Police Telecommunicator

Date Opened: Monday, September 08, 2025 12:00 AM

Close Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025 12:00 AM

Department: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

Salary: $23.84 - $29.81 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

The Police Telecommunicator will operate radio, telephone, or computer equipment at emergency response centers. Reports are received from the public of crimes, disturbances, fires, and medical or police emergencies. Information is relayed to law enforcement and emergency response personnel. Maintaining contact with caller until responders arrive may be needed.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Question callers to determine locations & nature of problems to determine type of response
• needed
• Receive & transfer incoming telephone or alarm system calls regarding emergency & non-emergency police / information / after-hours calls for departments within City
• Determine response requirements & relative priorities of situations / dispatch units in
• accordance with established procedures
• Record details of calls / dispatches / messages
• Retrieve information from teletype networks & computerized data systems regarding such

things as wanted persons / stolen property / vehicle registration / stolen vehicles

• Maintain access & security of highly sensitive materials
• Scan status charts / computer screens / contact emergency response field units to determine

emergency units available for dispatch

• Observe residential & commercial alarm registers
• Scan maps to determine whether a specific emergency is in the dispatch service area
• Periodic access to information relating to emergency calls such as personnel rosters &

emergency call-out and pager files

• Learn material & pass required tests for certification
• Read & effectively interpret small-scale maps / information from a computer screen to

determine locations / provide directions

• Refer calls not requiring dispatches to appropriate departments & agencies
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Graduate or equivalent
• Sheriffs’ Standards Telecommunicator Certification (must be completed within one year from appointment)
• Must be a United States citizen. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience equivalent to one (1) year of police communications dispatching
• Valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver’s License

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of principles / processes for providing customer & personal services
• Knowledge of customer needs assessment / meeting quality standards for services /
• evaluation of customer satisfaction
• Knowledge of transmission / broadcasting / switching / control / operation of
• telecommunications systems
• Knowledge of relevant equipment / policies / procedures / strategies to promote effective
• local / state / national security operations for the protection of people / data / property /
• institutions
• Skill in the structure & content of the English language including the meaning & spelling
• of words / rules of composition / grammar
• Knowledge of administrative & clerical procedures / systems such as stenography &
• transcription
• Ability to listen to / understand information & ideas presented through spoken words /
• sentences
• Ability to monitor multiple radio talk groups at one time
• Ability to detect or tell differences between sounds varying in pitch & loudness
• Ability to communicate information / ideas clearly in written & spoken language
• Ability to remember information such as words / numbers / pictures / procedure

ADA and Other Requirements:

Positions in this class typically require grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.

Physical Requirements:

• Remaining in a stationary position, often sitting or standing for prolonged periods
• Occasional movement throughout the workday daily to interact with staff and accomplish
• tasks
• Communicating both verbally and written in order to exchange information
• Repeating motions of holding, grasping, turning, that may include the wrist, hands,
• and/or fingers
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying
• Lift up to 50 pounds
• Work primarily in office environment
• Ability to operate office equipment, such as computer, copier, fax machine, and phone

Sensory Requirements:

• Concentrated and attentive use of one or more senses (visual, audio, and other sensory modalities) for proofreading, data entry, tabulating data.
• Ability to operate in an environment with frequent interruptions from people and or noises, which in return could result in some level of stress, fatigue, or strain.
• Comprehensive written information in work-related documents.
• Ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed in an indoor office environment with moderate exposure to atmospheric conditions, moderate exposure to environmental conditions, and frequent exposure to computer screens, files and phone.

Other Requirements:

Successfully complete and pass a pre-employment hearing, vision, and psychological evaluation. Failure to successfully pass all segments of the pre-employment evaluation process will result in disqualification from further consideration under this vacancy announcement.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby, where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email Careers@ci.charlotte.nc.us.

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternate formats, language access, and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request, please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.

BENEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

Click here to learn more about the City of Charlotte’s benefits.

The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.