Receives, prioritizes, and responds to all routine and emergency calls and dispatches transit police officers and/or operations personnel as needed to minimize delays due to breakdowns, detours, work coverage, accidents, emergencies, changing road conditions, and other interruptions.

Assists in coordinating continuous operation and system support services for bus operators, transit police, operations supervisors, paratransit coordinators, rail controllers, and others in the transit system in resolving problems as they arise. Under general supervision, trains in performing dispatching duties for emergency and non-emergency transit calls dispatches appropriate personnel to calls for service and operates communication equipment including radio, telephone, and computer systems. Trainee focuses on either Transit Police dispatch or Fixed Route Bus Operations. You would then be able to transfer to TCC Police Dispatcher level is based on meeting the minimum qualifications, satisfactory job performance, and a 90-day probationary period.

Is not expected to function with the same amount of knowledge or skills as Dispatchers, and exercises less independent discretion and judgment in matters related to work procedures and methods. How about driving your new career forward with UTA as a Police Dispatcher!Īs a Police Dispatcher Trainee: you will receive on-the-job training, specific to day-to-day direction, and will be closely supervised and monitored.

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