Job Details

Public Safety Dispatcher - I

Salary: $31.61 - $39.47/hour; $5,479.07 - $6,841.47/month; $65,748.80 - $82,097.60/year.

Job Type: Open.

Filing Deadline: 8/18/2025 5:00:00 PM

Employment Type: Permanent/Full Time (40 hrs/week)

Work Location: Auburn, CA and surrounding areas

HR Analyst: Erica Priddle.

Position Information:

The Placer County Sheriff's Office dispatch center is located in beautiful Auburn, California, less than two hours away from Reno/Tahoe or San Francisco. The dispatch center features full sit-to-stand ergonomic work stations, a locker room, a full kitchen, a quiet room, a balcony with BBQ, skylights, and second-story views from wall-to-wall windows. The center provides dispatch services for law enforcement, fire, and medical. Dispatchers are trained to provide lifesaving instructions over the phone through Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD).

The center is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The current schedule is three 12-hour shifts each week and an eight hour shift every other week. Public Safety Dispatchers receive a competitive benefit package including 13 paid holidays per year, 12 paid sick days per year, generous contributions to CalPERS, and access to an employee assistance program. Dispatchers who work on holidays receive overtime compensation for the actual number of hours worked in addition to holiday pay. Shift differential pay of 7.5% is also paid to dispatchers who work swing and graveyard shifts. Full benefit details can be found below in the Benefits section of this posting.

The written examination is tentatively scheduled for the week of September 22, 2025.

You will receive an e-mail notification regarding the next steps in the recruitment process within two weeks of the closing date listed above.