COMMLINK. May Meeting - Riverwalk Building Riverside. Frequency Coordination Meeting - Following Lunch

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1 May 2016 COMMLINK C PRA serves the people who manage, operate, maintain and supply the communications systems used to safeguard the lives and property of citizens everywhere. Among the CPRA ranks there are over 500 professionals representing the Police, Fire, EMS, Forestry, Highway and Conservation services. CPRA provides many opportunities to grow professionally, share your ideas, upgrade your skills and network with your colleagues. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: This month s meeting will be held May 19, 2016 at the Riverwalk Building, 4210 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, CA st Floor Conference Suite Lemon/Lime Rooms DIRECTIONS: The Official Monthly Newsletter of the California Public-Safety Radio Association May Meeting - Riverwalk Building Riverside From the Los Angeles area: - Take CA-91 East from Los Angeles area - Take exit 54 and turn left onto Pierce St - Turn left onto Pierce St again when it becomes Riverwalk Pkwy. - Turn right into parking lot for destination President s Podium 2 Meeting Host: Dale Digiambattista Riverside County Sheriffs Minutes 2 Board of Officers 3 Minutes Continued 3 Telecomminicator Awards 4 Early-bird Sponsor: Meeting Sponsor: Agenda: Executive Committee Meeting General Membership Meeting Presenter: Dan Bates & Trevor Douville, Riverside County EMD Presentation: " Medical Health Communication Center Development and Implementation" Meeting Dates Quarterly Meetings Lunch Telecomminicator Awards Continued 6 Frequency Coordination Meeting - Following Lunch Copyright 2016 California Public-Safety Radio Association, All Rights Reserved

2 Page 2 P RESIDENT S PODIUM R ON W ONG O ur April meeting was held at the Knott s Berry Farm Resort. We had 60 in attendance. The highlight of the morning was the presentation of the Annual RF Technologist Award winners. The CPRA celebrated National Public Safety Telecommunicators week with an evening banquet recognizing telecommuncations professional throughout Southern California, awards and recognition were presented to the best of telecommunicators in various categories. Congratulations to all those receiving the RF Technologist and Telecommunicators awards. I want to thank David Buchanan for an informative presentation on how the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) supports public safety communications and interoperability. David was very gracious to step up at a moment s notice when the scheduled speaker became unable to attend the meeting. The May 19 general meeting will be held in Riverside at the Riverside County EMD, the program will be Public Health Communications Center Development by the County. Please see CPRA.ORG for driving direction. We look forward for each of you to join us this month with your colleagues from the many agencies and vendors in Southern California. As always please check the CPRA Website, CPRA.ORG for the latest information on activities and meetings. CHAPTER MEETING Knott s Berry Farm Resort 7675 Crescent Ave Buena Park, CA April 14, 2016 SUMMARY Early Bird Host: Erik Borg, Chair Pros Secretary s Report: Minutes from the March 17 meeting are posted on the CPRA Website. Program: David Buchanan An Overview of NPSTC Attendance: 65 AGENDA Call to Order Ron Wong. The meeting was called to order at 10:09 A.M. Welcoming Remarks Ron Wong: Ron welcomed everybody to the meeting, and thanked Early Bird Host Erik Borg. He then invited John Sarkissian to lead the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Ron announced an increase in meeting fee to $25.00 effective at the May meeting. RFIT Awards: Ron introduced all the award recipients for IT Technologist, RF Technologist, and RF Engineer. He invited Dave Buchanan, John Sarkisian and Anna Holmes to assist in presenting the awards as follows: [See Minutes Page 3}

3 Page 3 [Minutes Continued From Page 2] CPRA 2016 IT TECHNOLOGIST OF THE YEAR RUNNER UP AWARDS ROBIN BENDER, CITY OF SAN DIEGO DAVE TURNER, ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY CPRA 2016 IT TECHNOLOGIST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS JERROD LEE, CITY OF ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT GREG WALTER, CITY OF BREA POLICE DEPARTMENT CPRA 2016 IT TECHNOLOGIST OF THE YEAR AWARD JUAN ORDAZ, METRO CITIES FIRE AUTHORITY CPRA 2016 RF TECHNOLOGIST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS ELIZABETH KESTER, CITY OF BANNING SSGT JAVIER MONTOYA, 163RD COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT, MARB ART RAMIREZ, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE JASON THOMAS, CITY OF SAN DIEGO CPRA 2016 RF TECHNOLOGIST OF THE YEAR RUNNER UP AWARD WES NISHINA, CITY OF SIMI VALLEY CPRA 2016 RF TECHNOLOGIST OF THE YEAR AWARD STEVEN PAGE, CITY OF PASADENA CPRA 2016 RF ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD KEN NORTON, CITY OF SAN DIEGO Program: David Buchanan - An overview of NPSTC. Dave gave an introduction to the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council, and how the Council s work relates to APCO and CPRA. Meeting Adjourned. The meeting was adjourned at 11:26 A.M. Notes for the Record. Frequency Advisory Committee (FAC). Gary Gray convened the Frequency Advisory Committee (FAC) meeting. Ongoing and new frequency requests were presented and acted upon. Respectfully submitted, Jim Bare, Secretary 2016Board of Officers President RON WONG Los Angeles County-ISD Retired Phone President-Elect DALE DIGIAMBATTISTA Riverside County Sheriff s Dept. Phone Vice-President SCOTT ESPINDOLA San Bernardino County Sheriff s Dept. Phone Secretary JIM BARE San Bernardino County Sheriff s Dept. Phone Treasurer JOE PARRINO City of Montebello - Retired Phone Sergeant-at-Arms JEFFREY LOVELAND City of Riverside Fire Dept. Phone (951) APCO Executive Council Delegate Editor JIM ACOSTA City of Downey-Retired Phone Commercial Advisory Member LARRY WEBER The Sales Group Phone Vice-Commercial Advisory Member RON LYONS Zetron Phone Frequency Advisory Committee Chair GARY DAVID GRAY Orange County Communications - Retired Phone Please Contact: Frequency Advisory Committee Co-Chair DAVID BUCHANAN San Bernardino County - Retired Phone Frequency Advisory Committee Alternate RON WONG Los Angeles County-ISD-Retired Phone Directors DON MILLER City of Long Beach-Retired (310) RICHARD GRANADO Los Angeles County - Retired (626) TIM TRAGER San Bernardino County - ISD (909) Historian ADRIANA SPIRESCU County of Orange (714) Webmaster ERNEST GALLO City of Torrance (310) CPRA Phone - Fax

