The National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week ended Saturday. It is an event that has occurred during the second week of April after a Congressional proclamation in 2001 was passed to honor dispatchers in public safety centers around the county. Anyone who has ever had to call 911 in an emergency can understand the importance of their job, usually a thankless job. Combined Communications and KBND salute our public safety communicators here in Deschutes County for the professional job they do.