Civilian Employees

Dispatchers

The Department no longer employs civilian personnel to perform dispatch duties. Harvard 911 is now dispatched through the city of McHenry. Dispatchers there answer the telephones and screen these calls. They either direct the calls to another agency, resolve the callers' problem or dispatch a police officer to the call. It sounds pretty easy but it is actually very complicated. They go from a very boring atmosphere to an overly excited climate, all the time having to remain calm and focused on their responsibilities. The Harvard Dispatch Center was active from June 1, 1960 until December 27, 2016

Records Clerk

Our Records Clerk maintains records and processes records requests as well as keeps an open channel between the police department, attorneys and courts.

Community Service Officers

Community Service Officers, formally known as Police assistants are civilian personnel who do much the same work of a police officer. They take reports, write city ordinance tickets and direct traffic among other things. However, they do not carry weapons and are not sworn officers. The reports they take are for situations that do not require a armed officer.

Crossing Guards

Crossing guards are part-time civilian personnel that assist children across the street going to and from the school. The city maintains the crossing at Division and Harrison Street during the following hours: 7:30am-8:30am, 2:30pm-4:00pm.