Public Safety Dispatcher - Lateral
City of Laguna Beach · Laguna Beach, CA · 2 mo ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
About the role
The City of Laguna Beach Police Department is accepting applications for the position of Public Safety Dispatcher - Lateral (Full-Time).
This recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancies and establish an eligibility list for future vacancies.
Responsibilities
- Receives, screens and transmits public safety calls via telephone and radio communications systems
- Dispatches public safety personnel and equipment (Police, Fire and Marine Safety) in response to requests for service
- Performs intensive data inputting of information received via computer keyboard
- Typing departmental reports and initiating forms related to the operation and procedures of the Records Division
- Completes reports and complaints for court prosecution
- May make personal searches of prisoners
- Initiates and sends messages and requests for information on law enforcement computer systems
- Works evening, weekend and holiday shifts as assigned
Requirements
- Education: Graduation from high school or equivalent
- Experience: Two (2) years of public safety dispatching experience, including the successful completion of probation as a public safety dispatcher. Experience must be recent and have occurred within the last two (2) years.
- Licenses/Certificates: Possession of a POST Basic Public Safety Dispatcher Certification is desirable.
Qualifications
- Knowledge: Of office procedures and methods
- Ability: To keep basic records and type on a computer
- Work Shifts: Work shifts, including evenings/nights and weekends (minimum of 48 hours a month)
- Skills: Clear speaking voice and an excellent memory, capable of making rapid and appropriate decisions, constant alertness and attention to detail when dealing with the public and dispatching personnel and equipment
Benefits
Not specified.
Pay
Not specified.
Schedule
Not specified.