IPD Police Dispatcher

IPD Police Dispatcher

The employee must be willing to work a flexible schedule: must work days, nights, weekends, holidays, and employee may need to work a flex shift or a cover shift. Depending on qualifications, applicants may be considered for either the IPD Police Dispatcher I or the IPD Police Dispatcher II position. The City reserves the right to accelerate or extend the "Closing Date" of open positions at any time, dependent upon the number of applications received. The City is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make all reasonable accommodations for the disabled to participate in employment programs and facilities. Women, minorities, and disabled individuals are encouraged to apply. The finalist candidate must pass a pre-employment physical and drug screen. Please review the following common disqualifiers. If any items listed pertain to you, you will be automatically disqualified in the background investigation. You may, at this time, want to screen yourself and withdraw prior to starting the recruitment process.

• Any illegal use, sales, or possession of a drug classified as an opiate (heroin, opium, etc.) or PCP.
• Any use of cocaine, methamphetamine, hallucinogens (GHB, MDMA/ecstasy, ketamine, etc.) within five years of date of application.
• Any illegal use of anabolic steroids within three years of date of application.
• A pattern or history of irresponsibility as evidenced by debt collections, civil judgments, failure to pay, late payments, etc.
• Two or more at-fault traffic collisions within three years of the date of application.
• Conviction of a hit-and-run offense.
• Any driver's license suspension within five years of date of application.
• Conviction of a felony crime.
• Conviction of any misdemeanor crime within five years of application.
• Any conviction as an adult, of any misdemeanor crime involving domestic violence, sexual-related offenses or crimes against children.
• Any conviction as an adult, of a theft or larceny crime.
• The following may result in disqualification: Use of cocaine, methamphetamine, hallucinogens (GHB, MDMA/ecstasy, ketamine, etc.) previous to five years of application. Prior nitrous oxide use. Illegal use of anabolic steroids previous to three years of application. Illegal use of a hypodermic needle/syringe. A bankruptcy within the past three years of date of application. More than one moving violation in the past 12 months, and/or three or more moving citations within the past three years, and/or five or more moving citations within the past five years of date of application.

Under general supervision, learns to receive and process and 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; may assist in the training of less experienced personnel; learns applicable policies, procedures, and work methods associated with assigned duties; performs other related duties as required. The IPD Police Dispatcher I is the entry-level class in the IPD police dispatcher series that allows the incumbent to develop journey level knowledge and abilities. Initially, under immediate supervision, incumbents perform the more routine and less complex assignments within an established procedural framework, where there are minimal consequences of error. Incumbents must gain a thorough working knowledge of response procedures and must develop the ability to utilize sound judgment initiating and coordinating responses to situations that may affect the lives and safety of the public, law enforcement, and other emergency services personnel. Incumbents are expected to perform the full scope of assigned duties. This classification is alternatively staffed with Police Dispatcher II and incumbents may advance to the higher level after gaining experience and demonstrating a level of proficiency that meets the qualifications of the higher level class. The IPD Police Dispatcher II is the journey level class in which incumbents are expected to independently perform the full scope of assigned police dispatching duties. Incumbents are responsible for performing the full range of duties with minimum supervision and applying sound judgment regarding their scope of authority in dispatching personnel. This class is distinguished from the next higher classification of Police Dispatch Supervisor in that the latter has the responsibility for performing the more complex and sensitive duties and for providing supervision.