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APCO Project Retains--Responsive Efforts To Assure Integral Needs in Staffing

NCJ Number
216284
Author(s)
Mary Jean Taylor
Date Published
February 2006
Length
4 pages
Annotation
Funding from this grant was used to develop, present, and distribute materials on Project RETAINS at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Annual Conference.
Abstract
Project RETAINS is an initiative to increase personnel recruitment and retention. The conference materials included a workbook to help communication center managers estimate their staffing needs and compare them with current staffing levels, as well as research reports detailing surveys of communication centers.