RE: 911:: smoking

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<< No smoking in our building. That is why God made front and back porches >>

Are your porches covered? The last remodel of our facility, there are no over

hangs at all to protect ANY employee who wishes to step outside to get out of

the building.

It's been so long since I've been able to smoke inside that it's no longer a

problem for me, which you'd think would aid in quitting but the minute I step

outside--- you got it, I light up.

Jon P - don't let your craving get the best of you - I think that if you were

to sneak a smoke inside you'd be looking for a new job. You probably could

violate any other department rule with minimal discipline but light up just

once, they'd probably show you the door!

And I agree with L - instead of being a " smoke " free work place, it

should be " tobacco " free. But since smokers aren't protected by any law that

I'm aware of, we are allowed to be discriminated against. Chewers are allowed

to get away with it because there have been no claims of problems from

" second hand chew " .

Kathy

[Guest guest]

In the center I want to work in there is no smoking allowed in the building.

I don't smoke and never have.

Tammy

[Guest guest]

>place does not end up reeking like a pit.<

No smoking in our building. That is why God made front and back porches. I

am a smoker but I don't smoke at work. After the 1st smoke in a building,

it does " reek like a pit " , and so do the people coming in from smoking

outside.

Bob

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We have administration that smoke, so they smoke in the break room. The air

intake for the a/c is in the break room, so that when someone lights one up,

we all get to share it. I smoked for 32 1/2 years, and loved every

cigarette, but after a triple bypass, I am smoke-free now for 7 yrs. I

guess I resent that those who smoke still do it in the building. I also

have a large amount of the officers who dip and then want to spit in our

trash cans. We hide the trash cans under the counters to keep them from

being used as a spittoon. I wish they would make the building tobacco free,

but as along as the higher up's smoke, etc, I guess we will all have a

cigarette break when someone lights up.

Larew

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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Is anyone on the list allowed to smoke at the console while working?? How

does everyone feel about it?

M. Goldman

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Our facility where we are located is also home to the jail and all the sheriff

offices. The sheriff and chief deputy are both heavy, heavy

smokers......therefore under their administration (the past seven years),

smoking is permitted in the building. More specifically.....smoking is allowed

in our small, no windows, poor vents, 20x20 room. I can barely stand it. With

our current turnover we've had the first of this year, there are only three

dispatchers left out of our 8 full time that smoke. So this helps.

The rules are, they are not supposed to smoke at the console. They are

supposed to go stand in the corner, but once again...when you're in a small room

with no air circulation, what difference does it make? Plus....many times, they

bring the ashtray to the console. What bothers me and irritates me the most is

when two non-smoking dispatchers are working, and then an officer, the sheriff,

or someone else comes in and lights up. That really gets me upset. I don't

want to step on any toes of our smoking list members, but I feel that is very

inconsiderate. But there again, there is not a No Smoking policy so they are in

their rights. But it makes me want to make a " No Smoking " sign to put on the

door when I am working with another non-smoker.

After I've worked an 8 shift with a smoker, I go home with a sore throat and

at times, even a cough. I really don't think it's right for me to have to put

up with that, but I'm not sure what I can do. Like I said, our sheriff is a

heavy smoker, as well as our communications director. About 3 of us non-smoking

dispatchers are just about ready to say something because it's really starting

to bother us, but we know we will be met with opposition and will not be taken

seriously.

I don't have anything against smokers and nor would I have a problem with

them going on smoke breaks every hour or so. They could easily go back in the

jail or step outside, or I would even be thankful if they would just step out of

the dispatch room and into the hallway!!

Anyone had similar problems and/or have suggestions on how we might handle

this?

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Cain

9-1-1 Dispatcher

Randolph County Communications

155 E. South Street

Winchester, Indiana 47394

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Is anyone on the list allowed to smoke at the console while working??

Not allowed in any of the Indiana State Police post...

Or for that matter... I don't think in any state facility.

From a 3 pack a day man, who finally managed to quit... I'm glad.

Weintraut

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--- luvva001@... wrote:

> something i have been thinking about posting for

> awhile, but kept forgetting,

> is this...

> Is anyone on the list allowed to smoke at the

> console while working??

Not in ANY CA State building, or state vehicle. When

I worked for another agency prior to this one (a

consolidated PSAP), county buildings went " smoke free "

several years before I left county service. At that

time, I was NOT a smoker, but smoke didn't bother me

(at the console). I didn't have much sympathy for the

smokers " jonesing " next to me, though, when they

bitched about it. You need a break, go outside and

smoke! Bitching about being unable to chain-smoke at

the console was a bit much...

