Public Safety Dispatcher – 24/7 Emergency Communications

TQSolutions; Towson (MD); On-site; USD 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Towson University in Towson, MD is seeking a full-time Police Communications Operator to staff the central University Police Department communications center. This ESSENTIAL role operates 24/7 with shifts including weekends and holidays and handles emergency and non-emergency calls and radio traffic to campus officers.

The university offers benefits and recognizes a high school diploma with clerical experience and basic computer/alarm-system skills as qualifications; compensation starts at

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent and two years clerical or other related experience.
• Candidate must possess basic computer skills and experience working with windows-based communications systems and alarm systems.

Responsibilities

• Answers emergency and non-emergency telephones and police radios.
• Provides radio communications for University Police officers and Public Safety Officers on campus.
• Initiates and receives information and request for services from allied law enforcement agencies.
• Monitors/reacts to thirty additional telephone lines connected to the campus emergency telephone system.
• Receives and records information and request for police services in-person and via telephone reporting of criminal offenses and accidents.

Skills

Basic computer skills

Windows-based systems

Alarm systems

Radio communications equipment

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Radio communications equipment

Job description

Towson University in Towson, MD is seeking a full-time Police Communications Operator to staff the central University Police Department communications center. This ESSENTIAL role operates 24/7 with shifts including weekends and holidays and handles emergency and non-emergency calls and radio traffic to campus officers.

The university offers benefits and recognizes a high school diploma with clerical experience and basic computer/alarm-system skills as qualifications; compensation starts at