28 public safety dispatcher jobs found

  **This recruitment is eligible for the following recruitment incentive *** If approved at the time of hire, up to $6,000 shall be paid in equal installments for the first twenty-six (26) consecutive biweekly pay periods in the position.  Termination from employment will result in any remaining cash incentive payments being forfeited.  Recruitment incentive eligibility and administration is subject to the  County of El Dorado Personnel Rules   (Download PDF reader) . Current County of El Dorado Employees are not eligible to receive recruitment incentives. THE EL DORADO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to providing exceptional public service in alignment with the Sheriff's Office Mission and Vision, taking a modern approach to the traditional services of law enforcement, fostering leadership and employee development, and remaining faithful and responsive to the...

QUALIFICATIONS:  A high school diploma or equivalent  AND  one year of experience answering and directing calls using multi-line communication or radio system.  Must be able to work any 12 to 18-hour shifts, including holidays and weekends, and obtain a POST-Public Safety Dispatcher Certificate within 18 months of hire.  Applicants with a POST Certificate may be eligible to start at a higher salary step. Under close supervision, receive and dispatch emergency calls for police, fire, and paramedic assistance. The below list of tasks is  ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY;  incumbents in this job classification may be required to perform other department-related duties.   TASKS: Provide a wide range of public safety radio dispatch and information support services via the telephone, internet, radio, and other methods of communication.  Assess and determine caller needs to ensure proper services are rendered to the community or surrounding...

The City of Riverside is looking for  EXPERIENCED  dispatch professionals to join our team! We are now accepting applications for the position of  PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER II (LATERAL) . If you are currently employed by a California POST agency as a Dispatcher, we encourage you to apply  NOW !! The eligibility list established from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future vacancies within this classification in the Communications Division of the Riverside Police Department. *** The salary that is posted for this recruitment is for any applicant deemed a new member under the Public Employee Pension Reform Act of 2013. For all others, please reference the City's salary schedule.*** Public Safety Dispatchers II under general supervision, perform journey level work in operating radio-telephone transmitting and receiving equipment and a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system on an assigned shift; dispatch required law-enforcement, fire,...

Description   Positions hired from April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2028 in  the Lateral Public Safety Dispatcher class with a minimum of two (2) or more years of public safety dispatching   experience   may be  eligible for   up to a $7,500 bonus incentive . DEFINITION Under general supervision, learn and understand City Police Department dispatching policies, methods, and procedures; receive emergency and non-emergency calls for service through 911, radio, phone, and other communications media; dispatch law enforcement, fire, and other public safety personnel and equipment; provide telecommunications support and incident coordination for field units; learn and serve as call taker for the City of Clovis 911 Public Safety Answering Point; assist with other non-emergency responsibilities when assigned; perform general office support assignments; help and serve people in need; and to perform related work as...

To Protect and Serve the Community! The Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to the protection and well-being of every person in Solano County by providing excellent community service. The values of the Sheriff’s Office are to bring: Professionalism:   Performing to the highest standards with integrity, ethical behavior and accountability. Trust:  Confidence in the character and ability to meet expectations. Courage:  To persevere with mental and moral strength in the face of difficulty. Innovation:   Embrace and inspire creativity to apply better solutions that accomplish goals and outcomes. Teamwork:   Unified collaboration to accomplish common goals without regard to personal agendas. Service:  Providing professional assistance in support of the community's best interests and well-being. Respect:   To value and embrace individuality with special regard to differences. Click here to learn more...

Lateral Signing Bonus Available: applicants with prior dispatch experience who are hired into permanently allocated positions will be eligible for the following one-time incentives upon their initial hire to the county: 1. An initial payment of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) will be added to the first paycheck earned. 2. A second/final payment of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) will be paid out upon the successful completion of the entire probationary period as determined by the sheriff. * Additional pay information (permanent employees only): POST Certificate Incentive: $100 per pay period for possession of POST Dispatcher Intermediate Certificate or $125 per pay period for possession of POST Dispatcher Advanced Certificate. Incentive amounts are not cumulative or compounded, and employees will receive only one rate of incentive pay for the POST certification. Night Shift Differential: Dispatchers working swing and...

