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Nicholas Koch

Nicholas Koch

Longwood,FL

Summary

Dedicated and hard working dispatcher/communications specialist with over 9 years experience. Resume revised June 2026.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Safety/Security Communications Specialist

Seminole State College of Florida
Sanford, FL
09.2024 - Current
  • Monitor and maintain security officer locations and activities across four different Seminole State College of Florida campuses and record calls for service using ARMS CAD software.
  • Answer incoming calls to Safety & Security department from staff, students and various vendors and vistors across all Seminole State College of Florida campuses.
  • Answer incoming calls from third party monitoring companies for fire and security alarms and dispatch local resources (Seminole County Fire Dept, Seminole County Sheriff's Office, etc.) as necessary.
  • Communicate with security personnel using Motorola MCC 7500 Elite Dispatch software.
  • Monitor and review live video surveillance of all Seminole State College of Florida campuses using Avigilon and Meraki platforms.
  • Set daily campus classroom schedules requested via internal classroom reservation system using Genetc access control platform.

Emergency Communications Dispatcher

Chatham County Sheriff's Office
Savannah, GA
11.2023 - 08.2024

• Maintain status, location and availability of county deputies.

• Monitor radio traffic and assist by contacting other agencies, gathering information to assist callers and answering/forwarding administrative calls.

• Maintain a log of radio traffic, record prison transports, assign case numbers, record warrant service information, note abnormal occurrences and record requests for additional assistance by various county entities.

• Operate teletype by the GCIC/NCIC database to determine motor vehicle ownership, obtain driver’s license status, determine stolen property records and check reports of missing or runaway persons.

• Conduct driver’s license checks for address information of wanted persons and compare information to locate multiple defendant identification numbers.

• Obtain case numbers for civil and warrant arrests, including civil services, warrants served, prisoner transport and other case report numbers.

Communications Officer

Savannah Chatham Board of Education Police Dept.
Savannah, GA
05.2022 - 11.2023

• Answer police department business line for both emergency and non-emergency law enforcement responses for the schools in the Savannah Chatham County Public School System.

• Dispatch law enforcement units to both emergency and non-emergency calls for service using Motorola radio systems.

• Track law enforcement units’ locations, patrols, calls for service, and various other functions accurately and promptly across the CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system.

• Querying various entities (i.e. stolen vehicles, missing persons, etc.) into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) database.

• Monitoring various sites under Savannah Chatham County Public School Systems jurisdiction via security monitoring software.

Public Safety Telecommunicator

Winter Springs Police Department
Winter Springs, FL
03.2017 - 09.2021

• Answer police department business line and 911-emergency calls for both emergency and nonemergency law enforcement response.

• Dispatch law enforcement units to both emergency and non-emergency calls for service using Motorola radio systems and software.

• Track law enforcement units’ locations, patrols, calls for service, and various other functions accurately and promptly across the CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system.

• Querying and entering various entities (i.e. stolen vehicles, missing persons, etc.) into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the Florida Crime Information Center (FCIC) database, and maintaining such records.

• Entering various reports and supplemental narratives to law enforcement reports using the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office report system (Cafe Web - Record Management System).

• Trained two dispatchers as a Certified Training Officer (CTO) and helped revise and implement new training strategies to the communications center’s operations.

Education

Associate in Arts (AA) -

Florida Southwestern State College
Punta Gorda, FL

Skills

  • Telecommunications
  • Computer-Aided Dispatching
  • Records Management
  • Organization and Multitasking
  • Technical Aptitude
  • Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
  • Customer Service
  • Proficient typist (average 48-52 WPM)

Certification

  • 911 Public Safety Telecommunicator, 04/2018, Present, 911 Public Safety Telecommunication Program P090101, 234 hours (Completed April 15, 2018) Northeast Florida Criminal Justice Center
  • Certified Communications Training Officer, 05/2019, 05/2021, Certified Communications Training Officer (CTO) - Completion of the Communications Training Officer, 5th Ed., 24 hours (Completed May 14, 2019) - Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) - International, Inc.
  • Florida Criminal Information Center (FCIC) and National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) Full Access, 05/2019, 05/2021, Florida Criminal Information Center (FCIC) and National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) Full Access Certified
  • Georgia P.O.S.T. Communications Officer Certification, 11/2022, Present, Georgia P.O.S.T. Certification #: PBCM2022O252885 (Completed November 18, 2022 - Georgia Public Safety Training Center - Forsyth, GA)
  • NSC CPR Course, 12/2022, 12/2024, National Safety Council CPR Course Certification #: 966394 - (Completed December 20, 2022 - Chatham County Occupational Safety Training Center - Savannah, GA)
  • International Academies of Emergency Dispatch - OUTEC, EMD, EFD, EPD, ProQA, Present
  • IAED - OUTEC - Online Universal Telecommunication Essentials Course v1.0 (Completed May 10, 2023)
  • IAED - Certified Advanced Emergency Medical Dispatcher - EMD v13.0 - Certification #: 3033897 (May 17, 2023)
  • IAED - Certified Emergency Fire Dispatcher - EFD v7.0 - Certification #: 3033897 (Completed May 23, 2023)
  • IAED - Certified Emergency Police Dispatcher - EPD v7.0 - Certification #: 3033897 (May 25, 2023)
  • ProQA Training Course - 4 hours - Priority Dispatch (May 30, 2023)

Timeline

Safety/Security Communications Specialist

Seminole State College of Florida
09.2024 - Current

Emergency Communications Dispatcher

Chatham County Sheriff's Office
11.2023 - 08.2024

Communications Officer

Savannah Chatham Board of Education Police Dept.
05.2022 - 11.2023

Public Safety Telecommunicator

Winter Springs Police Department
03.2017 - 09.2021

Associate in Arts (AA) -

Florida Southwestern State College
Nicholas Koch