PSAP Managers Committee

Meeting Minutes

February 7, 2007

Present:

Colorado Springs Police Department – Tina Young

Cripple Creek Emergency Communications – Bob Ross

El Paso County Sheriff’s Office – Liz Brown

USAF Academy – Steever Price

Woodland Park Police Department – Rawlin Sowell

E9-1-1 - James Anderson and Christy Davis

Absent:

Fort Carson Fire Department 

Fountain Police Department

Manitou Springs Police Department

Peterson AFB

Teller County Sheriff’s Office

Meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM by James Anderson.

New Business:

A –      Election of Chairperson

Mr. Anderson stated that at the December meeting it was decided that a new

            chairperson would be elected and serve for one year.  Minutes and agendas would

            be prepared by E9-1-1 personnel and the chairperson would just be required to

            conduct the meetings every other month.  Approved minutes would be submitted

            to the Authority Board.  After some discussion, Bob Ross volunteered to chair the

            committee.

B -       Agency Accreditation

Mr. Anderson said that in the EDRC meeting the accreditation process had been

            discussed and it was asked if agencies felt it was important to be accredited

            through NAED or if they felt a local accreditation would be just as beneficial and the money saved could be put back into their agency to reward adherence to the

            protocol standards.  One point of discussion was the fact that the cost for re-

            accreditation keeps going up and beyond a framed certificate you have no other

            benefit.  National accreditation vs. local accreditation was discussed and it was

            determined that both was a form of  self-accreditation and it was suggested that

            other means of accreditation be investigated.   It was also mentioned that in legal

            matters accreditation would not have much weight, only that 1) Protocols are in

            use, 2) they are being used correctly and 3) a QA process is in place.  The

            possibility of establishing standards  and having an outside assessor evaluate if

            those standards are being met was also considered.  It was decided that the EDRC

            would begin to look at standards and that other avenues will be explored, will

            be discussed again at the next meeting.

C -       CSPD Remodel

Mr. Anderson related that the CSPD remodel is close to completion.  The next

            project will be upgrades at Fountain PD.  USAFA could be remodeling this

            summer (June/July), Steever will let Mr. Anderson know for sure by the end of

            April.

D -       Training Academy

Liz Brown wanted to discuss the scheduling of training academies.  She felt that

            E9-1-1 should be more accommodating to the hiring processes of agencies.  Some

points of discussion were the challenges of scheduling for multiple agencies due

            to last minute changes in how many students will be sent and miscalculations on

            when employees will be hired and the recent lack of participation of agencies in

            teaching of the supplemental offerings of the Academy.  It was suggested that an

            Academy be offered every other month for 2007 so that agencies can plan hiring

            around those and at the end of the year this way of scheduling will be evaluated

            for effectiveness.  Each Academy will consist of at least two weeks of EMD, EFD

            and EPD training with an optional third week of “fluff” classes if there are enough

            students to merit it.  Academies will not be scheduled on holidays and for this

            year only, there will be no minimum number of students.  Troy will set up a

            training schedule for the year and email it out to the committee.

E -       Navigator 2007

It was suggested that flights be scheduled at least 30 days in advance to take

            advantage of lower rates, and that PSAP Managers should also consider other

            conferences (NENA or APCO) which could be very beneficial to them and their

            agencies.

            The next meeting will be held on April 4, 2007 at 10:00 AM at the 9-1-1

            office.  Mr. Anderson asked that any items for the agenda be emailed to

            him or to Bob Ross.