for immediate release
October 10, 2003

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Administrative functions of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office will be moving next week to a new facility. From Monday, October 13 until Thursday, October 16, telephone service may be disrupted at times as lines are transferred.

Citizens experiencing difficulty in reaching individual direct office numbers for Sheriff's administrative, human resources, and finance personnel may dial the administrative office switchboard at (850) 651-7410, or the Sheriff's 24-hour Communications Center at 651-7400.

News media representatives may page Public Information Officer Rick Hord at (850) 302-1320.

The office relocations will not affect any emergency telephone lines.

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for more information contact Rick Hord, Public Information Officer

(850) 651-7420

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