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Gerald W. Boyd is the Communications Director for Baker County’s Consolidated 9-1-1 Dispatch
Center. Jerry Boyd is also concurrently the Deputy Chief of the Baker County
Fire Authority and the Deputy Director of the Baker County Office of Homeland Security.
Jerry recently managed the complete remodeling and expansion of their 9-1-1 PSAP.
Gerald W. Boyd has been the Chief of Fire Company 50, Shasta County, CA Fire Department (1999-2003),
the Chief of Police of the Martinez Police Department (California) (1991-1996) and the Chief of Police of Coronado Police
Department (California) (1981-1991). Jerry Boyd’s law enforcement career
also includes working at the Irvine Police Department (California) as a police lieutenant and SWAT commander and with the
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as both a deputy sheriff and sergeant.
Jerry Boyd has designed, fabricated and staffed Mobile Incident Command Units for over 25 years. He
is well versed in Tactical and Special Operations deployments. Considered an expert in the field of PSAP Management and Supervision,
Jerry holds Basic through Management POST Certificates and is a popular Police and Fire Academy Instructor. He has written five books, including three on emergency communications subjects and over three dozen articles
in professional journals. Among his books, he is the author of The Will to Live--Five Steps to Officer Survival and the co-author
of Incident Dispatcher: A Guide for the Professional
Tactical and Incident Dispatcher.
According to the book description of Incident Dispatcher: A Guide for the Professional Tactical and Incident Dispatcher, “After years of
articles, web sites, and presentations, this is the first book to examine the concept of Incident Dispatch. The authors’
purpose is to provide basic, essential guidelines for establishing an Incident Dispatch program, how to function as an incident
dispatcher, and how to manage an incident dispatch team in your agency or region. It is written from more than a decade of
personal experience in IDT operations, management, and training, validated by the ongoing use of hundreds of incident dispatchers
and their supporting public safety and communications agencies nationwide.”
According to one reader of Incident
Dispatcher: A Guide for the Professional Tactical and Incident Dispatcher, “I just wanted to take a moment
and say thank you and to give props to the fine folks involved in putting the Incident Dispatcher Guide Book together for
all of us. For those of you who are not aware some very knowledgeable folks have put this guide together
for the Professional Tactical and Incident Dispatcher. This book is dedicated to all professional Public Safety Dispatchers,
in particular, to those who have dedicated themselves to developing the Incident Dispatcher Program and who have devoted the
effort it takes to become the "best of the best". Quickly this book covers, What Tactical Dispatching is and its
history and the use. Selling the idea, training and criteria and duties and responsibilities. Equipment uses and maintenance,
work environment, dealing with the media, and includes needed forms. I would highly suggest that anyone involved with IDT
or Tactical Dispatching get a copy of this book. It only 15 bucks, and can be found on First Contact 911's website or
here on [...]. Get it today, and don't be left in the dark.”
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According to one reader of
Incident Dispatcher: A Guide for the Professional Tactical and Incident Dispatcher, “Good work by two
pros who have done the job and supported the dispatching personnel with equipment and training. Public safety communications
all started with whistles, red and blue lights on PS buildings and batons tapping on the roadways to alert the police and
fire of a problem. It progressed to radios, telephones and of course, sophisticated computers and digital processing. Regardless
of the incident, the key person is still the dispatcher who takes the emergency call and gets the crews rolling - kind of
a pivotal point in the whole response. Along the way, s/he has to stay alert and keep the field officers updated and notify
other appropriate agencies. This is a good guide for training and a checklist to cover all the bases when the earth is shaking
or the fires are raging. Being a retired cop, I liked it and would recommend it for straightforward training and updating
for both communications and field personnel.”
About
the Martinez Police Department
The
Martinez Police Department (California) is organized into three primary entities: Administrative Services, Field Services/Patrol
Division, and the investigations bureau. The Administrative Division is the support services unit of the Martinez Police Department.
It is comprised of Dispatch, Investigations and Records. It also includes the School Resource Officer and Community Service
Officer.
In
the Field Services/Patrol Division, police officers work a 3/12 shift plan in a variety of patrol assignments. These assignments
include K-9, traffic motorcycles, bicycle patrol, foot patrol and off-road motorcycles. Martinez police cars are equipped
with two-way radios and mobile data computers which are linked to the Department’s Computer Aided Dispatch System. These
state of the art communications systems allow officers to receive and respond to calls for service in a timely manner thereby
enhancing public safety. The Patrol Division consists of one Commander, four Sergeants (watch commanders), four Corporals
and 16 Officers.
The Martinez
Police Department maintains a full service investigative bureau. This bureau is part of the Administration Division of the
Martinez Police Department. Specific detectives are assigned certain crimes for which they are trained to investigate. Such
as: Persons Crimes; Property Crimes; Juvenile Investigations; Narcotics; Computer Crimes / Identity Theft; Financial Crimes;
and, Evidence / Property
Source:
cityofmartinez.org
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