Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 I think you will find in some of the smaller county sheriff dept's, that the number of officers vs. the number of calls makes for the call taker/dispatcher to decide if an officer needs to be dispatched. I have worked where if it was a pay phone 911 hang-up, we did not send and officer. If a residence called 911 and hung up, we would attempt to contact, but we would use our discretion as to whether to send an officer based on tone of voice, noises in the background, etc. When you have 4 officers handling 110,000 people, you have to use your best intuition as to what to do. I have had calls where a subject was shot and killed in the front yard, and then the shooter kept shooting into the residence for 20 minutes. The officers were nose to tail doing 132 mph up the interstate, but it was on the fringe, and it just takes long response times to get to calls. I currently work for a department that the longest is usually 5-7 minutes getting on scene. It is so much nicer, and we can also dispatch an officer to all hang-ups. Larew NC911@... Photos by NC911 http://members1.photoclub.com/john63268 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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