A Word from the President

2010 has pasted and we are half way through 2011. The last year has spawned a lot of great opportunities for Arkansas. With the past pressident Matt Garrity leading the way. APCO Arkansas forged ahead in the national effort to create training legislature for public safety communications. APCO Arkansas Sectretary Bud Gray and Executive Council Representative Shannon McCuin were on the front lines most of the year obtaining support and lobbying for the passage of the proposed legislature. There tireless efforts and weeks of hotel life paid off when the Govenor signed the bill into law. Though this is only the first step, Arkansas is well on its way to ensure that public safety communications personnel are trained and prepared to keep the public safe. I would like to personnally thank Shannon, Bud and Tammy Shipp for their time and effort getting the legislature passed.

AS we progress into the next year, we are not done. For those of you who were at the conference, I challenged its members to go home and push their agencies for the best. I am very please to say that Arkansas, once again, has received the award for chapter growth by percentage. We are on a roll and we are being the example for others to follow. This is an assosication of its members and our members are proving that.

Be sure to utilize the resources on this website as well as the APCO International website. There is a huge amout of knowlege and information at your fingure tips. Though this site is managed by the association, the content is yours, so please, I encourage you to submit postings and information to be placed on the site. The more people network, the more knowledge they gain.