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Habersham is celebrating the dedication and life-saving work of its E-911 dispatchers this week during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
The second week of April marks National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International. The week honors the thousands of E-911 telecommunicators who respond to emergency calls and dispatch emergency services.
Patricia Anderson of the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office in California started the week in 1981, which is now nationally recognized. In Habersham County, local government is recognizing Habersham’s dispatchers, the unseen part of public safety, for their dedication and service…