Manic Monday

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Today was the worst Monday I have had in a long time. I am so upset, I

need to vent.

Earlier, my partner and I had a small " spat " over whether I told her

about a funeral

escort or not and the officer was late and the funeral director upset.

Then we

get a reckless driver call this afternoon on 9-1-1 on " Chaparral " . I

don't even think

or click, and dispatch our county guy to a subdivision out in the county.

A few minutes later another deputy on duty screams over the air that he

has been in an

accident and I get his location, start EMS, put Air Life on stand by( by

on scene directions)

They are not available and we put Critical Care on stand by with an ETA

of 30-35.

The officer is transported by grnd to San because they can get

there faster than

air ambulance, this time. As it turns out, he is helping one deputy look

for the driver and

avoids a deer, hits a tree, sets off the air bag (thank God for that

invention), and gets

the wind knocked out of him pretty good, and is ok. He and the vehicle

are ok.

Why am I so upset? The damn call was actually in the city, not the

county. I didn't even

think about it being in the city. I am so sick about that. The screen

even said the

city name and all, but they are on the same side of the county and have

the same phone

prefixes and the locations aren't accurate or complete yet. We are

fairly new on our

9-1-1 system. Anyway, new excuses, I didn't check and I am horrified and

mortified

about how this could have ended up because I wanted to get a non

emergency caller

off 9-1-1. I haven't messed up this bad, since being brand new, in a

long time. I am

just thankful it wasn't worse, yet sick about this. I am still trying to

pick up my heart

from him screaming on the radio like that. Geez, what a messed up

Monday.

Thanks for listening.

Dana

This is not the opinion of my Department, just my own, which probably

stinks most

of the time anyway. Doin' my duty with pride. =^!'!^=

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