I am now a smoker (didn't start until I was 40, quit a

couple of times - once even for four full months, but

.... I apparently like to smoke.) <shrugging>

The state regulation prohibits smoking in state

buildings (or vehicles) or within 15 feet of any

doorway. This lets folks go in and out without

braving clouds of second-hand smoke just to enter or

exit. We tend to cheat a little bit at our Comm

Center and I think a tape measure would most likely

provide evidence of a distance violation, as many of

the dispatchers who smoke will add one or two

extensions to their headset cords (depends on which

radio console they're working) and stretch outside

just around the corner of the building to catch smoke

breaks without requiring anyone to cover their

consoles for them. Call-takers on a smoke break leave

the back door open a crack to hear the phones ring so

they can dash back in to answer calls. (That's during

nice weather and if there isn't a prevailing breeze to

blow ANY smoke back into the Comm Center. Otherwise

they wait for an official " cover me " break, disconnect

from the console, and nobody expects any dashing back

before that cigarette is down to the filter..)

During busy periods, fewer smoke breaks are taken

(either officially or casually, connected or

disconnected) and if it's been more than two or three

hours since anybody's been able to get up to TAKE a

break - for ANY purpose - the folks needing restroom

breaks always get first dibs before any smoker goes

outside to satisfy the nicotine craving(s). Chances

are the smoker will try to take one of those " stay

connected, crack the door " kinds of quick smokes, if

it's been that busy.

They are all very considerate of their partners,

working so closely with them that their preferences

don't seem to be any kind of barrier. We have some

dispatchers who are very sensitive to smoke and the

shifts are mixed with smokers and non-smokers. It's

not like the " olden days " when the smokers belittled

non-smokers for their frailties. <wry expression,

remembering...> And the non-smokers (in the Comm

Center) regularly offer to cover for smokers so they

can take an opportunity to dash outside to practice

their filthy habits. They may not approve of the

addiction, but they don't hold it against anyone.

(Probably because the smokers ARE considerate of the

non-smokers.) We've got a really close-knit group of

dispatchers.

As a contrast to this, several officers wandering past

a smoker outside the Center have made fairly snide

comments about diminished air quality, moral weakness,

laziness, or other " witty " jabs related to the

negative aspects of smoking.

Oh, gosh, ya think we don't know about the health

hazards or social stigma? Thanks for bringing it to

our attention! We'll just have to put our cigarettes

out and never, ever smoke again.... it's a good thing

[some officer] had the presence of mind to inform us

about it! Whoo hoo, and the money we'll save now!

It IS a stinky habit, in addition to being unhealthy.

But I wonder what difference that makes to someone

who spends the majority of his/her time driving around

in a patrol unit, or sitting in a restaurant or

whatever, nowhere near the Comm Center? Some

dispatcher's smoke break bothers 'em that much?

(We're not talking about excessive breaks causing

missed radio traffic, or significant others trying to

get their sweeties to quit...)

I was REALLY surprised to read some posts indicating

that anybody IS still allowed to smoke inside the

building, and at a console, no less!

=====

Happy to be here, proud to serve.

Olmstead

http://www.gryeyes.com

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The center I worked at originally went through the transition from smoking at

the console to no smoking, and my current center originally had a smoking

lounge and then went through the transition of no smoking in the building,

and the smokers have all seem to have taken it in stride. Or at least have

grumbled quietly.

As one who's never had the desire to take a puff, and one who's equally

distainful of the smell of second hand smoke, I noticed a profound change in

working conditions after going through those transitions. Being stuck at a

console with somebody smoking next to me - even if it was just one smoke

every couple of hours - was enough to nauseate me and get me sneezing.

Nothing like having a trainer who smoked! The job is stressful enough

without the added stress of smelling somebody's smoke, for those of us who

find it unpleasant. In the dispatch environment, it's as bad or worse as

somebody reheating leftover fish or cooking up a bag of burnt popcorn in the

comm center kitchen, and that can permeate a control room faster than a bad

rumor.

Now as a supervisor, I'll accomodate our smokers with time off the board to

grab a smoke break, if staffing and traffic load allows, and I think this is

reasonable (moreso, anyhow, than establishing a one-puff and no-exhalting

till you're off duty and out of the building rule!). But I have very little

sympathy for the restriction against smoking in the building. I don't see

the restriction as a violation of anybody's rights - but rather meeting an

obligation for maintaining a healthy and sanitary workplace. Until PSAPs

come equipped with Maxwell Smart brand plexiglass, vaccuum-sealed Cones Of

Silence And Smoking (COSAS) which had rotate from the ceiling (I think PEI

may be working on a version of those, compatible with VESTA) to permit a

working dispatcher to smoke like a 5th alarm without bothering those of us

who like our air fresh and clean, I don't see any other answer.

