Dispatch Training

The Oakland Police Academy provides dispatch classes that meet and exceed current emergency services protocols in a variety of categories ranging from emergency fire dispatching techniques to responding to crimes in progress. The content covered in these classes are designed to ensure that the communications professionals at your Public Safety Answering Point are able to provide an exceptional level of service to your agencies emergency responders and the citizens in your community.

For a current bulletin of upcoming dispatch training, please click here.

The Oakland Police Academy is also pleased to offer the most comprehensive 911 Dispatch Academy in the State of Michigan.  Our program introduces the necessary skills and knowledge to work in a modern public safety communications center by teaching each student the responsibilities required of today’s public safety communications professionals.

For questions regarding course layout or content please contact the Oakland Police Academy Dispatch Training Coordinator, Deborah Achtenberg, ENP.  To register for classes, please contact Brenda Dick at 248-232-4220, or fill out a registration form and fax it to 248-232-4225. Please confirm all registrations prior to attending.