MARIANNA — An officer with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has been selected as the state’s 2015 Dispatcher of the Year.
The Florida Sheriffs Association announced Friday that Communications Officer Deborah Mathewuse of the JCSO was selected for the honor. The award is given to a Communications Officer who has demonstrated exemplary service in the line of duty. FSA Executive Director Steve Casey and President Sheriff David Shoar presented Officer Mathewuse with the award.
Jackson County dispatchers are responsible not only for the Sheriff’s Office but several smaller police agencies, the Jackson County Fire Rescue and the 911 center. All of these calls are taken by two communications officers, occasionally three, JCSO said.