The City of Santa Maria has an exciting opportunity for Lateral Dispatchers!  (Note:  The Dispatcher II (Lateral Dispatcher) is distinguished from the Dispatcher I in that the former is journey level and possesses two years of dispatch experience in a law enforcement agency, and functions under limited supervision as opposed to direct supervision and training .) LATERAL INCENTIVE:  $6,000 hiring incentive to lateral Dispatchers with a valid POST Public Safety Dispatcher Basic Certificate $2k at time of hire    $2k upon successful completion of training  $2k upon successful completion of probation Credit for full time service with a POST recognized agency (for vacation accrual purposes) 7% Longevity Pay for employees with ten (10) years of sworn law enforcement service 10% Longevity Pay for employees with twenty (20) years of sworn law enforcement service See  POA MOU...

  he Sheriff's Office is recruiting  to fill positions with  experienced  Lateral Dispatchers at the Dispatcher II/III level. As a Dispatcher, you are responsible for monitoring, receiving, and dispatching routine and emergency radio communications to and from Sheriff's patrol units and other law enforcement or public safety agencies. To effectively accomplish these tasks, you will be involved in securing and recording information as to the nature of a reported problem and identifying the exact location. You will be operating a CLETS (California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System) computer terminal to obtain or verify information and maintaining required logs of calls and incidents.  Additionally, you will prepare reports, provide information and assistance to the public, and determine availability and location of patrol units to dispatch. The County of San Luis Obispo's Sheriff's Dispatch Center provides coverage to San Luis...

Starting salary up to $44.63/hour ($93,148/year), and a competitive total compensation package!*   The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is currently recruiting to fill multiple Dispatcher positions at either the I or II levels. If you are interested in being considered at the different levels of this opportunity, you must apply to the separate concurrent recruitments being conducted for each level. If you are an experienced Dispatcher, please view our Communications Dispatcher II recruitment. Become a 9-1-1 Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Supporting safety and emergency situations is an exciting and challenging opportunity for people who thrive in a fast-paced work environment and enjoy using complex communication systems. Although being a Dispatcher can be demanding, those with the determination and passion for supporting public safety will be rewarded with the ability to help others when they need it most and the camaraderie of the Sheriff's Office...

The Emergency Communications Department is responsible for the operation of a countywide, consolidated Emergency Communications Center providing 9-1-1 and non-emergency call answering and law enforcement, fire protection and emergency medical dispatch services for over 30 local, Regional, County and State Public Safety agencies. Calling all EXPERIENCED 9-1-1 Dispatchers to join our team.   THIS IS NOT AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION  Applicants must have current experience as a public safety dispatcher. The Emergency Communications Department (ECD) also referred to as “9-1-1” is a standalone Department that operates the Countywide consolidated emergency communications system. The Department is the primary Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for the County of Monterey and provides emergency and non-emergency call answering and dispatch services, including status reporting and coordination to the County Sheriff, Probation Department, 11 of the...

You must have taken and passed the Dispatcher CritiCall examination for further consideration. To take the examination, click  here .  You must have experience  as a  law enforcement  Dispatcher   in a Public Safety Dispatch Center  to qualify for this position. Please review "Qualifications - Lateral Entry" within this job announcement before applying for this position   Please Note: a candidate must successfully pass a thorough background investigation, including a criminal history check for job-related convictions, fingerprinting, polygraph test, psychological test, credit check, and a drug use history to be considered for this position. To receive incoming telephone calls and dispatch police units as necessary for assistance; perform a variety of general support duties related to communications activities. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Positions in this class are flexibly staffed and are normally filled...

The Position This job is posted on a continuous basis, and applications will be reviewed monthly for consideration.  Be sure to stay attentive to email communication regarding panel interviews.  **ATTENTION: There are four (4) required parts of the application. You must attach your typing certificate and POST/CritiCall test results in addition to submitting an application and answering the supplemental questions. Information links to sign up for testing dates are found under the application materials description.** ABOUT US: The  East Bay Regional Park District's Public Safety Department  serves over 25 million annual visitors. Our area of patrol includes  73 parks spanning across 126,809 acres,  1,330 miles of trails, and 55 miles of shoreline in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Our Police Department is a full service POST-recognized law enforcement agency with 76 sworn officers. Our department includes a variety...

The Position This job is posted on a continuous basis, and applications will be reviewed monthly for consideration.  Be sure to stay attentive to email communication regarding panel interviews. ABOUT US: The  East Bay Regional Park District's Public Safety Department  serves over 25 million annual visitors. Our area of patrol includes  73 parks spanning across 126,809 acres,  1,330 miles of trails, and 55 miles of shoreline in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Our Police Department is a full service POST-recognized law enforcement agency with 76 sworn officers. Our department includes a variety of units and patrol opportunities such as Air Support, Marine, Equestrian, Special Enforcement (including off-road vehicles), Investigations, and a 24-hour per day 911 Communications Center. Our Fire Department provides all typical emergency services, including fire suppression, hazardous materials responses, search and rescue,...

