POLICE DISPATCHER / CALL RECEIVER [multiple openings] (WA)

Requirements include:

•    High school graduation or equivalent AND two years of experience to include dispatching responsibilities and/or completion of an accredited dispatcher program OR

equivalent education/experience may be substituted for MQ except when there are legal requirements such as licenses/certification/registration.

Additional requirements include:

•    Must be willing to work any shift or work-week, including mandatory overtime and holidays, as assigned…

New 911 Dispatcher Hired (MO)

The Chillicothe Police Department will have a new 911 Dispatcher beginning in early November.  The Chillicothe City Council approved hiring Amanda Floyd as a Full-Time Dispatcher in their executive session Monday.

Floyd was hired to replace a dispatcher that recently left the department.  he hiring brings the Chillicothe Police Department dispatch staff to full strength, with a total of 8 dispatchers handling calls for the Police, Fire, Ambulance, and Sheriff’s departments…

Stronger signal: Love County E911 gets tech upgrade, moves into Justice Center (TX)

Love County dispatchers made the final transition into the new Justice Center last month. 

The long-awaited facility opened in Dec. 2019 after voters approved a sales tax hike to help fund its construction. Along with the ability to house officers and up to 100 inmates, the plans for the facility included an area for dispatch and a server room for their equipment… 

Student Journalists Uncover Old KSP Training Presentation That Quotes Hitler (KY)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A presentation once used to train Kentucky State Police (KSP) cadets quotes Adolf Hitler, uncovered student journalists from duPont Manual High School. The story, which you can now find on various national news outlets, was first reported by the high school’s news outlet Manual RedEye.

Siblings Cooper and Satchel Walton said their dad, who is a lawyer, was working on a case about a police shooting in eastern Kentucky. For discovery in the case, one of their father’s partners received records from KSP pertaining to material used to train the detective involved in the case… 

BILINGUAL 911 Police Dispatcher job in ON | Government of Canada

A 911 Police Dispatcher is responsible for responding to both Police and Emergency 911 calls for service while dispatching RCMP and other emergency responders to incidents in their respective province. This requires a level of multi-tasking simultaneously on a computer with multiple screens/programs while responding to calls on a radio/phone of which some may be highly stressful “life or death” situations. A 911 Police Dispatcher is often exposed to emotionally charged clients and incidents which may be traumatic, violent and disturbing. A 911 Police Dispatcher must be available to work on a shift schedule (24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year)…