Whereas: Hundreds of dedicated telecommunicators daily serve the citizens of Oregon by answering their request for law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services by dispatching the appropriate assistance as quickly as possible; and
Whereas: The professional public safety telecommunicator is that vital link between the citizen or victim and the public safety provider who may apprehend a criminal, save their possessions from fire, save their life or the life of a lived one; and
Whereas: The critical functions performed by professional telecommunicators also include those related to forestry and conservation operations, highway safety and maintenance activities and many other operations performed by federal, state and local government agencies; and
Whereas: The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO), an organization of nearly 10,000 people from the United States and Canada, has set aside the second week in April to recognize telecommunicators and their crucial role in the protection of property.
Now, therefore, I, John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of the State of Oregon, hereby proclaim April 12-18, 1998 to be
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand
and cause the Great Seal of the State of Oregon to be affixed.
Done at the Capitol in the City of Salem in the State of Oregon
on this day, March 18, 1998.
John A. Kitzhaber, Governor
Phil Keisling, Secretary of State