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          Bill No:  ACR 37
          Author:   Torres (D), et al
          Amended:  4/13/09 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE 

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 4/13/09


           SUBJECT  :    California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution memorializes the week beginning  
          April 12, 2009 as California Public Safety  
          Telecommunicators Week. 

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following  
          legislative findings:

          1. 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 an estimated 55,000  
             individuals are engaged in answering 911 calls and  
             operating the emergency response systems in California. 

          2. Public safety telecommunicators are the first point of  
             contact for most interactions between the public and  
             police, fire, and emergency medical assistance, and the  
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             public expects and receives extraordinarily dedicated  
             service from these individuals. 

          3. Congress has designated the week of April 12 to April  
             18, 2009, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators  
             Week.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/19/09)

          American Federation of State, County and Municipal  
          Employees
          Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
          California Professional Firefighters
          California Statewide Law Enforcement Association
          Los Angeles Police Protective League
          Riverside Sheriffs' Association


          JJA:mw  5/21/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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