Description:

Police Communications Director

Police Department

Atlanta Campus

At the Georgia State University Police Department, we approach our work with passion to be excellent, to focus on safety to our campuses and university community by providing safety services through professional community-oriented policing.

The Georgia State University Police Department provides law enforcement, security and safety services to the university community and the immediate surrounding areas, ensuring a safe environment for our students, faculty, staff and neighbors.

Georgia State boasts one of the largest university police forces in the state with over 100 officers across all six Atlanta metro campuses.

The department is accredited and certified by the following organizations: Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement (IACLEA), and the State of Georgia Law Enforcement Certification Program.

Are you ready for us? Are you seeking an opportunity with purpose and direction? If you are, we have the perfect opportunity for you! We hire great people from a wide variety of educational, career, and personal backgrounds, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a stronger team.

The Police Department is seeking a Communications Director to join the already awesome team, keeping the Police Department at the level of excellence that it has strived to become and sustain.

HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Manages and directs the operation of the Georgia State University Communications Center.
• Maintains high-level liaison with Police Management and reports to the Chief of Police.
• Remain current on new trends and innovations for public safety communications and familiar with police, fire, and emergency medical services response protocols.
• Provides managerial and strategic direction of the Communications Center.
• Develop operational plans and shift work schedules for the unit.
• Select, train, and motivate assigned personnel.
• Oversee New Hire Training Curriculum.
• Prepares agency for national and state-level regulatory criminal justice audits and department reviews.
• Serves as the Agency representative to oversee all GCIC computer operations, training accounts and review GCIC monthly validation records.
• Monitor and evaluate employee Telephone Techniques and Dispatch handling, ensuring QA (Quality Assurance) proficiencies are maintained.
• Coordinate all Communications Radio System connectivity to the City of Atlanta (Atlanta Police) and DeKalb County radio antenna sites.
• Including maintaining radio inventory for 400+ radios, programming radios, writing Radio Code Plugs, activating radio use, Maintenance, and repair of radio equipment, etc.
• Compose department standard operating procedures and directives.
• Development of unit goals, objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledgeable on CLERY Act, FERPA laws, NOAA Weather notifications, State and Federal laws, LiveSafe App, Alertus, and Rave emergency notifications applications.
• Works with surrounding law enforcement agencies, training initiatives, and police training academies to coordinate training opportunities.

Disclaimer:

This job requisition provides a high-level job definition. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive or exclusive list of job duties.

As such, job duties and/or responsibilities within the context of this job requisition may change at the discretion the employee's direct supervisor.

Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and four years of related experience with three years of supervisory experience; or a combination of education and related experience.

Preferred Requirements:

• Ability to plan, assign, instruct, supervise, and direct the work of subordinate staff.
• Ability to plan, organize, direct, coordinate, and provide leadership.
• Ability to coordinate and initiate actions, implement decisions, and make recommendations.
• Ability to deal tactfully and professionally with others in controversial situations.
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely, whether verbally or in writing.