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
• Grant Number(s): 2003-MU-MU-K013
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Corporate Author: Assoc of Public Safety Communications Officials International, Inc. (APCO)
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

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.