BILL NUMBER: ACR 37	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torres
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Beall,  Bill Berryhill,  Tom
Berryhill, Block,  Blumenfield,  Chesbro,  De Leon,
 Eng,  Fuentes,  Furutani, Hill, Huffman, 
Jeffries,  Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,  Monning, 
Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Saldana, Solorio, and Tran)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   Relative to California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 37, as amended, Torres. California Public Safety
Telecommunicators Week.
   This measure memorializes the week beginning April 12, 2009, as
California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Over one-half million dedicated men and women are engaged
in the operation of emergency response systems for federal, state,
and local governmental entities throughout the United States; and
   WHEREAS,  Over   An estimated  55,000
dedicated men and women are engaged in answering 911 calls and
operating the emergency response systems in California; and
   WHEREAS, These individuals are responsible for responding to the
telephone calls of the general public for police, fire, and emergency
medical assistance, and for dispatching this critical assistance
necessary to help save the lives and property of our citizens; and
   WHEREAS, Emergency calls include not only police, fire, and
emergency medical service calls, but those of governmental
communications related to forestry and conservation operations,
highway safety and maintenance activities, and all of the other
operations which an effective governmental agency must conduct; and
   WHEREAS, Public safety telecommunicators are the first point of
contact for most interactions between members of the public and the
public safety systems that keep Californians safe, and the public
expects and receives extraordinarily dedicated service from these
individuals; and
   WHEREAS, America's public safety telecommunicators serve the
public in countless ways each day, often without recognition by the
beneficiaries of their services; and
   WHEREAS, Congress has designated the week of April 12 to April 18,
2009, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the week beginning April 12, 2009, is
designated as California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, and
the Governor is requested to issue a proclamation calling on the
people of the State of California to observe the week with
appropriate ceremonies and activities; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.