Next week on the Console: Uncontrolled Flatulence In The Comm Center: Should

There Be A Law?

;>

-rdl

911magz/SJFire

[Guest guest]

Several years back when I worked for a well-known city, they allowed smoking at

the consoles. Mind you, this was back in '91- the anit-smoking movement was

there, but it was in its infancy. We had many smokers on the mid shift. The

smoke was so thick in there that you could barely see. I went home every

morning smelling like I had been in a bar all night. The gross part was that

the dispatchers who smoked at the console would rub their cigarettes out on the

side of the equipment. And when you washed the work area, the rag was covered

with tar.

-Ken

>>>>>>>>>

something i have been thinking about posting for awhile, but kept forgetting, is

this...

Is anyone on the list allowed to smoke at the console while working?? How does

everyone feel about it? i smoke and i would not smoke unless it was the midnight

shift, however i wish i could smoke at work. One day a few weeks ago it was so

busy i did nt have an officer in the station to cover the phones for me for

almost the entire shift and i would have welcomed the

opportunity to smoke in the dispatch center. If smoking were allowed i think

there should be a limit of maybe 1 smoke every 2 hours or something so that

the whole place does not end up reeking like a pit.

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Our center allows smoking in the squad room, where anyone can go to take

their break. Often, people sneak off into the restrooms to do it, and if

you are the next one in there, it's like walking into a pool hall. If

people want to smoke, it's okay with me, but I wish they would do it in

designated areas.

GOING TO VENT NOW.......We have programs in our department for just about

every mental and physical addiction there is, except eating disorders. Just

read an article in PEOPLE magazine that said what I've been saying for

years....Fat bashing is the last acceptable prejudice. After all, you can

actually live without nicotine, alcohol, or drugs, but try to live without

food....it ain't gonna work. When I ordered new uniforms the last time, the

salesman asked me if I was pregnant. I told him, " NO, I'm just fat! I

haven't got a problem with it, do you? " DONE VENTING! Thanks for

listening,

Lyn

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Re: 911:: smoking

[Guest guest]

,

Our entire 911 building, the entire Police Services Center, and the jail are

all smoke-free facilities, all by local ordinance. My suggestion would be

to talk to the City Council or County Commission, whatever the governing

body is, and see how receptive they are to an ordinance banning smoking in

city or county buildings. That takes it out of the Sheriff's hands. I

don't know if you know any of them personally or not, but if you did and

went to them quietly, explained what a tough position you are in, maybe they

could pass the ordinance and leave you out of it. If you do that, be sure

to mention the liability issues if smoking-related health problems occur as

a result of the second-hand smoke you are exposed to on the job! Liability

can bring about change sometimes when nothing else works....

> Re: 911:: smoking

>

>Our facility where we are located is also home to the jail and all the

>sheriff offices. The sheriff and chief deputy are both heavy, heavy

>smokers......therefore under their administration (the past seven years),

>smoking is permitted in the building. More specifically.....smoking is

>allowed in our small, no windows, poor vents, 20x20 room. I can barely

>stand it. With our current turnover we've had the first of this year,

there

>are only three dispatchers left out of our 8 full time that smoke. So this

>helps.

> The rules are, they are not supposed to smoke at the console. They are

>supposed to go stand in the corner, but once again...when you're in a small

>room with no air circulation, what difference does it make? Plus....many

>times, they bring the ashtray to the console. What bothers me and

irritates

>me the most is when two non-smoking dispatchers are working, and then an

>officer, the sheriff, or someone else comes in and lights up. That really

>gets me upset. I don't want to step on any toes of our smoking list

>members, but I feel that is very inconsiderate. But there again, there is

>not a No Smoking policy so they are in their rights. But it makes me want

>to make a " No Smoking " sign to put on the door when I am working with

>another non-smoker.

> After I've worked an 8 shift with a smoker, I go home with a sore

throat

>and at times, even a cough. I really don't think it's right for me to have

>to put up with that, but I'm not sure what I can do. Like I said, our

>sheriff is a heavy smoker, as well as our communications director. About 3

>of us non-smoking dispatchers are just about ready to say something because

>it's really starting to bother us, but we know we will be met with

>opposition and will not be taken seriously.

