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March 2012 issue of Urgent Communications

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  • Jay Jacobsmeyer
  • Harold Kinley
  • Doug Mohney
  • Dave Plank
  • Alan Tilles

Editorial Advisory Council

  • Chris Baker, Roseville (Calif.) Fire Department
  • Don Denning, City of Boston
  • Steve Devine, Missouri Department of Public Safety
  • Sal Dragotta, Viking Communications
  • Steve Guller, Warner Communications
  • Ben Holycross, Polk County (Fla.) Board of Commissioners
  • David Jones, Mission Critical Partners (former NENA president)
  • Dave and Steve Keller, Radio One
  • Wanda McCarley, Tarrant County (Texas) 911 (former APCO president)
  • Harlin McEwen, International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police
  • Chris Moore, San Jose Police Department
  • Myron Polulak, WPCS Intl.
  • John Powell, National Public Safety Telecommunications Council
  • Steve Rauter, Western Will County (Ill.) Communications Center
  • Bill Schrier, City of Seattle
  • Andrew Seybold, Andrew Seybold, Inc.
  • Tom Sorley, City of Houston
  • Steve Souder, Fairfax County (Va.) Dept. of Public Safety Communications
  • Scott Tschetter, Eastern Communications, Ltd.
  • Nick Tusa, Tusa Consulting Services
  • Charles Werner, Charlottesville (Va.) Fire Department and SAFECOM

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