Sheriff's Department Recognizes Telecommunicators

This week of April 12-18, 2021 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week, the time of year when the Effingham County Sheriff's Department formally acknowledges the hard work and dedication of all Telecommunicators and Call-Takers.

Telecommunications personnel, the Sheriff's Department states in a release, are the critical lifeline for their department. Their efforts often mean the difference between life and death. They answer call after call, day and night, as their voices and actions guide both citizens and law enforcement alike in the most trying of circumstances. Telecommunicators are often the unseen and unsung heroes of emergency services. Very few professions are required to know so much, and tasked with so much grave responsibility.

The department asks the public to join them "in expressing our sincere thank you to the men and women who serve the Effingham County Sheriff's Office by working in Telecommunications. Their constant devotion to serving and saving lives in our community is a credit to this office."