> I don't have anything against smokers and nor would I have a problem

>with them going on smoke breaks every hour or so. They could easily go

back

>in the jail or step outside, or I would even be thankful if they would just

>step out of the dispatch room and into the hallway!!

> Anyone had similar problems and/or have suggestions on how we might

>handle this?

>

[Guest guest]

YES!!! There should be, as well as a law against stinky perfume!! (or at least

a rule that you put a small dab behind your ear, don't bathe in it!)

Kathy

Next week on the Console: Uncontrolled Flatulence In The Comm Center: Should

There Be A Law?

;>

-rdl

911magz/SJFire

[Guest guest]

Our dispatchers are not allowed to smoke inside. I tend to be very tolerant, but

I have to say I am glad. I would have a difficult time working the hours we put

in in a place that reeked of smoke. This is not to mention that a lot of times,

heavy smoke tends to set off all my allegies. It is bad enough with dust

everywhere....add in smoke, and I think I would be the one calling for medical

assistance. I know that it doesn't seem fair to not allow smokers to smoke..but

if most communications rooms are like ours, you don't have a way to quickly

clear

the air and being stuck in a room for 8,10,12 or more hours breathing recycled

smoke....is just not appealing.

Freida

luvva001@... wrote:

> something i have been thinking about posting for awhile, but kept forgetting,

> is this...

> Is anyone on the list allowed to smoke at the console while working?? How

> does everyone feel about it? i smoke and i would not smoke unless it was the

> midnight shift, however i wish i could smoke at work. One day a few weeks ago

> it was so busy i did nt have an officer in the station to cover the phones

> for me for almost the entire shift and i would have welcomed the opportunity

> to smoke in the dispatch center. If smoking were allowed i think there should

> be a limit of maybe 1 smoke every 2 hours or something so that the whole

> place does not end up reeking like a pit.

>

> M. Goldman

> Pelham Police Dept.

>

>

[Guest guest]

OHHHhhhhh yes!! Our problem in this area isn't from the dispatchers.....but the

officers!! I came in the station door yesterday, and one of the

detectives was sitting in briefing....could tell he was in the building as soon

as I opened the security doors to the station!!

Freida

dsptchmom@... wrote:

> YES!!! There should be, as well as a law against stinky perfume!! (or at

least a rule that you put a small dab behind your ear, don't bathe in it!)

> Kathy

>

[Guest guest]

, I was a smoker for too many years to recall.I know exactly what

you mean when you say you can use a smoke. However,I think most will agree

with me when I say quit. In addition,I believe most of the control of

smoking rules have been taken over by federal,state and local regs. And

hardly any workplaces now a days permit smoking.

rick d'atrio

delray beach,fl

>Is anyone on the list allowed to smoke at the console while working?? How

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WELL WE DISPATCHE EMS ONLY, WE RUN 2 DISPATCHERS FROM 8AM TO MIDNITE MONDAY

THRU FRIDAY, AND ONE DISPATCHER FROM MIDNITE TO 8AM THRU THE WEEK AND FROM

MIDNITE ON FRIDAY NITE UNIL 8AM ON MONDAY. AS FOR SMOKING, IF U ARE ALONE

AND WANNA SMOKE, MORE POWER TO YA, IF YOU ARE WITH SOMEONE AND THEY DONT

WANT U TO SMOKE, WELL THEN ITS OUTSIDE YOU GO. AS FORR BREAKS, IF WE ARE

WITH SOMEONE ONE OF US CAN LEAVE AND GO GET FOOD, WE ALSO HAVE A FULL SIZE

STOCKED KITCHEN THAT WE CAN USE RIGHT OFF OUR COM CENTER...

SO I THINK WE HAVE IT GOOD HERE. WONT GO HUNGRY

JIM

>

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>To: 911consoleegroups

>Subject: Re: 911:: smoking

>Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:52:26 -0700

>

>Our City Buildings went smoke free. How ever those persons who worked in

>a private office were allowed to smoke.(enter at your own risk) Now

>being a smoker and working Mids 1200-0800, ALONE, I asked if I could

>smoke on my shift. Nope, wouldn't allow it. The room was air conditioned

>and had a huge electronic air cleaner as well. Still no smoking in the

>room. Oh well guess one can never figger the brass in charge. I was

>going to complain that perfume made my eyes water, but what the Hay. Why

>stir the pot to much. There was a small outside patio where it was ok to

>smoke. I did put up a sign stating " Smoking Area, If You Dont Smoke You

>Will Be Asked To Leave " . Caught some heat from that, never understood

>why, it was a smoking area.{:-}

>Vern

>Retired

>Served Proudly

>

> Janusauskas wrote:

> >

> > Kathy's post reminded me of one other point:

> >

> > In the places where people have the sense to keep the smokers from

> > poisoning

> > the innocent in the building, you will find the smokers demanding a

> > sheltered area outside to be provided. I don't think it's

> > unreasonable to

> > expect the smokers to go anywhere of their choosing on their lunch

> > break

> > (their own time) and smoke off the employer's property.

