COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER APPOINTED
June 1, 2007 - The City of Port Angeles is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Romberg as the new Communications Manager for Pen Com.

Romberg was born in Port Townsend and graduated from high school in Lynnwood. He moved to Port Angeles to study law enforcement at Peninsula College.

Always wanting to be a police officer, Romberg started his career as a Clallam County Reserve Deputy Sheriff in 1978 and in 1980 served as a corrections officer in the Clallam County Jail. In 1981 he transferred to dispatch and then served as a sheriff deputy until 1983.

His family moved to the Palm Springs area where he served as a security officer until 1986. Realizing that dispatch was his true passion and wanting to move closer to home, Romberg first worked as a dispatcher for Snohomish County for two years before coming back to Port Angeles.

Steve Romberg has been a dispatcher with the City of Port Angeles since 1988. He was promoted to Supervisor in 1998.

"Steve's positive attitude, commitment and easy going manner of working with employees shone above the rest of a very competitive pool of candidates," commented City Manager Mark Madsen.

Steve and his wife Kim have been married for 25 years and have two children.

Congratulations!

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Personnel

The communications center is staffed with a non-commissioned complement of seventeen full time communications positions. These positions include a warrant entry clerk, three supervisors and the manager of the division. Communications personnel are employees of the City of Port Angeles. The Communications Manager reports directly to the Chief of Police. PenCom has an Advisory Board that recommends policy to the City of Port Angeles. The Board is comprised of the department heads of each agency receiving PenCom services.

The Warrant Entry Clerk maintains the warrant/protection order databases as well as the 911 Master Street Address Guide and database. This position requires current certification to operate the Washington State law enforcement teletype system as well as attends quarterly 911 MSAG Coordinator training.

The Communications Supervisors attend various supervisory and management courses as offered through the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC), Federal Emergency Management Administration and other public and private sources of training. This position requires that the supervisors acquire first level supervisor certification through CJTC within two years of promotion and maintain membership in APCO.

The Communications Manager is also the Clallam County 911 Coordinator. This position requires certification in Middle Management through CJTC. The Communications Manager is an active member of NENA and APCO and attends meetings and conferences to maintain competency in the field.

Employment

All personnel hired for the Peninsula Communications Center are employees of the City of Port Angeles. To be hired, you must first complete an application and a series of tests including skills testing, a typing test and oral interview.

You will be ranked according to your composite score and placed on a register. This register is normally active for one year and is used to fill vacant communications positions as they occur. For more information, please check with the City of Port Angeles Human Resources Department.

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