The Henry County 911 Department was honored as 911 Center of the Year at the Georgia Emergency Communications Conference earlier this week in Athens, Georgia.

The award is presented to the Communications/911 Center that exhibits outstanding professionalism, leadership, innovation and service to the community, as well as to the region and state.

The nomination letter highlighted a few of the challenges that the center faced and overcame in 2021. The challenges include technology and software upgrades/changes; console/center remodel; changes in leadership; Covid-19 handling in regard to the community and how it affected employees.