Re: 911:: Wish List

[Guest guest]

, this is the best idea I've seen yet for training! One question I

like to ask new hires is " How many O's are in homicide? " . I get tired of

seeing the word spelled h-o-m-o-c-i-d-e. Or the wrong use of

there/their/they're.

Kathy

In a message dated 7/9/02 9:53:04 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

tmoder@... writes:

<< After reading some of the threads I missed, I'd like to add my two cents

worth on the training wish list thread. I would love to have EVERY police

dispatcher attend a class to learn how to write clear, concise messages.

(BOLOs, Broadcast, or whatever else you may call them at your agency.)

Throughout the years, I have been shocked and amazed at some of the garbage

that has been sent out by agencies (including my own). Do people not realize

that they represent their agencies in their messages? Do they not want to

appear to be educated professionals. Do they not know how to use a dictionary?

>>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/9/02 10:53:20 PM Central Daylight Time,

tmoder@... writes:

> I would love to have EVERY police dispatcher attend a class to learn how to

> write clear, concise messages. (BOLOs, Broadcast, or whatever else you may

> call them at your agency.

I agree totally, but ya know, I can almost bet you are a hurry to get it out,

and you are gunna make mistakes.. thats the way I look at it. as long as you

can understand what they are saying.

jamie in iowa

[Guest guest]

Dictionary? Isn't that what I come in handy for at work T? LOL

Becca

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/10/02 5:19:00 PM Central Daylight Time, E911bell@...

writes:

> In a message dated 7/9/02 10:53:20 PM Central Daylight Time,

> tmoder@... writes:

>

>

> > I would love to have EVERY police dispatcher attend a class to learn how

> to

> > write clear, concise messages. (BOLOs, Broadcast, or whatever else you

> may

> > call them at your agency.

>

> I agree totally, but ya know, I can almost bet you are a hurry to get it

> out,

> and you are gunna make mistakes.. thats the way I look at it. as long as

> you

> can understand what they are saying.

>

> jamie in iowa

>

>

I take that back.. it looks much better when everything is spelling right,

and precise.. don't know what I was thinking.. Ive seen some doozies..

vehickle spelled liked that, just last week..

jamie in iowa

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure how much a class could help with that problem...

We're a university department and every student worker here has

to take at least one or two English classes and I *STILL* see

those problems all over the place. Haven't yet heard of the

classroom course that cured laziness and the classic case of " I

don't care. " On the other hand, merciless (though good-natured)

teasing seems to help QUITE a bit. *grin*

Angie

--- dsptchmom@... wrote:

> , this is the best idea I've seen yet for training! One

> question I like to ask new hires is " How many O's are in

> homicide? " . I get tired of seeing the word spelled

> h-o-m-o-c-i-d-e. Or the wrong use of there/their/they're.

>

> Kathy

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[Guest guest]

I know what you mean....I work for a very large

prestigious university and I've seen the same things.

You would think that people that need to make a

certain minimum score on their SAT's would be able to

spell common words.

So what about military people? I hired a guy -

retired from the military, military intelligence no

less - couldn't spell his way out of a paper bag. We

used an Access database to record our calls. All of

the most commonly used places were listed there. All

you had to do was type the first letter and the list

popped up. PLUS, we had maps. However, time after

time again, this man continued to misspell....

Field. It's in in big freaken 20 foot letters on the

side of the stadium, for goodness sakes! And this guy

has lived in the /College Station area for years!

I was constantly correcting him on this, but time

after time again I would find Kile Field listed as a

location in the call list.

I DID insist that the dispatchers at least spell the

officers name right. Nothing is worse than getting a

dispatcher who doesn't care enough about their fellow

workers than to know how to spell their name.

annette hallmark

--- Flying Monkey wrote:

> I'm not sure how much a class could help with that

> problem...

> We're a university department and every student

> worker here has

> to take at least one or two English classes and I

> *STILL* see

> those problems all over the place. Haven't yet

> heard of the

> classroom course that cured laziness and the classic

> case of " I

> don't care. " On the other hand, merciless (though

> good-natured)

> teasing seems to help QUITE a bit. *grin*

>

> Angie

>

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[Guest guest]

Annette, I could have told you not to expect the

military guy to be a good speller. Military

Intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

=====

Kim

I make a difference

Tulsa, OK

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/16/02 9:21:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

mahallmark@... writes:

> I hired a guy - retired from the military, military intelligence no

> less - couldn't spell his way out of a paper bag.

Oh god. .my trainees always got so mad at me cause I was so anal about

spelling.. We had this one girl.. spelled Road " rode " ... it used to tear me

up!!

Or using the wrong version of to, there, etc... and if they cant even begin

to spell the street name , how do they expect cad to recognize it!! I just

think that as adults, its not alot to ask to know how to spell........

Toni Wyman, (CTO and Tactical Dispatcher)

Gwinnett County Police, GA (just N of HotLanta)

Lawrenceville, GA

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