Communications Specialists receive five weeks of classroom training followed by 8 weeks of intensive on-the-job training in various aspects of law enforcement telecommunications. They receive extensive detailed and technical training in law enforcement computer services, including:

• ALERT
• Criminal History
• EPIC
• NCIC 2000
• NCIC
• NLETS

Training is provided for operating a complex multi-channel repeater radio system that consists of multiple base and mobile stations, and receives and transmits information on frequencies along trunk line and conventional radio system.