San Diego Association of Public Safety Dispatchers

05/31/2021

Our VP Mellissa Santagata explains the different roles conducted by dispatchers & the important part they play in police services & keeping our communities safe. 🖤💛🖤 🖤💙🖤

Go inside the SDPD Communications Center and hear about their amazing work.

05/20/2021

Job Opportunity⬇️

Police Dispatcher
Salary
$4,601.42 - $6,167.41 Monthly
Location
School Police Services - 4100 Normal St San Diego CA 92103-2653, CA
Job Type
Classified
Department
School Police Services
Job Number
20-00214
DESCRIPTIONBENEFITSQUESTIONS
Description
This opportunity is open to all interested candidates.

***Law Enforcement Dispatcher experience preferred***

The San Diego Unified School District is seeking Police Dispatchers to receive emergency and non-emergency calls and dispatch to appropriate peace officer or district personnel. This position monitors a variety of safety and security equipment, maintains a variety of logs and records using a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system.

The school police communications center operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Shifts are typically three 12-hour days per week, with an additional 8-hour day every other week, and 3 to 4 days off per week. *Graveyard schedules (10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) are currently under a pilot program. At this moment no graveyards and Sunday schedules are assigned to staff. Shifts are subject to change. Additionally, this position will be required to work evening, nights, holidays, and weekends. An approximate 5% shift differential may apply.

Police Dispatchers may qualify for the following pay differentials.

Bilingual Differential: 5%
Eligible candidates will participate in a performance exam to test for bilingual fluency.

Post Dispatch Training Differential:
Police Dispatchers that hold a POST Dispatcher Certification are eligible for a differential. New employees must pass a POST Certified Dispatcher Basic Academy within one year of employment.
Basic POST Dispatcher Certificate: 3.5%
Intermediate POST Dispatcher Certificate: 4.5%
Advanced POST Dispatcher Certificate: 6%

Other differentials:
Certified Training Officer differential: 5%
Night differential: 5%

04/20/2021

UCSD has an opening! Laterals start MORE!

UC San Diego is recognized as one of the largest employers in San Diego county with outstanding benefits and a diverse community of faculty, staff and students.

04/12/2021

18TH ANNUAL DISPATCHER APPRECIATION
AWARD NOMINEES

Dispatcher of the Year Finalists

Amanda Waterman, Community College Police Department
April Bowen, Carlsbad Police Department
Emma Cabatu, National City Police Department
Francisco Chan, San Diego Police Department
Jessie Hill, San Diego Sheriff’s Department
Joe Patino, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department
Megan Barahua, San Diego State University
Melinda Fairchild, North Comm

Incident of the Year Finalists

San Diego Police Department - Incident Date: June 1st
San Diego Police Department - Incident Date: June 4th
San Diego Sheriff's Department - Incident Date: April 15th

Communications Center of the Year Finalists

La Mesa Police Department
San Diego Police Department
San Diego Sheriff's Department

Supervisory Leadership Award Finalists

Ashley Harris, San Diego Sheriff's Department
Jill Branch, Corornado Police Department
Laurie Nachand, San Diego Police Department
Simone Fanene, Carlsbad Police Department

04/03/2021

If you don't recognize this face then either you are not a dispatcher in San Diego County or you are brand new! Geoff Weiss a supervisor for the San Diego Sheriff's Dept. and one of our most outstanding instructors. Geoff has had to spend some time in the hospital, missing out on a lot of work. A go fund me page has been set up to help assist him during this hard time. Geoff we love you and hope to have you back in front of the classroom in no time!

https://gofund.me/417e2b13

03/23/2021

Nominations are open!

​​​The San Diego Association of Public Safety Dispatchers (SDAPSD) will be recognizing public safety dispatchers for their great work as first responders. We will be presenting awards virtually on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the 18th Annual Dispatcher Appreciation Awards Ceremony. Please...

01/06/2021

Southwestern College is hiring a full time Public Safety Dispatcher.

Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening. To apply for the position, please click the Apply for this Job link/button.

04/20/2020

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions this years Dispatcher Appreciation banquet was cancelled. Although we were unable to celebrate together the association continued on with the nominations for Dispatcher of the Year, Incident of the Year, Communications Center of the Year and the Supervisor Leadership award for San Diego Region.

We are happy to announce that through a ballot process and team of 7 on the panel, we have the 2019 winners!

Please visit our website at www.sdapsd.org to see the list all the nominees and the winners of each category!

The San Diego Association of Public Safety Dispatcher hopes that everyone had a wonderful Dispatcher week and look forward to a huge banquet in 2021!!!

01/23/2020

Congrats to all Public Safety Dispatchers across this nation!

SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblymember Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) joined a group of public safety dispatchers from across the state for a press conference to celebrate Assembly Bill 1945 (AB 1945), which would recognize the brave work of public safety dispatchers by classifying them as first responder...

01/17/2020

We had a great 2019! This was from Eventbrite.