CAPCOG Homeland Security Director, Martin Ritchey, delivered a presentation about best practices for using emergency notification systems, how to overcome challenges with messaging, and the risks of ineffective messages to emergency managers from across the state during June’s Texas Emergency…
CAPCOG recommended 42 criminal justice projects for funding recommending projects beyond the state’s regional budget estimates for the five program areas of which it assists the Office of the Governor (OOG) in selecting awards for Plan Year (PY) 2024. The…
The Area Agency of Aging of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG division, is drafting its 2024-26 Area Plan after receiving an outstanding number of input from stakeholder meetings held in each county and online surveying done throughout May. The plan,…
CAPCOG has issued a call for solid waste projects to local governments in the 10-county region that seeks to fund about $60,000 worth of equipment or community collection events. The deadline to apply for the solid waste funding is June…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy graduated 21 cadets who all passed their Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Basic Peace Officer Exam on their first attempt. The cadets completed almost 1,100 training hours during the course that started in November…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a division of CAPCOG, is conducting a community needs survey for input on what matters most to older adults and caregivers who live in the 10-county region and to develop…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee reviewed and recommended 22 projects seeking State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) grant funding for the Office of the Governor (OOG) at its regular March meeting. CAPCOG has estimated regional projects could receive about $900,000, based on…
Public education and outreach efforts are underway for this year’s Ozone Season which started in March and lasts through October. This is when conditions have the greatest chance of producing harmful ground-level ozone pollution according to CAPCOG’s Air Quality Program…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) has partnered with the Hutto Police Department to offer an evening basic peace officer course at its facilities in the northeastern part of the region which will make it more accessible to residents…
CAPCOG, in its capacity as the Capital Area Emergency Communications District, will recognize the community service emergency telecommunicators perform for the region during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week — April 9 through 15, and support National 9-1-1 Education Month —…
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