The week of April 12-18, 2015, is "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week." This is an opportunity to honor the women and men who serve as our Public Safety Dispatchers. Telecommunicators Week began in California in 1981 and quickly grew to national recognition. Just ten years later, Congress designated the second full week of each April as a time to remember the critical role that Dispatchers play in keeping us all safe.
Dispatchers are the voice at the other end of the 9-1-1 call assisting a distraught caller and at the other end of the radio when police, firefighters, and medical personnel are responding to emergency situations. If you've ever been the victim of a crime, been in a collision, reported a fire or needed emergency medical help, you've called 9-1-1 and been helped by a Telecommunicator, also known as a "Dispatcher." Not being visible or always recognized in the public eye, the critical role they play between the community and first responders is essential for every public safety call for service. Our Dispatchers are the direct link to our officers in the field. They monitor the radios, computers, phones, and more, answering thousands of calls from our community each year.
This year we are pleased to announce that Communications Supervisor Kim Codey has been selected as the Fremont Police Department's 2015 Dispatcher of the Year. Kim is a supervisor, dispatch trainer, peer support member and is on our tactical dispatch team that supports our SWAT, HNT and TEMS program. She has been with the Fremont Police Department for 23 years.
Did we spark your interest? The Fremont Police Department is currently hiring Dispatchers!
Are you interested in being part of a dynamic City where you can truly make a difference? Are you customer service focused? Do you work well under pressure with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment? Do you enjoy using your problem-solving skills to help the community? Then, the City of Fremont’s Police Department wants you!
Over the next several months we will be actively seeking qualified candidates to join our dispatch team. The Fremont Police Department has a state of the art communication center and offers a competitive salary and benefit package. For more information please visit: www.fremont.gov/cityjobs
Learn more about Angela's journey to become a dispatcher with Fremont PD at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecYMXMWT1ok
Please join us in congratulating Communications Supervisor Kim Codey and conveying a BIG THANK YOU to the often heard but not seen "first of the first responders," our 9-1-1 Dispatchers!
