BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//198.12.237.47//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME: X-WR-CALDESC:Tax exempt non-profit organization of graduates of the Richard son Citizen Police Academy who work to support the Richardson Police Depar tment and educate the public about crime prevention. Located at 200 N Gre enville Avenue\, Richardson\, TX 75081 [501(c)(3) - EIN: 75-2484541] X-FROM-URL:https://www.rcpaaa.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20261101T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20270314T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-929@www.rcpaaa.org DTSTAMP:20260410T145936Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Each year\, the second full week of April is dedicated to the m en and women who serve as public safety telecommunicators. It was first co nceived by Patricia Anderson of the Contra Costa County (Calif.) Sheriff’s Office in 1981 and was observed only at that agency for three years. Memb ers of the Virginia and North Carolina chapters of the Association of Publ ic-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) became involved in the mid-1980s . By the early 1990s\, the national APCO organization convinced Congress o f the need for a formal proclamation. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) intr oduced what became H.J. Res. 284 to create “National Public Safety Telecom municator Week.” According to the Congressional procedure\, it was present ed twice more in 1993 and 1994 and then became permanent\, without the nee d for annual introduction.\nThe 911 CARES project has a wide range of NTW logo products that are great for gifts—or just for yourself! Moreover\, th e project gives back to the dispatching community\, so they are worthy of support. APCO has a blog to share NTW celebrations and honors.\nThe offici al name of the week when initially introduced in Congress in 1991 was “Nat ional Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.” In the intervening years\, it has become known by several other names\, including “National Public-Safe ty Telecommunications Week” and “International Public Safety Telecommunica tor’s Week.” The Congressional resolution also stated there were more than “500\,000 telecommunications specialists\,” although other estimates put the number of dispatchers at just over 200\,000. The Congressional figure may include support personnel and perhaps even those in the commercial sec tor of public safety communications. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240408T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240414T234500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=4 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week URL:https://www.rcpaaa.org/event/national-public-safety-telecommunicators-w eek-3/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

Each year\, t he second full week of April is dedicated to the men and women who serve as public safety telecommunicators. It was first conceived by Patric ia Anderson of the Contra Costa County (Calif.) Sheriff’s Office in 1981 a nd was observed only at that agency for three years. Members of the Virgin ia and North Carolina chapters of the Association of Public-Safety Communi cations Officials (APCO) became involved in the mid-1980s. By the early 19 90s\, the national APCO organization convinced Congress of the need for a formal proclamation. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced what becam e H.J. Res. 284 to create “National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week.” According to the Congressional procedure\, it was presented twice more in 1993 and 1994 and then became permanent\, without the need for annual intr oduction.

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The 911 CARES project has a wide range of NTW logo produ cts that are great for gifts—or just for yourself! Moreover\, the project gives back to the dispatching community\, so they are worthy of support. A PCO has a blog to share NTW celebrations and honors.

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The official name of the week when initially introduced in Congress in 1991 was “Nation al Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.” In the intervening years\, it ha s become known by several other names\, including “National Public-Safety Telecommunications Week” and “International Public Safety Telecommunicator ’s Week.” The Congressional resolution also stated there were more than “5 00\,000 telecommunications specialists\,” although other estimates put the number of dispatchers at just over 200\,000. The Congressional figure may include support personnel and perhaps even those in the commercial sector of public safety communications.

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