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911 Duties, Responsibilities and Administrative Services

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Duties and Responsibilities

  • Accurately gather and distribute information quickly and efficiently.

  • Dispatch the appropriate type and number of units in response to call.

  • Monitor safety of responding units.
  • Provide medical instruction, if necessary.
  • Receiving, monitoring and transmitting radio messages.

  • Data entry into the various law enforcement computer systems.

  • Maintenance of log of phone calls and radio communications.

  • Assist citizens who are not sure what to do about solving many of the problems that confront them, or who just need someone to talk to.

  • Assist officers in the performance of their duties by searching, obtaining, and relaying information the officers need to stay safe while responding to situations that can be extremely dangerous.

  • Serve as matron when needed for prisoners.

  • Updating court orders and warrants for wanted persons into national, state and local databases.

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    Administrative Services

  • Receptionists, clerical support, filing and as records clerks. All organizational reports, court information and in-coming activity is processed by dispatchers. We handle the collection, review, storage, and distribution of all offense and accident reports, citations, civil papers, warrants, finger printing and departmental arrest reports.

  • Performs background investigations for military and other law enforcement agencies.

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