERT—all day--JL Ellis

911 Coordinating Council Meetings:

·         08:30-09:45-Subcommittee meetings:

o   Technical, Operations, GIS, Administration, Training

·         10:00-noon—911 Coordinating Council Meeting

·         15:00-17:00—NG911 Update and Q&A-Users’ Group

16:30-17:00—Former ASTRA Users’ Group meeting

Tuesday morning, April 12:

·         General session on Active Shooter and an overview of the FBI Terrorism Task Force-Topeka Police Department Officer Doug Ping

·         General session on Ethics—Dennis Butler, Ottawa Police Chief

·         General session on Media Relations—Dennis Butler, Ottawa Police Chief

Wednesday morning, April 13:

·         General session on Teambuilding: Norby Rudel, Internal Performance International

·         General session on Legislative Updates and KCJIS: Ed Klumpp on legislative updates and Gordon Lansford on KCJIS

Tuesday and Wednesday Breakout Classes

·         NG911 Website and Portal for Administrators-- Michele Abbott-Director, Administrative Services/E911 Director, Hutchinson Police Department

·         GROW—recognizing opportunities to grow in your life and balancing home and work life-- Lt. Kristin Gill-Sedgwick CO Emergency Communications and Management

·         Transitioning from Peer to Supervisor—Lt. Kristin Gill-Sedgwick CO Emergency Communications and Management

·         NLETS-KBI

·         Safety and Communication-Chad Omitt, National Weather Service

·         ICS 100, ICS 200, and ICS 802 ESF2—SNSO Cpl. Errin Mahan and a team from Shawnee County Emergency Management

·         NCIC Violent Person File--KHP

·         Supervision and employee performance reviews-Norby Rudel

·         PS Connect—Bill Duggan-Director, Lyon County Emergency Communications Center

·         Leadership—Bill Duggan- Director, Lyon County Emergency Communications Center

·         Nationwide Public Broadband Network/FirstNet-Craig Divoll-Kansas Office of Emergency Communications

·         Kansas Statewide Interoperable Communication System and Motobridge—Michaela Isch-Kansas Office of Emergency Communications

·         TIM-Traffic Incident Management—Kansas Department of Transportation

Communications Training Officer Course

On March 30 thru April 01, Lyon County Emergency Communications Center will be co-hosting the APCO Institute course, Communications Training Officer class. If you have any CTOs that need to be trained, or if you are interesting in starting a CTO program in your agency, this is an excellent training to attend!

KS TERT Basic Awareness Training

The Kansas Chapter of APCO is pleased to be partnering with the Kansas Office of Emergency Communications to offer KS-TERT Basic Awareness Training in conjunction with the Spring APCO Conference in Topeka! Check out the conference page on ksapco.org for more information. Don't wait, space is limited!

Proposed Amendments to Kansas APCO Bylaws

Greetings KS APCO Members 

Official Constitution & Bylaw Amendment Notice 

During the 2016 Spring Conference general business meeting the attached proposed constitution & bylaw amendments will be voted on in accordance within the existing C & B Section 4.2. 

The Chapter Executive Board’s intent is that the Chapter Constitution & Bylaws should mirror APCO International bylaws when and where applicable.  Our current bylaws are antiquated, lacking current practices and procedures.  The last time Chapter bylaws were revised was in October of 1998. 

The proposed amendments will be posted on the Chapter web site http://www.ksapco.org as well.

Recognize a Hero!

Do you have a hero in your midst? Here is a great opportunity to recognize them and show them how much you appreciate their dedication! Nominations for Telecommunicator of the Year, Line Supervisor of the Year, Director of the Year, and Team of the Year are being accepted now through March 11th for recognition at the Spring APCO conference on April 11th. You do not have to be an APCO member or even a dispatcher to submit a nomination (hint, hint to the agencies we dispatch for). Nominations will be forwarded to a neighboring state's APCO chapter for final determination of winners.

Visit APCO's website for nomination forms.http://www.ksapco.org/awards.html