Entry-level applicants must take the POST Public Safety Dispatcher Entry-level Test Battery. They will be notified if UCSF Police Department has an exam scheduled. If no exam is scheduled, applicants may take the exam at another agency and forward the test scores to UCSF Police Department. A passing score is 42.
Newly hired, entry-level dispatchers will be sent to take the POST Public Safety Dispatchers’ Basic Course.
Candidates who are not passed at any point in the recruitment process will be notified in writing and may reapply to an open position after six months.