Guest guest Posted April 11, 2000 Report Share Posted April 11, 2000 Message: 5 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:46:44 -0500 Subject: Re: 911 Pet Peeves My biggest peeve is when officers dispatch themselves to calls. Now don't get me wrong, if there is an in progress incident where my beat cars are not available I welcome the offer. But when I need guys no one will step up and volunteer to go out of their beat or a guy will say " 10-4 from " ....(usually the farthest point away)Timbuktu. If I had someone closer I would use them! Just once I would like to say " 10-4 from the radioroom! " Barb -Lee Oak Lawn Central Dispatch,IL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- We have one sergeant that not only insists on re-dispatching everything you have just dispatched, he does it for precincts other than his own. When there is a pursuit in the West or Canaveral, you can bet he's going to be jumping all over that radio trying to take over even though it's not in his precinct yet. One night I had a Canaveral guy in pursuit, logically his sergeant would be the one to be in charge, but all that sergeant could do was show up at the end. The one who likes to re-dispatch everything wouldn't shut up long enough for the Canaveral sergeant to get a word in. Then on top of it the West sergeant thinks it's her duty to take over from the re-dispatcher. She actually told the Canaveral guy to break off the pursuit AFTER they had punctured all four of the suspect's tires with the stop sticks. I came about THIS CLOSE to keying in and saying, " OK, which one of you just got promoted to countywide major and didn't tell anyone? " I once said to the re-dispatching sergeant (who kind of looks like Boy Walton) on the phone, " If you think you can do my job better than I can, come on up, my seat is still warm. " That fixed him for a little while. But every once in a while he will call me up just to ask me if the seat has gotten cold yet. Michele Hriciso Brevard County Sheriff's Office, FL Homepage: www.thecluster.com E-mail: E911Tigger@... ICQ #28949458 AOL, MSN or Yahoo IM - E911Tigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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