#GetToKnowYourBCSO #DeafAwareness The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Communications Center must be able to communicate with all types of callers in need of emergency assistance. For the deaf community that means utilizing our Teletypewriter (TTY) and Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD). Both communication devices allow people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired to send and receive messages over the phone. If our dispatchers ever receive a silent, hang-up, or abandoned 9-