DISPATCH/TELECOMMUNICATOR

JOB Under direct supervision of the Support Services Sergeant or Supervisor this position receives and transmits communications for Police, Fire and Ambulance operations. Operates computer equipment, and Computer Aided Dispatch Systems. This position works one of three eight-hour shifts, including weekends and holidays, with a forty-hour duty week. **This position has been classified as a safety sensitive position and is subject to our drug testing policy to include pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion and post-accident for the following prohibited substances: marijuana, amphetamines, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP), and cocaine, as well as any drug not approved for medical use by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.** EXAMPLE OF DUTIES Receives inquiries, complaints or emergency calls by telephone or radio.Screens calls determining need for assistance or information.Determines appropriate authority to which call should be relayed.Coordinates all Police, Fire and Ambulance and other emergency request relaying instructions to appropriate emergency unit.Maintains records and logs of calls taken and radio dispatches made.Records calls broadcast and complaints received.Transmits and receives messages between divisions of the City and other Law Enforcement and Emergency agencies.Monitors silent alarm systems to detect illegal entry into protected establishments.Operates Teletype terminal to send and receive messages.Inputs data into computer to log all calls for service for use during police shift briefings.Updates and processes warrants.Monitors NAWAS telephone and various radio frequencies of emergency response units.Operates Dictaphone to change and store logger tapes.Updates call out lists on Detectives, sheriffs, Traffic Units, Street Divisions, District Attorney, State Police, and Wreckers.Will be required to work weekends and Holidays.