TCO Week

I know not too many people read this, but I think it is very important to share a very special week with you all who actually do.  April 15-21 is TCO Appreciation Week....and I am sad to say that no one takes it seriously.  First of all TCO stands for Telecommunications Operator.  These are the men and women who answer your emergency or even non-emergency phone calls.  It can be a call about a noisy neighbor, sick member of the family, a wreck or as dramatic as a drowning.  These men and women live through everyone's problems, heart breaks, and issues on a daily basis and it is exhausting, but we continue to do the job and hopefully with a smile.  We try to leave the issues we encounter at work when we leave but there are days when there's nothing you can do but cry for someone else's call. 
So for one week out of the entire year, they give us a week to be honored.  I found out that sadly we are the only ones who show each other our appreciation.  I take that back...there are some great deputies out there that was nice enough to bring us food and drinks. 
I am not writing this to complain but to really let everyone out there know how much I appreciate what they do for their community being a 911 Dispatcher.  A job that only few are able to handle and the angels behind every call that comes in no matter what the urgency.  If you are able to remember next year...take a few moments and it can be as simple as a note to your local police, sheriff's office, or medical dispatch.  They really do deserve it!!  I am proud to be a part of this new family...