911:: I want your opinion(s)

[Guest guest]

I find it almost humorous that this topic has come up this week. Two of my

worst days as a dispatcher came this past Tuesday and Wednesday over the

exact same thing. We have one officer who if I could have, I would have

reached through the radio waves and killed those nights. He was simply

refusing to go on calls. And when we sent him on a call, it was like

playing " 20 Questions. " I sent him on a suspicious vehicle call at an

abandoned house, ok? I give him the location and nature of the call, and

tell him that my caller advised this was an on-going problem. His question

to me was, " What kind of activity are they doing Randolph? "

Well.....duh.........if I knew what they were doing, I wouldn't be asking

you to go check it out. Then he started with the old famous trick of when I

asked his location, he would give me an extreme location out on our county

border so it would make him farthest away from a call. He got caught too by

another one of the officers; and he was not where he said he was.

We are a small department, with only two or three county officers on at

a time. We don't have a huge call volume as you can imagine. As

dispatchers, we don't have the choice of saying " no " or asking " 20

questions " when we answer the phone. We are paid to do our job, and

speaking for our department, I don't have the option of " refusing " a call.

I wanted to tell that officer, " pardon me for making you get off your lazy

butt to take a call!!! " Unfortunately not every call is a " glory " call or

one that you will receive a lot of publicity over. That's just part of the

job though and they knew that when they applied.

So in all this venting.......in more or less terms.......you're not

alone!

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Cain

9-1-1 Dispatcher

Randolph County Communications

155 East South Street

Winchester, Indiana 47394

mcain@...

[Guest guest]

NO,NO,NO,NO,NO! In my town, a citizen request an officer he got one.

Officers had no choice in the matter. If they were dispatched they went,

or the next voice you heard was the shift commanders. Besides, who took

care of the Deer? Did the driver have any injuries. I have known drivers

to pass out cold 15-20 mins after the accident from head injuries not

reported to dispatch. I think you have every right to be upset about the

officer not going.

Vern

Retired

Served Proudly

Amy B Kosinsky wrote:

>

> In our town, if someone wants to see an officer then

> they get one. Whether they're happy about the call or

> not, our officers do not refuse to go on calls that

> they are given.

>

> Amy Kosinsky

> amykosinsky@...

>

> --- stewart@... wrote:

> >

> > Message: Hi again fellow Communications Officers,

> > Here is a fresh subject for us to kick around...

> > Last night a man hit a deer, did considerable damage

> > to his rental car. He called the Police to report

> > the accident. I gave the call to an Officer and made

> > it clear that the vehicle was a rented car, the

> > Officer refused to go and told me to tell the man to

> > get a " blue form " , fill it out and send it in.

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> >> Am I justified in being frustrated by this

> > episode? Your opinions matter to me, as I hold you

> > all in very high regard as my colleagues.

> > Very Respectfully,

> > Steve W

> >

> > Proud To Serve

> >

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