All students must join through their school’s chapter.
For schools looking for a simple, all-inclusive approach, the flat-rate option allows you to register every student in your Public Safety program under a single cost of $3,000 per school. One payment covers the entire program, no per-student or chapter fees, making it easy to include everyone at once.
TPSA advisors receive free membership to LAPSEN (Law and Public Safety Education Network), gaining access to curriculum resources, professional training, and national networking opportunities to enhance their programs.
Credit/debit cards: No processing fee. Paying online in myTPSA automatically tracks and applies to the correct invoice, so it’s usually marked paid almost instantly after checkout.
Mailed checks: Strongly discouraged as they’re slower, less secure, and add volunteer workload. If you choose this method, you must include an additional $25 processing fee. This is not shown on the invoice total and must be added by you. Omitting it will leave a $25 outstanding balance on your invoice. Not paying the check fee on a membership invoice may result in your inability to register for competition, if there is a balance.
Shareable invoice link: From any invoice in myTPSA, click “Sharable Link” to give your accounting department direct access to view and pay the invoice without your involvement.
Fire PSA Submission Insrtuctions
23 days ago
If you have competitors in the Fire Service Public Service Announcement event, please read and review the below instructions on how to submit the PSA videos prior to the conference. This is a prepared event. There is no in-person presentation at the conference. All video entries are judged prior to the competition per the guidelines. Submission Timeline Specific deadlines with exact dates/times are available in myTPSA Opens: The day following the close of late registration. Closes: 7 days prior to the first day of the conference. Submission Instructions Ensure all entries are uploaded before the submission window closes. Once the window is closed, no more submissions will be accepted. Video files must be uploaded by the advisor through myTPSA: Navigate to the specific Conference page in myTPSA. Select "Submissions" in the navigation bar. Review the specific upload requirements and exact deadlines listed within the portal.
Drone Events
23 days ago
Guidelines for this year's drone events have been finalized and published. We apologize for the delay in releasing this information so close to the start of Regional Conferences. There are two separate exhibition events available this year, both are available at regional conferences and the state conference: XRDS Drone Search and Rescue (Scored) XSDN Drone NIST (Timed) Participation & Registration Chapter Limit: Each chapter may submit one (1) team of two (2) students for each event. Exhibition Status: These events do not count toward the standard two-competition limit per student. How to Register: Students must be registered in myTPSA. Select "XRDS Drone Search and Rescue" or "XSDN Drone NIST" in the competition section. State Conference: Qualification is not required for the State Conference. There is no advancement process based on Regional placement or scores. Registration for these events at State is open to all chapters. Mandatory Requirements Certification: Competitors must be FAA TRUST Certified (free). Advisors must upload these certificates for team members prior to arriving at the competition. Equipment: Teams must bring their own drones. Specific requirements are detailed in the newly published event guidelines. If you have questions or need help, reply to this email or contact [email protected].
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