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read moreCPSE appoints City Manager Cathy Ball to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International
The CPSE appoints Cathy Ball, City Manager for Johnson City, Tennessee, to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International representing city manager overseeing a CFAI accredited agency.Cathy Ball has served as city manager for Johnson City, Tennessee...
read moreCPSE Goes Remote
CEO Preet Bassi, CPSE By CEO Preet Bassi, CPSEIn 2022, the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) entered the last year of our five-year office lease requiring an important decision to be made about the future of work at CPSE.For the preceding two...
read moreRequest for Proposals: Corporate Strategic Plan Development
Request for Proposals Corporate Strategic Plan DevelopmentCenter for Public Safety ExcellenceDate of Release: April 14, 2023RESPONSE DATE: May 12, 2023 by 5 pm EST This Request for Proposals (RFP), issued by the Center for Public Safety...
read moreThe CPSE appoints Rebecca Grill, City Administrator/Clerk for the City of West Allis, Wisconsin, to the Commission on Professional Credentialing as the city manager representative.
Rebecca Grill is the City Administrator/Clerk of the City of West Allis, Wisconsin. Ms. Grill has held this position since January 2015. In these roles, she oversees the day-to-day operations of the municipal operations, the implementation of the Common...
read moreGetting to know CPSE President Mary Cameli
CPSE President Mary Cameli, CFO CPSE Corner recently sat down with the CPSE's new President Mary Cameli, CFO, who is the Fire Chief of Mesa Fire and Medical in Arizona, to learn more about her career and thoughts on the future of CPSE.CPSE Corner: What was...
read moreThe CPSE appoints Fire Chief Tiffany Green, CFO, Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department, Maryland, to the Commission on Professional Credentialing (CPC) as the Combination Department representative.
Tiffany Green is the chief of the Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department, located in Largo, Maryland, one of the largest combination fire departments in the nation. She has served the Department for over 27 years and has...
read moreCenter For Public Safety Excellence® Reaches 3000 Credentialed Officers For First Time In Organization’s History
In February 2023, for the first time, the Commission on Professional Credentialing® (CPC®) surpassed 3,000 credentialed professionals. At 3,063 designations, this is the highest number of credentialed professionals CPC has ever awarded. Formed in 2000 to...
read moreJames White, CFO, Joins CPSE as the Commission on Fire Accreditation International Program Manager
Jim White, CFO, has joined the Center for Public Safety Excellence as the Program Manager for the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI).Jim recently served as the Director of the Fire Rescue Institute for the Valencia College School of...
read moreCPSE Board of Directors Welcomes Three New Members
The CPSE Board of Directors welcomes three new members, Fire Chief Derek Bergsten (CFO, CEMSO, CTO, PIO), Poudre (CO) Fire Authority, City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz, Redwood City (CA), and Fire Chief Alec Oughton (CFO) from Henrico County (VA)...
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