Communications Officers are responsible for all base station radio
communications, central emergency phone lines, state and national
computerized criminal information systems, and all alarm system
monitoring for the Radford University Police Department. They also serve
as the departments criminal warrant records custodians. The state of the
art communications center in the Allen Building is staffed by five
full-time and one part- time Communication Officers to provide 24 hour
emergency operations to the University. Officers receive specialized
communications academy training and Virginia State Police VCIN/NCIC
training.