Certified Communications Officer

Fredericksburg, VA
Fredericksburg Police Department

Salary: $52,000

Position Summary:

Persons applying should be interested in a full-time position that significantly impacts the safety of the general public and responding agency personnel. Under general supervision, a Communications Officer receives incoming emergency and non-emergency phone calls to the Emergency Operations Center, dispatches police, fire, and EMS personnel, performs a variety of administrative functions for the Police and Fire Departments, and performs related tasks as required including extensive computer work. This position will involve shift work to include nights, weekends, and holidays, so a flexible schedule is required.

Requirements:

  • 18 years of age
  • United States Citizen or lawful resident for ten consecutive years
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • One year of work experience involving public contact
  • Ability to type 35 words per minute
  • No more than two moving violations within previous 24 months
  • No record of convictions within previous 60 months for DUI, eluding, leaving the scene of an accident or vehicular manslaughter
  • No record of 2nd or subsequent DUI
  • No current or previous revocations or suspension of license within previous 60 months due to a moving violation
  • Not have been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to a felony or any offense that would be a felony if committed in the Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Not have been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to a Class 1 or 2 misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or any offense that would be a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, including but not limited to petit larceny under 18.2-96, or any offense involving moral turpitude that would be a misdemeanor if committed in the Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Not have been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to any misdemeanor sex offense in the Commonwealth of Virginia, another state, or the United States, including but not limited to sexual battery under 18.2-67.4 or consensual sexual intercourse with a minor 15 or older under clause (ii) of 18.2-371
  • Not have been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to domestic assault under 18.2-57.2, or any offense that would be domestic assault under the laws of another state or the United States
  • Undergo a physical examination, subsequent to a conditional offer of employment
  • Not have produced a positive result on a pre-employment drug screening