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The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week, April 13 - 19. National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week is a time when citizens can thank public safety communicators who respond to emergency calls and dispatch emergency professionals and equipment during times of crisis. Citizens can express their gratitude for all of our 911 call takers, dispatchers, technicians that maintain our emergency phone systems and other communication center personnel by posting a message of appreciation for communicators to the National Public Safety Communicators Face Book page at www.facebook.com/ntw911.
The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office would like to extend a special thank you to all of our Public Safety Telecommunications personnel in honor of National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week. Every day, the 22 people on staff in Communications are on the front line dealing with life and death situations every day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Sheriff’s Office communicators are responsible for the answering of multiple admin lines, multiple county 911 law enforcement lines, the Crime Stoppers hotline, and animal control, taking 198,479 calls in 2013.
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office communicators handle the state and national criminal information system for Sheriff’s Office and 16 other agencies. During National Telecommunicators’ Week please let these dedicated professionals know how much their service is appreciated.