CAPCOG COVID-19 information

CAPCOG is currently taking precautions to protect its members, partners and staff's health and limit the spread of COVID-19.

Training
Opportunities

CAPCOG offers a variety of training opportunities for peace officers, emergency telecommunicators, emergency managers and other local government careers.
Explore CAPCOG's upcoming courses and workshops and improve your skills.

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Air Quality

Ozone season is here and the CAPCOG Air Quality Program works to keep people informed of the region's air quality with AirCentralTexas.org.

Alert your Residents

WarnCentralTexas.org is a regional notification tool used by local public safety personnel to contact the public during emergencies. It allows those public safety officials to give residents actionable warnings during disasters.

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What
we Do

CAPCOG is an advocate, planner and coordinator for important regional issues in the ten-county Capital Area. It works directly with its member local governments to recognize opportunities for cooperation and eliminate unnecessary duplication in emergency communications, elderly assistance, law enforcement training, criminal justice planning, solid waste reduction, homeland security planning, infrastructure development, transportation planning and economic development.

Programs and projects range in variety of areas from providing training for law enforcement to ensuring the validity of 9-1-1 operations, to helping local governments with grant planning to conducting outreach about regional issues.

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In the News

Telecommunicators week honors dedicated service

The past year resulted in many challenging circumstances for emergency telecommunicators from the COVID-19 pandemic to the ...

Apr 12, 2021

9-1-1, emergency communications, Emergency Telecommunicators, Executive Committee, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

WebEOC assists with regionwide emergency response

Emergency Management Coordinators (EMCs) and other public safety officials used CAPCOG’s digital regional planning coordination tool, WebEOC, ...

Mar 23, 2021

disaster planning, Emergency Management Coordinators, homeland security, Public Safety, WebEOC

Solid waste collection events properly dispose of tires,...

Scrap tires, paint, mattresses, and lawn tools are among the items most collected during solid waste collection ...

Mar 18, 2021

Collection events, Grants, household hazardous waste, Paint, proper disposal, Solid Waste, Tires

WarnCentralTexas.org alerts many during winter storm

CAPCOG’s regional notifications system, WarnCentralTexas, alerted more residents than ever during Winter Storm Uri, which struck the ...

Mar 16, 2021

disaster, Emergency Alerts, Emergency Warnings, homeland security, WarnCentralTexas.org, Winter Storm

CAPCOG schedules criminal justice grant scoring meetings

The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee will review and prioritize Office of the Governor grant applications during ...

Mar 8, 2021

Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice grants, Grants, Justice Programs, Office of the Governor, Victim Services

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About capcog

Who we Are

CAPCOG consists of more than 90 member governments and organizations that represent the people of its 10-county region — Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Williamson counties. Formed in 1970, it is one of 24 councils of governments in the state of Texas that serves those same communities as an advocate, planner and coordinator of regionalism.

CAPCOG is governed by local elected officials through its General Assembly and Executive Committee. A number of policy and advisory committees assist CAPCOG and its Executive Committee in taking beneficial actions for all in the region.

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