Communications
Officers are all state certified dispatchers who qualify and train
at the
Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training in Richmond, Kentucky.
Communications
Officers also must maintain Mandatory In-Service requirements that
consist of 8 hours annually and 16 hours every two years.
They
are trained to answer emergency and service calls to the University
Police Department.
In
addition, they must monitor the communications and locations of police
officers on two-way radios who may require emergency assistance at
any time. Communications Officers are trained to perform calmly in
a very stressful environment.