Re: 911:: Faith in humanity... what's that???

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Oh, amen , ya just want to have them all come in so you can say " Here's

your sign " !!!

Lyn

magik@...

911:: Faith in humanity... what's that???

> Anyway, how did the rest of the populace manage to freakin' survive to

their adulthood?

> Sometimes it just makes it hard to be sympathetic, ya know?

>

> Happy to be here, proud to serve.

>

[Guest guest]

--- Olmstead wrote:

> One of the other dispatchers suggested asking the

> victim for the piece of gum for evidence; maybe we

> could run a DNA test or sumpin'. Can't have roving

> Gum Tossers escaping due process!

>

Knowing people like this, they were probably

worried they may have been exposed to HIV through the

saliva on the gum. . .<groan>

cshs

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The always articulate Olmstead wondered aloud:

>

>Anyway, how did the rest of the populace manage to freakin' survive to

their adulthood?

We wonder about that ALL the time!!!!!!!

>

>There's a mountain Search and Rescue effort in progress right now (in Santa

Cruz county, one of " our " four counties), and I mentioned to her that we

usually get some complaint from residents in a particular community when

helicopters are working in that vicinity. She was amazed. Then she got a

call from a panicked-sounding woman that wanted to know why there were " all

these helicopters " overhead. She explained that it was a rescue and the

woman sounded disappointed. " Oh, they're not looking for an escapee, then? "

Nooooo.... (The location is nowhere near any institution or even a county

jail facility.)

>

>That same dispatcher was flabbergasted when, not more than 10 minutes

later, one of her partners took a call from a woman complaining about the

noise from the low-flying helicopters! THIS caller said it had been going

on for nearly an hour now, and it was just too much; it was disturbing her

AND her pets! Just how much longer would they have to endure the noise?

" Ma'am, once they RESCUE the injured hiker, the helicopters will stop

searching for him and go away..... " Well, humph! It was just taking too

long, as far as she was concerned.

>

>We've been trying to guess how long is " acceptable " to continue rescue

attempts for an injured party whose location is known. 45 minutes? 90

minutes? After all, we don't want to unduly disturb the residents in the

vicinity. What criteria should we use, d'ya think?

I once had a woman complain about a traffic backup on the Interstate caused

by construction. (Chattanooga is an ancient Native American word meaning

" roads under construction " ) She asked how long traffic would be backed up.

I told her I had no way of determining that, at which point she informed me

that she wanted me to send an officer up there. I told her A) the officer

can't get through any more than you can and even if he could, what would

he do? She told me, rather frostily I might add, that he was to go up

there and tell those construction people to hurry things along!!!!! I told

her that they were under the state's jurisdiction, not ours, and we had no

authority to do that.

A man once called, complaining about a highway that was shut down due to a

fatality investigation. He was the umpteenth caller about this same

incident, and the dispatcher finally snapped and said " if you want to drive

through and maybe run over a stray arm or something, be my guest! " To which

he replied in a shocked tone of voice, " Is it that bad a wreck? " Her

response was " What part of the word 'fatality' do you not understand? "

>

>And last night, we had a gentleman demanding that we take a report for an

incident that severely affected him and his family: as he was traveling down

the road, someone threw bubblegum INTO his car. He had a description of

the " suspect " vehicle, including the license plate, and he wanted them

arrested. He was very clear about that: arrested. (Well, it just happens

there is CA vehicle code section for " throwing objects at a moving vehicle, "

so we do have a classifiable incident.) <rolling eyes> The man's wife and

small son were with him in the car at the time; he was reporting this due to

the danger posed to them.

>

>Horrors. Bubblegum! I shudder at the very thought of such a heinous

criminal act! That gum could possibly have even stuck to his kid's forehead

or something, emotionally scarring him for life! (The caller didn't claim

this, but that was the consensus in the Comm Center.) We gave the officer

this call by telephone, for obvious reasons. <grin> The officer called the

reporting party, and actually informed the " victim " that he was going to

send a letter to the registered owner of the " suspect " vehicle, regarding

the incident. (We call these miscellaneous " traffic incident " letter, where

the department notifies registered owners of vehicles observed speeding or

whatever by third parties, just as a " hey, watch out, folks, had WE seen ya

being a goober, ourselves, we'd have cited you for it " kind of notice. (So

to speak.)

