Taney County Sheriff's Office (Dispatcher) Employment Opportunity

JOB POSTING
DISPATCHER
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

Applications will be accepted through January 19, 2018. Candidates must be available to work any
shift day or night, including holidays.

JOB SUMMARY:
Answer administration lines; answer questions, conference deputies with callers, look up numbers for
deputies, non-emergency calls for service, referring calls to other departments if needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Attendance is key to performing the job. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

 Look up previous cases and run criminal histories, at deputy’s request.
 Answer Probation and Parole hits on subject ran in MULES.
 Register 911 calls. Monitor 911 medical calls to see if they meet criteria to require first
responders.
 Answer radio traffic, responding and documenting accordingly.
 Run MULES inquiry when requested.
 Build CAD calls for service. Document all radio traffic and calls for service through CAD.
 Perform test fire pages each evening for all six (6) fire departments. Contact Fire Marshall and/or
Red Cross at Fire Department’s request.
 Responsible for taking, documenting, and building CAD calls for all Rockaway Beach, Merriam
Woods and Forsyth Police Departments.
 Work the floor for dispatch when needed
 Perform numerous clerical duties that meet the criteria to be entered into MULES, including
guns, stock bonds, farm equipment, debit/credit cards, stolen vehicles, runaways or missing
people.

REQUIREMENTS:
High School Diploma or GED required. Previous dispatch experience preferred.

Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Self-starter with the capacity to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in
written, oral or diagram form.

STARTING PAY: $12.51 STATUS: Full time

Taney County is a substance free, Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE). Contact
Human Resources at (417)546-7237 for information. Applications can be obtained at the Human
Resources Department or online at www.taneycounty.org.

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