Sheriff’s Public Safety Dispatcher II

Placerville, CA
El Dorado County Sheriff

Salary: $63,398.40 – $77,064.00 Annually

Closing Date: 1/31/2025

Position Summary:

Sheriff’s Public Safety Dispatchers have the opportunity to serve their communities in a unique way; following the Sheriff’s Vision of Total Care and connecting services to citizens in their time of need. Public Safety Dispatchers are assigned to the Public Safety Facility in Placerville, Ca and have the opportunity to serve as Communication Training Officers and Tactical Dispatchers.

Essential Functions:

  • Receive, analyze and evaluate 911, emergency and business calls, and other public utility service calls; transfers calls to appropriate parties or creates a law enforcement call for service.
  • Operates multi-channel radio systems, monitors other communication channels, while maintaining radio traffic on main channels.
  • Responds to law enforcement-initiated radio traffic and request and relays information to law enforcement units.
  • Operates computer equipment to access local, state and federal criminal justice information systems; operates communication systems to transmit and receive information with allied law enforcement agencies.

Requirements:

  • Equivalent to graduation from high school;
  • AND One (1) year of emergency dispatching experience at a level equivalent to the County’s class of Sheriff’s Public Safety Dispatcher I.
  • A Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Professional Public Safety Dispatcher Basic Certificate is desirable.