Myrtle Beach PD hiring dispatchers and community service officers

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Looking for a job?

The Myrtle Beach Police Department is hiring.

The department needs dispatchers to answer emergency calls, as well as part-time and full-time community service officers. No experience is necessary.

“For most of our jobs, it’s just a high school diploma or a GED and a valid drivers license and you must be 18 years old,” said Lt. Bryan Murphy, MBPD. “Of course, to be a police officer you have to be 21 because of the state laws.”

Walton County, Florida Selects DATAMARK for NG9-1-1 GIS Solution, Consulting and Technical …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Walton County, Florida has chosen DATAMARK VEP for its Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) geographic information systems (GIS) solution. The main priority for Walton County is to assess the street centerline data with the master streets address guide (MSAG), and address data with the automatic location identifier (ALI). DATAMARK VEP will enable the Walton County GIS department to ensure readiness before, during and after the county’s transition to NG9-1-1, while still supporting legacy 9-1-1 systems. Walton County is the third Florida county to select DATAMARK for NG9-1-1 GIS readiness, following Washington County’s selection in June 2019 and Manatee County in 2018.

New 9-1-1 program helps finding missing children faster

Marshall County 9-1-1 dispatch partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to train dispatchers. They will now gather more detailed information, using a checklist to get the right resources to the scene and find the child faster. 

9-1-1 Assistant Director John Townsend completed the training for the new program. He said at the training he heard from parents who had missing children that were never found.

County dispatcher killed in crash Saturday in Burlington Township

BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP — Township police are investigating the cause of a motor vehicle accident that killed a Burlington County Central Communications employee.

According to police, around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Thomas Johnson, 44, of Cookstown, was driving a blue Chevrolet SUV southbound along High Street when he struck a black Toyota SUV that was stopped for traffic near 12th Street.

Intermittent PT Dispatcher

Intermittent Part Time Dispatcher: Receive and respond to requests for emergency services and dispatch appropriate services.  Receive and transmit information by radio, telephone and computer terminal.  HS diploma or the equivalent plus two years’ related experience.  Entry level to midrange hourly wage of $18.9948 to $22.3711, DOQ. Submit a completed Brown County application found online @ www.co.brown.mn.us to Brown County, HR Director, PO Box 248, New Ulm, MN  56073.  Phone (507) 233-6605, EO/AAE.  Receipt of applications closes at 4:30 PM on September 6, 2019.