Honoring the best, West Virginia Telecommunicator of the Year

by | Jul 29, 2021 | Comm Center News

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Ethel Taylor, center, a 20-year dispatcher with Mason County 9-1-1, has been named the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) West Virginia Telecommunicator of the Year. She is pictured with Matt Shell, left, 9-1-1 director of operations, who nominated Taylor, and Tiffany Franklin, 9-1-1 director.
POINT PLEASANT — A longtime Mason County 9-1-1 dispatcher has been named the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) West Virginia Telecommunicator of the Year.

Ethel Taylor of Point Pleasant was surprised with the award Tuesday during a party in her honor at the 9-1-1 center.

Taylor has been with Mason County 9-1-1 since 2001. Along with serving as a telecommunicator, she is a supervisor, and is described by her co-workers as the “matriarch” of the agency…