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.