There is hereby created within the Village of
Ridgefield Park the position of civilian police dispatcher. The Commissioner
in charge of the Police Department shall appoint qualified applicants
to the position, full-time or part-time. Appointments to such position
shall be for the term of one year commencing January 1 in each year
and terminating December 31 of the same year. Appointment to the position
of civilian police dispatcher shall be upon the recommendation of
the Chief of Police. The position shall be filled with civilian personnel.
Civilian police dispatchers shall answer incoming
phone calls and, where appropriate, inform and dispatch police officers
and other emergency personnel to respond to a particular matter. The
duties of civilian police dispatchers may be altered or changed under
the directive of the Police Commissioner or Chief of Police.
Civilian police dispatchers shall adhere to
and be governed by all the rules and regulations laid down for the
guidance of the Police Department members, insofar as such rules and
regulations are applicable to and consistent with the duties prescribed
for civilian police dispatchers. They shall also comply with all other
applicable ordinances, rules and regulations adopted by the Board
of Commissioners, and they shall further be governed by all of the
contents of the Village Employee Policy.
Civilian police dispatchers shall not be a part
of nor in anyway be deemed permanent members of the Police Department
of the Village of Ridgefield Park.
Each civilian police dispatcher shall be provided
with and wear a uniform prescribed by the Board of Commissioners in
consultation with the Chief of Police, which shall include a suitable
identifying patch and badge which shall be different from the patch
and badge worn by a permanent member of the Police Department.
[Amended 9-23-2008 by Ord. No. 08-09]
The Commissioner in charge of the Police Department
shall have the authority to summarily dismiss any civilian police
dispatcher for any reason deemed sufficient. The Chief of Police shall
have the authority to discipline, suspend and dismiss a civilian police
dispatcher whenever it is found to be in the best interest of the
Village to do so.
The compensation for a civilian police dispatcher
shall be in accordance with the Salary Ordinance of the Village of
Ridgefield Park as it is adopted each year.