4 Page 4 CPRA 2016 TELECOMMUNICATOR AWARDS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A TEAM WINNERS (3 AGENCIES) SAN BERNARDINO POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNIE TEALL, DISPATCH SUPERVISOR RICKI RILEY, DISPATCH SUPERVISOR LOREAL DAVIDSON, DISPATCHER I SANDRA BOTICH, DISPATCHER II SAN BERNARDINO CITY FIRE KATHY McRAVEN, SUPERVISOR STORMY MEDLEY, DISPATCHER II SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF S DEPARTMENT NICOLE POLK, DISPATCHER II MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, DISPATCHER II NATALIE ROSALES, DISPATCHER II KRISTI SHENTON, DISPATCHER II TEAM RUNNER-UP MURRIETA POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AURALEE McGINNIS, DISPATCHER II SHANNON JOHNSON, DISPATCHER II CONNIE DYER, DISPATCHER II TEAM HONORABLE MENTION ANAHEIM POLICE DEPARTMENT MAURA CRUZ, DISPATCHER HEATHER MADRICK, SR DISPATCHER DAWN A. HERNANDEZ, DISPATCHER AMY BLAKE, DISPATCHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL WINNER SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF OLIVIA DUNLOP, DISPATCHER II RUNNER-UP MURRIETA POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT REBECCA VALERIO, DISPATCHER II [See Awards Page 6}

5 Page Meeting Dates January 21, 2016 Santa Fe Springs - Geezers Restaurant Cutoff Date Monday January 4, 2016 Meeting Sponsor - Dailey Wells February 18, 2016 Downey - Rio Hondo Cutoff Date Monday February 1, 2016 The Sales Group March 8-10, WRC Portland, OR March 17, 2016 Claremont - Hughes Center Cutoff Date Monday February 29, 2016 Early Bird Sponsor April 14, 2016 Buena Park - Knott s Berry Farm Resort Technical Awards AM Annual Dispatchers Banquet PM Cutoff Date Monday March 28, 2016 May 19, 2016 Riverwalk Building - Riverside Cutoff Date Monday May 2, 2016 June 16, 2016 Downey - Rio Hondo Cutoff Date Monday May, 2016 Early Bird Sponsor July 21, 2016 Santa Fe Springs - Talley Communications Cutoff Date Monday July 5, 2016 August 14-17, APCO International Conference Orlando, Florida August 25, 2016 San Marcos - Old Spaghetti Factory Cutoff Date Monday August 1, 2016 September 15, 2016 Thousand Oaks - Annual No Ties Meeting Cutoff Date Tuesday August 29, 2016 Early Bird Sponsors - Bassett Sales & Talley Communications October 27, 2016 Montebello - Quiet Cannon Annual Tabletop Meeting Cutoff Date Monday October 3, 2016 Early Bird Sponsor & Meeting Sponsors - Commercial Members - See Program Guide at Venue November 17, 2016 Downey - Rio Hondo Golf Course Event Center Cutoff Date Monday October 31, 2016 December 2, 2016 Annual Holiday Officer Installation Downey - Rio Hondo Cutoff Date Monday November 21, 2016 Early Bird Sponsor 2016 Executive Committee Quarterly Meetings January 6, Downey - Rio Hondo Golf Course April 6, Downey - Rio Hondo Golf Course July 6, Downey - Rio Hondo Golf Course November 2, Downey - Rio Hondo Golf Course

6 Page 6 [Awards Continued From Page 4] HONORABLE MENTION LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT SYLVIA RODRIGUEZ, PSR II HONORABLE MENTION RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF EFRAIN HERNANDEZ, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER II SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR LAGUNA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT KRISTEN BERRY, SUPERVISOR RUNNER-UP SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF KIMBERLY TURNER, SUPERVISOR TELECOMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF CHELSEA PARHAM, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER II RUNNER-UP RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF MANDI AGUAYO, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER HONORABLE MENTION LA PALMA POLICE DEPARTMENT PATRICIA VALENTINO, DISPATCHER ]

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