Police Dispatcher Trainee Salary $5,877.32 - $7,143.91 Monthly Location  Chula Vista, CA Job Type Permanent, Full-Time Job Number 25517907 Department Police - Support Operations Division Police Dispatch Opening Date 08/07/2025 Closing Date 11/6/2025 5:00 PM Pacific   Description Benefits Questions Description and Essential Functions   Position Summary: To receive, evaluate, and transmit emergency and routine voice radio messages via, telephone, teletype and automatic alarm; to dispatch required equipment and personnel in accordance with standard policies and procedures; to maintain records; and to do related work as required.     This is the entry-level class in the...

At the County of Marin, our employees overwhelmingly report feeling their work is meaningful, they like the work they do and they are proud to tell people "I work for the County of Marin." Read on to find out more about this opportunity. The Marin County Sheriff's Office:  The Marin County Sheriff's Office is committed to partnering with our communities to provide leadership and excellence in public safety.  We take pride in our department and work hard to provide a safe environment for our residents. The department is divided into three major bureaus; Administrative and Support Services, Detention Services, and Field Services in addition to operating the countywide Major Crime Task Force. The responsibilities of the Sheriff's Office Bureaus include providing general law enforcement services in the unincorporated communities of Marin County, maintaining the county jail, providing security to the Superior Court, operating a countywide communications division,...

ABOUT THE POSITION Communications Dispatcher Trainees work in the Communications Center and receive on-the-job training in routine and emergency public safety communications, specific day-to-day direction, and are closely supervised.  Training includes call-taking and radio-dispatching techniques for law enforcement.  After completing the probationary period, trainees are expected to advance to Communications Dispatcher where they will perform the full range of assigned duties. For more information about this exceptional career opportunity, including the complete recruitment brochure and required qualifications, simply  click here   (Download PDF reader)   (Download PDF reader) .  ABOUT YOU Our Highly Qualified Candidate  will have experience involving heavy public contact and handling several tasks simultaneously while entering information into an automated system. The highly qualified candidate possesses excellent communications...

Description ****THIS POSITION WILL CLOSE UPON RECEIPT OF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.**** TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION YOU MUST CURRENTLY BE WORKING AS A POLICE DISPATCHER WITH A POLICE AGENCY AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE OR MORE YEARS OF PAID DISPATCHING EXPERIENCE. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS. Under general supervision, receives and processes routine and emergency calls and alarms; dispatches Police and other public service entities as required; enters, retrieves, and uses data from various automated law enforcement information systems; coordinates with other emergency service providers as appropriate; assists in the training of less experienced personnel; learns applicable policies, procedures and work methods associated with assigned duties; performs other related duties as required.  Successful candidates appointed to this position will serve a minimum one-year...

Description PLEASE READ THIS BULLETIN IN ITS ENTIRETY THE POSITION This recruitment is being conducted to fill recurring full-time vacancies. The List established by this recruitment may be used to fill full-time, part-time, limited-term, and temporary vacancies for up to one year. Periodic testing for this position will take place as described in the supplemental information section below. The incumbent in this position will perform a variety of complex duties in direct support of public safety personnel including receipt, interpretation, and dispatching of calls for law enforcement, fire, ambulance and other emergency assistance; direct fire and medical emergencies to the proper agency for response; accurately utilize a computer-aided dispatch system to initiate a response to handle emergencies effectively; utilize a two-way radio system to communicate with field units; accurately maintain the status of all field units; and provide information and...

  SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR   EXPERIENCED  9-1-1 DISPATCHERS!    Our 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Center is located on the second floor of the Public Safety Building, equipped with a state-of-the-art computer aided dispatch system, including multiple monitors, ergonomically designed furniture, and individual work stations with outside window views. The Communications Center is staffed by a team of 23 dispatchers working 10-hour shifts, handling approximately 250,000 calls for service yearly. Supervision is provided by Communications Supervisors. In addition to a competitive salary, retirement through CalPERS, and a generous benefits package, this position offers opportunities for special assignments which include trainer, administrative and tactical dispatcher, with incentive pay from 2% - 7.5%. Hiring Incentives: Vacation accrual rate that matches the applicant's total years of service as a...

Under direction and supervision of the Police Sergeant, Senior Police Officers, or Police Officer, this position patrols assigned area in the maintenance of order, enforcement of laws and ordinance, prevention of crime, and the protection of life and property; does investigation work in the detection of crime and vice; and does relate work as required. Sound judgment is always necessary since much of the work is performed with out direct supervision and decisions affecting life and property must often be made in critical moments.  Examples of Duties The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.  ·         Responds to calls for service regarding accidents, crimes, threats, alterations and/or...