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I seem to meet someone at every turn that has a special skill or talent. There may come a time when the County could benefit from the abilities of our neighbors in emergency situations.

To illustrate this point, imagine being a crime victim that does not speak English. What if your child wanders off and becomes lost on a mountainside? How can emergency services be delivered when snow becomes too deep for roadway travel? Do you remember 1996?

As a public safety administrator, I would like to catalogue the skills and abilities of our citizens who would be willing to volunteer service for special emergencies.

I think it would be useful to have a “language bank” to obtain information from non-English speaking crime victims or

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