State-by-State Required Dispatcher Training We're gathering new and updated information from every state on their required training for public safety dispatchers If your state has training requirements any type of initial or annual training, help us out by completing this survey. E-mail us: the name of your state, the number of hours of initial and on-going training. If your state has no requirement, send us zero for that category. Include any explanatory comments. Here is the information that we've collected so far. See the footnotes at the bottom of the list. |
|
State |
Initial |
On-Going |
| Alabama |
0 |
0 |
| Alaska |
0 |
0 |
| Arkansas |
0 |
0 |
| Arizona |
80 |
2 |
| California |
120 |
24 |
| Colorado |
0 (1) |
0 |
| Connecticut |
80 |
0 |
| District of Columbia |
360 |
40 |
| Florida |
208 (6) |
0 |
| Georgia |
64 |
0 |
| Idaho |
0 |
0 |
| Illinois |
0 |
0 |
| Indiana |
0 |
0 |
| Iowa |
40 |
8 |
| Kansas |
0 |
0 |
| Kentucky |
160 |
16 |
| Louisiana |
320 |
0 |
| Maine |
56 |
0 |
| Maryland |
40 |
24 |
| Massachusetts |
32 |
8 |
| Michigan |
0 |
0 (2) |
| Minnesota |
40 |
160 |
| Mississippi |
40 |
16+ |
| Missouri |
16/40 |
16 |
| Montana | 40 | 24 |
| Nebraska |
0 (5) |
0 |
| Nevada |
480 |
16 |
| New Hampshire |
0 |
0 |
| New Jersey |
90 |
90 |
| New Mexico |
120 |
0 |
| New York |
40 |
0 |
| North Carolina |
0 (3) |
0 |
| Ohio |
40 |
0 |
| Oklahoma |
0 |
0 |
| Oregon |
80 |
12-16 |
| Pennsylvania |
104 |
24+ |
| South Carolina |
80 |
0 |
| South Dakota |
80 |
0 |
| Tennessee |
80 |
0 |
| Texas |
40 |
10 |
| Utah |
24 |
12 |
| Vermont |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia |
280 |
0 |
| Washington | 80 | 0 |
| West Virginia |
40 |
0 |
| Washington |
360 |
30 |
| Wisconsin |
0 |
0 |
| Wyoming |
58 |
20 |
Footnotes
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