What a busy night! So much for a nice quiet one – this one was anything but. We made three arrests, went on two fights, and did countless other things in between. I’m worn out.
I got a little ticked at one of the newer officers tonight and talked to the LT about it. The officer went “out” with a vehicle but gave no license plate information. I got backup going right away but had the driver of that vehicle decided to shoot my officer before backup got there, I would have had no information on the vehicle the officer pulled over. Yes, backup arrived quickly but still – it is standard operating procedure for the officer to give the license plate BEFORE even approaching the vehicle. When I asked him for it, he told me to “standby” and then never gave it to me. The second officer gave me the information when he arrived – he happened to be the LT.
Sure, chances of something happening are slim but isn’t that usually when disaster strikes? When we are least expecting it? Just irritates me. The officer hadn’t even ran the plate himself yet soooo…had he been gunned down they couldn’t even have looked at the last plate he had ran. Just disturbing to me. The LT agreed and said the officer made several other mistakes too that he would address with him – one was letting the scene get out of control, something this newer officer has struggled repeatedly with since finishing the academy and training. He is new but again, isn’t that when bad things can happen? He has to be able to maintain control or he has lost the battle.
Now I have all three officers out on a suspicious person at one of the ramps. Such an eventful evening.
The city should start waking up here shortly – already the street sweepers are out sweeping the main streets clean for another day of hustle bustle. It truly is amazing, when I have time to watch, seeing the city go to sleep and then wake back up. It is two so totally different crowds too. At 3am it is the college students headed home in their skimpy outfits, walking none to steady. At 5am it is the business crowd in their suits, walking briskly and with a purpose totally lacking in the younger groups.
The rain seems to have retired though forecasts reveal it will be making a comeback all day today. So much for it being too rainy for people to get into trouble.
I must say once again, it sure would be fantastic to be so rich I wouldn’t have to go to work each day.
It is amazing when the officers forget that dispatch is their life line and they best keep you posted at all times! Lucky for your new officer that he isn’t in Las Vegas. I’d hate to think what the dispatchers would do to him … LOL!
Glad you are in your own place and you are back online.
My husband just came in and said they had a sign in their dispatch center, it said, “You may know where you are and God may know where you are, but if you have not told your dispatcher, you had better be close to God!”