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City of Columbus Charts Path Forward for Alternative Crisis Response with Mission Critical Partners Strategic Assessment

Firm’s subject-matter experts develop 12-point strategy to address key areas of improvement

Mission Critical Partners to Modernize Franklin County Municipal Court Clerk's Office Technology

Project will assess and enhance the clerk of court’s services, systems and personnel to better serve the people of Franklin County and support procurement of a new case management system

Mission Critical Partners Announces Dates for Its Annual Conference for Advancing the Public Sector

The conference will examine pressing issues confronting public-safety and justice organizations, from cybersecurity and artificial intelligence to evolving response strategies and digital transformation

Mission Critical Partners Selected to Provide Cybersecurity Expertise to Support Missouri’s Statewide Next Generation 911 System

The firm’s subject-matter experts will help the state’s 911 centers identify risks and educate personnel regarding how to prevent cyberattacks and lessen their impact if one occurs

Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center Names Mission Critical Partners to Its Preferred Partner Program

Designation follows the firm’s hiring to assess SLVECC’s ability to comply with a 2024 state law that sets strict call-transfer limits for Utah’s 911 centers

Mission Critical Partners to Assess Hawaii’s Next Generation 911 Readiness

Firm will help the state’s 911 Board assess seven key implementation factors and then assist in developing an initial cost estimate for establishing statewide service

Mission Critical Partners Guides 911 Center Consolidation in Wisconsin

Ashland and Bayfield counties pool resources in the state’s first county-to-county consolidation, keeping pace with 911 service evolution and improving emergency-response delivery

Mission Critical Partners Releases 2025 State of the Industry Report, Highlighting Public-Safety Challenges and Emerging Trends

Report provides insights into what’s happening today in the public-safety sector and why

Mission Critical Partners Helps Salt Lake Valley 911 Center Meet Statutory Requirements

Law enacted in 2024 sets strict call-transfer limits for Utah’s 911 centers; firm’s subject-matter experts are assessing Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communication Center’s ability to comply now and in the future

Mission Critical Partners’ PSAP Roundtable Sheds Light on Key Trends

Virtual event was attended by officials from across the country to brainstorm new and better ways of improving the work environment for 911 telecommunicators and supervisors

Mission Critical Partners to Assess Columbus’s Alternative Response Capabilities

Firm will review approaches utilized by Columbus, Ohio, to provide 911 service and emergency response for incidents outside traditional law enforcement, fire/rescue. and emergency medical

Marc Berryman to Posthumously Receive National Emergency Number Association Presidential Award During the 2023 National Conference

Will be recognized for outstanding work in advancing 911 service in the United States

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (June 14, 2023)— Mission Critical Partners (MCP) announced that Marc Berryman was selected by Laurie Anderson, president of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), to receive the organization’s Presidential Award. Anderson will present the award posthumously to MCP’s Sherri Griffith Powell on June 18 during NENA’s 2023 national conference in Grapevine, Texas. Berryman and Griffith Powell were MCP colleagues who worked on numerous projects together during Berryman’s eight years with the firm. He died one year ago after a short battle with cancer.