The Henderson County (NC) Sheriff’s Department serves 97,217 residents, of which 7% are Hispanic, according to Census Bureau figures. However, a newspaper article notes that the agency’s comm center has no bi-lingual dispatchers. The county has experienced a surge of Spanish-speaking residents, the newspaper notes, increasing the chances that 911 callers will speak Spanish, too. Read about the county’s attempt to recruit and hire bi-lingual dispatchers here.
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