SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22107617D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

63 IE Offered March 10, 2022 N Commending Christina Shinall.

TN ––––––––––Agreed Patron––Hackworthto by the Senate, March 11, 2022 R O WHEREAS, Christina Shinall has served the Tazewell County community as a 911 operator for 25O25 years;yeaWHEREAS, Christina Shinall is a certified emergency medical technician and previously worked as a L volunteer medic and ambulance driver for the Richlands Town Rescue Squad;

and DL WHEREAS, Christina Shinall isjoined athe certifiedTazewell emergencyCounty medical911 techniciancenter and previously worked as a volunteerdispatcher medicin and1997; ambulance driver for the Richlands Town Rescue Squad;

andshe UE WHEREAS,having Christinastarted Shinallat joineda time when the Tazewellcenter Countyhad 911only centertwo asdispatch aconsoles dispatcherand inno 1997;computerized maps or D call logs;

shCand havingWHEREAS, startedwhen atthe a911 timecenter whenmerged into the centerTazewell hadCounty onlySheriff's twoOffice, Christina Shinall wasWHEREAS, Christina Shinall has completed numerous courses and training programs, including basic dispatch consolestraining at the Criminal Justice Training Academy and nospecialized computerizedtraining mapEfor ordispatches callmedical logs;emergencies;

and natural disasters, domestic violence, suicides, active shooter incidents, and WHEREAS, whenChristina theShinall 911has centerresponded mergedto intoa wide range of calls for emergency service in her R career and has touched countless lives through her ability to stay calm under pressure and relay accuratE infRESOLVED by the TazewellSenate Countyof Sheriff'sVirginia, Office,That Christina Shinall washereby swornbe incommended asfor aher communicationsservice officerR withas thea department;911 operator;

andand, WHEREAS,be Christinait ShinallRESOLVED hasFURTHER, completedThat numerousthe coursesClerk andof trainingthe programs,Senate includingprepare relateda tocopy Amberof Alerts,this naturalresolution disasters,for domesticcontributions violence,to suicides,public activesafety shooterin incidents,Tazewell andesCounty. medical emergencies;

andof WHEREAS,the ChristinaSenate Shinall has responded to a wide range of callsVirginia's admiration for emergency service in her career and has touched countless lives through her ability to stay calm under pressure and relay accurate information;

now, therefore, be it R as a 911 operator;

and, be itVirginia, That Christina Shinall hereby be commended for her servi3e RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Christina Shinall as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for her contributions to public safety in Tazewell County.

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