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          Date of Hearing:   March 29, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                  ACR 130 (Torres) - As Introduced:  March 15, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates the second week in April as California 
          Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to heighten awareness of 
          the importance of 911 service and its role in keeping the public 
          safe; and encourages the private sector and state and local 
          agencies during that week to initiate activities recognizing 
          public safety telecommunicators.    Specifically,  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 public expects and 
            receives extraordinarily dedicated service from these 
            individuals.

          3)Congress has designated the second full week of April of each 
            year as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week; and, it 
            is appropriate for California to conform to this practice.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.









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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800