>

>The wife of the original caller subsequently called to complain about this

" worthless officer " and was given the name of the " manager " (it was

explained that a Captain was the Commander of the Area in which the officer

worked), plus the mailing address, because she was going to write a letter

of complaint regarding the wholly inadequate response to their .. .. ...

incident.

What always gets me is that these are the same people with the " boys will be

boys " attitude when their children do something serious and get in trouble.

" DUI? You don't REALLY need to arrest him for that, do you? I mean, he

didn't mean any harm, he just had a little too much to drink. He's real

sorry he caused that wreck, but they'll recover... " (oozing sarcasm, here,

folks)

>

>One of the other dispatchers suggested asking the victim for the piece of

gum for evidence; maybe we could run a DNA test or sumpin'. Can't have

roving Gum Tossers escaping due process!

I wouldn't suggest mentioning that, even jokingly!!!! They might take you

up on it!

>

Kim

Chattanooga TN PD

[Guest guest]

Same ol - Same ol

Have a guy jogging when he startles a deer who jumps up and bumps into him,

before fleeing. The guy calls 911 and wants an ambulance cause he could get

Lyme disease. Maybe I should have said the deer was fleaing.

Rich

1010WC

P F wrote:

> --- Olmstead wrote:

>

> > One of the other dispatchers suggested asking the

> > victim for the piece of gum for evidence; maybe we

> > could run a DNA test or sumpin'. Can't have roving

> > Gum Tossers escaping due process!

> >

>

> Knowing people like this, they were probably

> worried they may have been exposed to HIV through the

> saliva on the gum. . .<groan>

>

> cshs

>

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Oh the deer calls....Got one the other day. Seems there is this group of about

3-4 deer over near the interstate. Caller says, " They are trying to get over the

fence, and there is going to be an accident out here. " Click. I sit for a

moment..hmm wonder if there are any hunting officers on duty tonight? Then the

phone rings again. One of our detectives is calling...to tell me about the deer

that have some citizens " in fear of injury " . OK...so, perhaps you can tell me

what the officer is going to do? Nope. So, I send the officer...animal call,

deer standing in area of the interstate

people in fear of injury. Officer with very resigned voice, checks en route. As

the officer approaches the area, the detective comes over the radio, and informs

us all that the deer have now " left the area " and everything is OK.

Sigh..I am surprised Mother Nature didn't get a ticket for allowing animals to

roam free

Freida

RJon wrote:

Same ol - Same ol Have a guy jogging when he startles a deer who jumps up and

bumps into him,

before fleeing. The guy calls 911 and wants an ambulance cause he could get

Lyme disease. Maybe I should have said the deer was fleaing.

Rich

1010WC

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In a message dated 7/21/00 12:32:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

magik@... writes:

<< Oh, amen , ya just want to have them all come in so you can say

" Here's

your sign " !!! >>

I think some people are way past a sign. Maybe if you get so many signs you

should be forced to have " stupid " permantely printed on forehead.

Tammy

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> magik@... writes:

>

> << Oh, amen , ya just want to have them all

> come in so you can say

> " Here's

> your sign " !!! >>

remember when the comedy routine came out with 'here's

your sign' and the video was a super hit?

well, one of our officers looks just like jeff

Foxworthy, and the entire shift had had it idiotic

drivers (REAL BAD week), so the come up with a

P-L-A-N. so the scheming shift goes to trusty computer

and makes up 'signs', and off they go back to

patrolling...

now we all know that the 'sign' wasn't fowxorthy's

routine....well, they stop people (legitimate pc) and

when they had a REALLY stupid excuse, they'd offer

them a ticket or a 'sign', served by....foxworthy

clone....

the REALLy funny part is a)they got away with this and

b)people actually took the signs !!!!

you never can tell.........maybe it's just a 'redneck'

thing......

shauna in la

(officers shall of course remain TOTALLY nameless....)

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