Career Path
Dispatch explorers can have the oppurtunity to work at MetroComm, LVMPD’s premier dispatch center.
Receives
3,000,000+
Calls a year
Dispatches to
600,000
Events a year
State of the Art Tools
Dispatch Explorers use state of the art simulators to learn exactly how to take critical 9-1-1 emergency phone calls and how to send officers to calls for service using the Computer-Aided Dispatch system.
Real World Instruction
Dispatch Explorers also get first-hand experience as they sit with LVMPD dispatchers and listen in on incoming 9-1-1 and 3-1-1 lines as well as the actual police radio. In addition, Dispatch Explorers work in conjunction with CCDC, CSI and Police Explorers and act as dispatchers during training scenarios.
Answering 9-1-1 & 3-1-1 calls
Dispatching officers to calls