Manatee County Commissioners unanimously confirmed the appointment of Jacob Saur as the County's new Public Safety Director. Saur previously served as the County's Emergency Communications chief and has worked for the County since 2001. In addition to Emergency Communications (9-1-1) Manatee County Public Safety consists of Animal Services, Beach Patrol, Community Paramedicine, Emergency Management and Emergency Medical Services. During his tenure as Chief of Emergency Communications Jacob had spearheaded technology improvements including:  Text to 9-1-1, ASAP to PSAP protocol, the PulsePoint response application, and established the Next Generation 9-1-1 call handling solution for Manatee County. Jacob was elected to the executive board of the National Emergency Number Association, Florida Chapter as the 2nd Vice President for 2020.  Jacob holds the national designation of Registered Public Safety Leader from the Association of Public Safety Communication Officials and has applied to complete his capstone project to obtain Certified Public Safety Executive in 2020.

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