> >

> > The idea of asking, or even requireing employers to assist employees

> > in any

> > form of self-destructive behavior just doesn't add up to me.

> >

> > -Matt

> >

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Our City Buildings went smoke free. How ever those persons who worked in

a private office were allowed to smoke.(enter at your own risk) Now

being a smoker and working Mids 1200-0800, ALONE, I asked if I could

smoke on my shift. Nope, wouldn't allow it. The room was air conditioned

and had a huge electronic air cleaner as well. Still no smoking in the

room. Oh well guess one can never figger the brass in charge. I was

going to complain that perfume made my eyes water, but what the Hay. Why

stir the pot to much. There was a small outside patio where it was ok to

smoke. I did put up a sign stating " Smoking Area, If You Dont Smoke You

Will Be Asked To Leave " . Caught some heat from that, never understood

why, it was a smoking area.{:-}

Vern

Retired

Served Proudly

Janusauskas wrote:

>

> Kathy's post reminded me of one other point:

>

> In the places where people have the sense to keep the smokers from

> poisoning

> the innocent in the building, you will find the smokers demanding a

> sheltered area outside to be provided. I don't think it's

> unreasonable to

> expect the smokers to go anywhere of their choosing on their lunch

> break

> (their own time) and smoke off the employer's property.

>

> The idea of asking, or even requireing employers to assist employees

> in any

> form of self-destructive behavior just doesn't add up to me.

>

> -Matt

>

[Guest guest]

I also have a large amount of the officers who dip and then want to spit in

our

trash cans. We hide the trash cans under the counters to keep them from

being used as a spittoon. > Larew

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We have the same problem here, even though we have a tobacco free building

and tobacco free in any county property including cruisers. They still chew

tobacco in the building though and spit in the trash cans. I got quite a

chuckle out of a recent note left by a Lt on the bulletin board. Posted

along with it was a copy of the tobacco policy, asking people not to spit in

the trash cans because nobody wants to clean it up or smell it...he went

further to say you have several options swallow it before you come in the

building (yucky)!! or spit in your shirt pocket (yucky)!! further tobacco

use is not allowed in the building and if you continue to chew tobacco a

surgeon will cut off most of your lip so you won't be able to spit at all.

(I got a good laugh out of that note).Even though I am a smoker I would not

want to smoke in the building. I don't want to offend others that choose

not to smoke and it is not so great for the computers, I've seen rooms where

they are allowed to smoke and many careless people let their ashes fall in

the keyboards etc....Even though it sucks to stand in 20 degree weather to

smoke it is my choice...unlike the people that would have to put up with the

2nd hand smoke etc if I was allowed to smoke in the building.

Sara Winfield

[Guest guest]

> Next week on the Console: Uncontrolled Flatulence In The Comm Center:

Should

> There Be A Law?

> ;>

> -rdl

> 911magz/SJFire

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Only for deputies that just had Taco Bell, I can only stand it if it's

another dispatcher then it is OK. As long as I can febreeze their butt from

time to time.

Sara

[Guest guest]

At 04:53 AM 06/18/2000 -0400, you wrote:

>Hey Matt,

>

>Hang on a second what if the employee's want to go outside for a breath of

>fresh air. If it is snowing or raining don't they have a right to expect

>some shelter??? Or " Smoke off the employer's property " Matt I don't

>suppose you have your own agenda here do ya??? Look I am a smoke I do NOT

>smoke in the building it's not allowed and I would not even if it was,

>because there are other people who do not smoke. I DO think it would be

>unreasonable to tell employee's that they have to leave the property!! I

>guess everyone has their own opinion and you know what they say about that

>

>

>doug

Along the lines of this topic, some might find it interesting that the

local Sheriff's Office (but not one of my employers) came out with a new

policy near the end of last year that no employee can smoke while in

uniform at all. All dispatchers, CO's, deputies, etc. wear a uniform, so

this pretty much makes smoking impossible while on duty (if you get caught,

that is).

