What are the responsibilities and job description for the Police Telecommunicator position at uis?
Summary:
Employees in positions allocated to this level receive, interpret, and transmit messages and information for a law enforcement agency and/or fire departments using a variety of telecommunication equipment (such as telephone, two-way radio, teletype, and/or computer terminal). They work under general supervision of higher level personnel.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Receives and interprets in-coming citizen complaints, inquires, and reports of emergency and non-emergency situations; logs, coordinates, disseminates, and maintains records of messages; may initiate police reports of incidents; originates and disseminates information regarding safety and well-being of law enforcement officers and citizens.
Operates and monitors equipment of a communications control center to receive and transmit police business and emergency messages; may monitor and provide base-station service for multiple police and citizen-band radio channels. Equipment to be operated, and/or monitored, shall include, but is not limited to: telephones (fixed & cellular); base stations (Univ. Police, PP&O, STARCOM); mobile data terminal (Alerts W/Leads); typewriter; fax machine; weather sentry; scanner; VHF and UHF portable radios (to include University Student Housing); and departmental computers.
Operates terminal connected to federal, state, or local law enforcement information systems such as: CAD (computer aided dispatch); Law Enforcement Agency Data Systems-LEADS: National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems-NLETS; National Crime Information Center-NCIC and/or a departmental computer to enter or retrieve information for the purpose of gathering, verifying, or maintaining data; interprets responses of the data systems; recognizes malfunctions of the terminal and assists system personnel in the correction of problems.
Assists in the training of replacement telecommunications operators or interns; controls access to police station by requiring proper identification and/or escort; may process routine police enforcement documents and records; may operate and monitor the control center of an automated fire/security alarm; dispatch police officers as necessary; and monitor local weather warning system and broadcasts severe weather notices as directed.
Operates and monitors the following: building cameras, Dictaphone, I-card program after hours, electronic door access system, UIS Alert System, Rave Eyewitness & Guardian, maintains logs and alarm systems, code blues, and performs related duties as assigned.
Employees in positions allocated to this level receive, interpret, and transmit messages and information for a law enforcement agency and/or fire departments using a variety of telecommunication equipment (such as telephone, two-way radio, teletype, and/or computer terminal). They work under general supervision of higher level personnel.
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