CHUBBUCK â After first considering a career as a police officer, a Pocatello woman ultimately decided that serving as a police dispatcher was her preferred career path and she recently marked five years on the job. Kodi Jones said she did ride-alongs with officers when she was younger and talked with them about being a police officer. âI just told my mom that one day Iâm going to be a cop,â she said. × Story continues below video But after looking into it further, she decided that working as a dispatcher was more up her alley than serving as a street officer.