Communications Bureau
Our mission is to provide effective communications support for public safety agencies; provide useful communications services for the public; and effectively manage the state’s public safety communications resources.
Our dispatch centers provide communication services for the following: state & federal law enforcement; police and fire; other emergency services; highway maintenance; corrections; forestry and wild fire services; wildlife resources; and
parks and recreation.
DPS Dispatch Centers
We're Hiring Dispatchers!
- Would you like to have a job that makes a difference?
- Would you like to help the public and first responders?
- Would you like a rewarding career with great benefits instead of just a job?
- Would you like to be able to retire in 25 years?
- If so, being a Certified Emergency Dispatcher with the Utah Department of Public Safety could be just the career for you.
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HIRING INCENTIVES
- One for One salary credit may be given for prior Emergency Dispatch experience
- $2,500 hiring bonus for those with current Emergency Dispatch certification (Utah POST Dispatch certification)*
- $1,000 signing bonus to a new hired Dispatcher with no experience or with out of state certification*
*After successfully completing full background investigation, polygraph and drug test
What Do Dispatchers Do?
Dispatchers are the critical link between callers and first responders.
- The purpose of this job is to provide dispatching services to single and/or multiple jurisdictions which include, but is not limited to state and local public safety agencies, the Highway Patrol, local law enforcement agencies, fire departments and other state agencies.
- Dispatchers receive calls for one or a combination of emergency police, fire, and medical services, and dispatch the appropriate personnel and equipment in response to the calls.
- Dispatchers often make urgent decisions affecting the life, health, and welfare of the public and public safety employees.
- Dispatchers are required to obtain Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) certification, and also Dispatcher Certification through POST within the probationary period and maintain both certifications thereafter.
