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The Alberta RCMP would like recognize the hard work of its Operational Communications Centres (OCC) and their operators during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week from April 11-17. Our OCC teams work hard behind the scenes 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to manage incoming calls for service to keep our citizens and communities safe throughout Alberta.

With more than 796,000 calls for service recorded in the past year, we remind citizens to be mindful that emergency communications centres are busy at all hours with incoming calls about public safety. 9-1-1 should only be dialed in true emergency situations – when public or personal safety is at risk or a crime is in progress…