Sheriff’s Communications Dispatcher II

Santa Rosa, CA
Sonoma County Sheriff

Salary: $83,735.25 – $101,788.84 Annually.

Essential Functions:

  • Monitoring radio frequencies
  • Receiving and dispatching emergency and non-emergency calls from the public
  • Setting priorities among competing incoming events and dispatching appropriately
  • Utilizing a computer-aided dispatch system

Requirements:

  • Education and Experience: Any combination of education, training, and experience which would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities. Normally, this would include graduation from high school or possession of a G.E.D, and one year of dispatch experience in a law enforcement setting comparable to Communications Dispatcher I.
  • Special requirement: Within one year of employment, and as a condition of probation, employees in this classification must obtain a P.O.S.T. Public Safety Dispatcher’s Certificate, as awarded by the State of California, Commission on Police Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.).
  • Special skill requirement: This classification requires the ability to type at a corrected speed of 45 words per minute.
  • License: Possession of a valid driver’s license at the appropriate level including special endorsements, as required by the State of California, may be required depending upon assignment to perform the essential job functions of the position.