I don't smoke, and must say I'm glad no one can smoke in our building. I

don't know if I agree with the Sheriff's Office's policy or not, because I

can kind of see both sides of it.

Just thought I'd throw that out there for you smokers to ponder....

Guthrie

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Our county went to a non smoking policy several years ago. No smoking is

allowed inside any county building or inside any county vehicle. I as a

Dispatcher locked, by myself, in a small room for 8 hours at a time

rebelled. But I adhered to the policy of no smoking in the building. The

only choice we had on evenings or midnight's was to have a jail officer come

relieve us. But if they even even came down we were lucky. Answering the

phone was a plus and they were totally scared of learning to talk on the

radio. when we could get them to come down we had to stay within earshot of

the comm room so we could run back if someone called on the radio or 911

rang. I did the checking with wage and hour and Fair Labor Standards Act

people but found out, other than making sure we were paid for each hour we

worked and overtime over 80 hours in two weeks, everything else was a

benefit at the discretion of the employer. Breaks, lunch hours, covered

smoking areas, health insurance, good retirement plans, wage increases, etc.

are all just benefits at the discretion of the employer. It is much nicer

now, the administration has fought long and hard and we are finally getting

to where there are two people per shift. We do the calltaker/dispatcher

combo thing for police/fire/ems. We just had our first contract ratified

last week with the FOP and takes effect the 28th of this month. It does not

have anything to do with smokers rights but does stipulate two 15 min breaks

and a 30 min lunch per 8 hour shift. Basically what I am trying to get

across is other than paying you for the time you actually work there are no

federal laws giving you anything, its all extra benefits. Just my thoughts.

Doug in Leavenworth

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At our dpt smoking is not allowed inside. There are only two areas allowed

for smoking, one is at the loading dock behind the kitchen. The other is at

the employee's entrance. Last year the dpt. put up a cover and fenced in

this enclosure as it is by the door to the booking area that bondspersons

(gotta by PC you know) and their heathern clients exit through. Last night

as I left for supper during a

nice little rain shower (sorry Kristy) there were some folks waiting outside

for the bondsment and wanted to go in, sorry no can do. Hopefully they are

going to put a ceiling fan in there before long, it do get stuffy, I don't

smoke but do like to get out of

the building, also my Lt. occasionally uses this as a

way to have a private conference.

Sgt Currey

Rutherford County SO, Tn

My thoughts, my feelings, my foot in my mouth

[Guest guest]

Re: 911:: smoking

> It IS a stinky habit, in addition to being unhealthy.

-------------------------------------------------

The last cigarette I smokes, cigars don't count OK, was in the radio room at

our old jail, All hell had broken loose, one of the guys came in and I

asked for a cigarette, Marlboro, my favorite, I smoked it and mellowed out.

I still want one very now and then but thats been close to 15 years and I

don't miss them, welllllllll, not to much anyway.

Oh by the way, I do hang out with the smokers out back.

[Guest guest]

We are not allowed to smoke in the Comm Center. I'm

not a smoker so I think that is wonderful. One of our

neighboring departments allows their dispatchers to

smoke at the consoles. We dispatched from over there

during the construction of our new building. It's

kinda stiffling when you're the only non-smoker and

there are at least 2 others smoking in the same tiny

room. I think that all smoking should be done outside

so that those that don't smoke don't have to breathe

or smell it. Just my opinion.

Amy Kosinsky

amykosinsky@...

--- luvva001@... wrote:

> something i have been thinking about posting for

> awhile, but kept forgetting,

> is this...

> Is anyone on the list allowed to smoke at the

> console while working?? How

> does everyone feel about it? i smoke and i would not

> smoke unless it was the

> midnight shift, however i wish i could smoke at

> work. One day a few weeks ago

> it was so busy i did nt have an officer in the

> station to cover the phones

> for me for almost the entire shift and i would have

> welcomed the opportunity

> to smoke in the dispatch center. If smoking were

> allowed i think there should

> be a limit of maybe 1 smoke every 2 hours or

> something so that the whole

> place does not end up reeking like a pit.

>

> M. Goldman

> Pelham Police Dept.

>

> Pelham N.H.

> Disp-48

>

> http://www.pelham-nh.com/police

>

> " These are my own opinions and not my employers.

> These may be reproduced with

> my express permission. "

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

All this talk about smoking in the Comm Center is giving me a major head

rush.

I quit smoking a long time ago and just the thought of what that first

drag would do to my poor head keeps me from starting up again.

annette hallmark

ahallmark@...