This week in the City, we are celebrating “National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week; April 10-16, 2011. “ Telecommunicator is the fancy word used to describe, in our case, a police department communications unit officer or dispatcher. Shawnee Mayor Meyers issued a proclamation at last night’s City Council meeting commemorating the celebration stating, “The professional Public Safety Telecommunicators are a pivotal link between the public and the police officer who may apprehend a criminal, protect their worldly possessions, and save their lives or the life of a love one.”
Probably the best words to describe how important our communications officers are to the Nation’s emergency services were stated by Bill Carrow, president of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials – International, “This week each year is a small way all Americans can share their gratitude for the telecommunicators who are just a phone call away in times of personal or national crisis. They are the true first of the first responders.”
For more information on National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week, please follow this link.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/APCO/International/prweb8283783.htm
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