Police Communications Specialist

Primary Location

4800 Preston Park Boulevard, Plano, Texas, 75093

We are searching for candidates that meet the required qualifications and experience and are able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Provide a range of accurate and prompt dispatch related services to district wide faculty, staff and employees with respect to the department objective of community-oriented policing. Serve as first point of contact for emergency and non-emergency police communications and operate and monitor numerous communication systems, operation security and surveillance systems and databases.

Responsible for the video management system for the entire college district. Avigilon Control Center is a video management solution designed for video surveillance. It enables users to assess the operational servers remotely, identify people of interest based on the secure watch list, verify the identity of the person attempting to access a door connected to a camera, detect and flag events that may require attention, set discrete rules for specific events that occur, and distinguish between typical and atypical events by continuously learning from observation of scenes over time.

This position is considered critical to the operation and security of the district in all conditions and, therefore, is expected to report for duty as usual during emergency weather closures and be flexible to work varied hours and schedules including nights, weekends, holidays, and during emergencies.

• Maintain police office visibility, accessibility and readiness in dispatch services and the Avigilon Control Center for crisis or emergency. Answer all incoming emergency and non-emergency phone calls, document each call with provided forms and forward to supervisor. Obtain imperative specifics from individuals who may be in a high state of stress and promptly determine and contact appropriate support if situational factors suggest aid beyond, or in addition to, campus police.
• Maintain accurate documentation of patrol activities and provide officers with information needed or requested. Document and provide officers with student or staff protective orders, case numbers, and required student records. Provide state and local information and forms, such as delayed accident report forms or precinct court dates for state tickets issued.
• Interact with employees, students, and the public to provide information and assistance.
• Maintain consistent access to radio contact with all campus police officers on patrol, providing and relaying information accurately and quickly, with respect to safety, crime prevention, emergencies and officer safety.
• Monitor and respond to fire alarm system and document daily test signals. Provide reports of alarm incidents and actions taken by police, fire or alarm company personnel. Conduct and provide reports of security equipment testing, including campus emergency phones, panic signal devices and elevator devices. Generate maintenance requests for inoperable or damaged property. Complete initial and subsequent training and support the protection and maintenance of sensitive communications equipment.
• Work a two-way radio, while entering the information in the Computer Aided Dispatch, as well as monitoring alarms, taking phone calls, and monitoring the window in dispatch. There are certain instances that the telecommunicator will have to monitor the Avigilon video management system while conducting dispatching duties.
• Maintain personal records of password and accessibility to police office databases and understand laws and regulations regarding privacy.
• Perform general customer service and office duties which include greeting and assisting visitors, answering telephones, administrative tasks, assisting the Sergeants and Officers with reports, monitoring dispatch office email, typing, data entry, faxing, copying, and filing documents and performing other duties as assigned.
• High stress, multi-tasking sometimes under emergency conditions, responding to multiple requests for service and information utilizing multiple communications devices.
• This position has access to and handles sensitive and legally protected information. Requires an extensive, state mandated for licensing, background investigation; psychological assessment; medical examination; and drug screen.

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with college policies, procedures and Core Values

• Knowledge of the various jurisdictions of other police agencies surrounding all college locations, as well as the geography of each campus and its structures
• Knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of officer safety and risk factors associated with patrol
• Knowledge and understanding of campus police regulations regarding master key accessibility and entry services to rooms and buildings
• Knowledge of laws and…