British APCO

📅𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀! • Date: 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 2026 • 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 10:00am – 4:00pm • 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Leonardo Hotel East Midlands Airport https://lnkd.in/e9-AGucy   𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗 * Join members of the British APCO Board, along with our Events, Journal, and Membership teams. * Our remit is to support all professionals using or developing #PublicSafetyIT & #CommunicationsTechnology; connecting all our members for the benefit of our #EmergencyServices and #PublicSafety sector. * This Corporate Members Forum is your chance to discuss and input into British APCO activities for the year ahead, to feedback on your experience so far and, in short, shape our Association for all. * If you sign-up to attend now, you can suggest specific topics be added to the day’s agenda. If you haven’t received an invite, please contact us: support@bapco.org.uk 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿: https://lnkd.in/eeEqMZfi

If you had a great time at the British APCO Annual Event in March then get this date in your diary !

𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲! Our ever-popular 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 returns: 📅 𝟭𝟭 – 𝟭𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 2026 📍 Royal Armouries Museum, 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱? - Public safety communications & technology professionals - Emergency services practitioners - Control room leaders & operational decision-makers - Policy, strategy, and digital transformation leads 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱? - 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 shaping the future of public safety - Explore the 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 in communications & response technology - Gain 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 you can apply in your organisation - Take part in 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 - Learn from 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 tackling frontline challenges - 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀 with senior users and industry partners - See cutting-edge solutions through 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 - Build 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 across the sector - Enjoy 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 to parts of the Royal Armouries More details coming soon — stay tuned!

The EENA 112 annual conference provides a great opportunity to make connections and learn from the great work organisations are doing to support the public when they need to make THAT call for help. Our chair, Darryl Keen, and Chief Operating Officer, Duncan Swan, are out in Riga this week - so do pull them aside if you are there and want a conversation. And it’s great to see two of our British APCO bursary winners - Louis Fraser and past winner Aaron Page - at the event along with many other familiar faces from across the sector, including several who are an integral part of CC:IPS. We wish EENA 112 every success over the next three days !

At British APCO we see supporting the Control Room Awards as a privilege - this will be the fourth year that we have our own category dedicated to those who work behind the scenes delivering the IT & Comms solutions that help the heroes under the headsets do their job a little more efficiently and effectively. The winners to date have all thoroughly deserved the accolade - do you know someone you work with who “fits the bill”? For all of the award categories you have until the 17 May to submit an application - together, let’s help make 2026 the best year yet for applications across all categories each of which seeks to recognise the often unsung work of our Control Room Heroes !

🚨 The future of emergency communications is already here — are we ready? If you were at our recent BAPCO Annual Event, where we brought together critical communication technology companies with emergency services experts, we are sure your answer will be yes! Across the UK, control rooms and frontline teams are navigating a major shift: ➡️ From voice to data ➡️ From siloed systems to shared intelligence ➡️ From radio-only to mission-critical broadband But transformation isn’t just about technology — it’s about interoperability, standards, and people. At BAPCO, we’re seeing three priorities emerge in 2026: 1️⃣ Smarter data sharing between agencies 2️⃣ Greater resilience in communications infrastructure 3️⃣ Supporting control room professionals through change The question is: what’s the biggest challenge YOU are facing right now? 👇 Share your thoughts — we’d love to hear from across the sector. #EmergencyServices #PublicSafety #999 #NG999 #Interoperability #BAPCO

As a not-for-profit, user-led association with charitable status, British APCO is required to have Trustees who form the Board of Directors and are responsible for the organisation. All our Trustees are volunteers with demanding day jobs within the public safety sector, and we are grateful to them—and to their employers—for allowing them the time to perform these roles. The Board is headed by the British APCO Chair, who is supported by the Vice-Chair. Serving as Chair of British APCO—formerly known as President—is both an honour and a responsibility. It was therefore a poignant moment to see the reins handed over from Chris Lucas to Darryl Keen at our annual celebration during the BAPCO Annual Event. Chris has just begun his tenth year as a Board member and has served as Chair for the past three years. At our Board meeting earlier this week, Darryl commented: “I want to record a huge vote of thanks to Chris, who has led the Board professionally and with clear focus on our vision over the last three years. Chris had big shoes to fill, taking over from John Anthony MBE, and he has done so brilliantly. It feels like standing on the shoulders of giants—and Chris, I’m now going to stand on yours! We are undoubtedly in a better place because of everything you—and before you, John—have done to make British APCO what it is today.” With Darryl taking on the role of Chair, we are pleased to confirm that Matt Leat has agreed to become Vice-Chair—thank you, Matt. British APCO has a long history of volunteers supporting and leading the Association, and with Darryl and Matt now in their respective roles, that tradition is set to continue.

Just in case you missed it during our BAPCO Annual Event last week, there's exciting news about emergency control rooms sharing incident data instantly across services using the MAIT standard. 🚨 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗧 (𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿) Enables a major step forward in improving emergency response times: • Expected to save vital minutes during multi-agency incidents • Implemented by Fire and Rescue Services across England in response to the Grenfell inquiry • Further take-up by Coastguard and Police Forces • Additional functionality supported by Ordnance Survey • MAIT schema overseen by British APCO. We are here to support and further develop MAIT and encourage other agencies to investigate how it can benefit their operations. More information & Links: https://lnkd.in/esC4Vxt6 #MAIT #EmergencyServices #PublicSafetyCommunications

Was it really a week ago since our BAPCO Annual Event ? We loved bringing this amazing community of public safety professionals together - and we’ve had positive feedback from so many visitors and exhibitors. It may be a year until we land in Liverpool but we’d love to hear what you’d like us to do differently to add yet more value to the time we have together. Once again, a huge thank you to everyone who was a part of making last week pretty special 👏