Re: 911:: advanced course in iowa

[Guest guest]

Are any of you iowans going to the advanced telecommunicator course

powerphone is hosting in marshalltown, Ia, April 5 and 6th.. sounds like its

gunna be

an excellent course.. powerphone notified me via email of the upcoming class.

I forwarded it to the sheriff, and said, " Id sure like to go to this " . He

told me today, that I could.. I was just thrilled... am looking forward to

it.. if any of you are going, let me know ok?

thanks

jamie in iowa

DCSO

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/18/2003 12:09:16 AM Central Standard Time,

tmoder@... writes:

> I'm not from Iowa, but it wouldn't matter. I'm still (and forever will be)

> boycotting Powerphone for their treatment of the Florida dispatcher.

>

> Well, I guess I shouldn't say forever...if they were to issue a public

> apology to her I might attend another class.

>

>

>

refresh my memory tanya..

jamie

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/17/2003 11:36:18 PM Mountain Standard Time,

hlj0124@... writes:

> refresh my memory tanya..

>

I'm not but it was when the woman drown in her car in a canal and

Powerphone said it was the dispatchers fault for not knowing how to tell the

woman

to get out of a sinking car.

Kathy

[Guest guest]

You might also ask about the Instructor. We were amazed to find that PP

(Powerphone) has a plastic surgeon teaching some of their stress classes (yikes)

It's a tight combination of a quality Instructor and updated curriculum that

make a class successful.

While I'm here, check out the www.pstc911.com site for our updated schedule!

We have over 50 classes scheduled and , we are chatting with your Iowa

Chapter to be back soon in Iowa for your state conference!!

Thanks all -

www.pstc911.com

www.911cares.com

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/18/2003 4:47:19 AM Central Standard Time,

tmoder@... writes:

> My feeling was...and is...the company makes a huge amount of money from our

> profession, and if they aren't going to stand behind a dispatcher who did

> EXACTLY as she had been trained to do they would never get another penny

> from me.

>

>

Yea I seem to remember the thread. who cares, it sounds like a good couple

days of classes.. you gotta get over those things, it will tear you up

inside, and you could miss some good training classes.

im not paying for it, the sheriffs office is paying for it.

jamie in iowa

DCSO

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/18/2003 9:59:53 AM Central Standard Time,

randym@... writes:

> To of the long memory... you go girl!

>

> Before anyone spends money on this course, suggest you ask for course

> outline. Unless things have changed the likelihood is that there isn't

> one.... My opinion only.

>

> Randy

there is a course outline

jamie in iowa

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/18/2003 12:06:32 PM Central Standard Time,

pstc911@... writes:

> We have over 50 classes scheduled and , we are chatting with your Iowa

>

> Chapter to be back soon in Iowa for your state conference!!

>

> Thanks all -

> www.pstc911.com

>

NOW, THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR!! HORAYYYYY

im there kev..

jamie in iowa

DCSO

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/18/2003 1:45:10 PM Central Standard Time,

tmoder@... writes:

> think that's the point...they're NOT qualified!

WELL, I think I'll make my own case thank you. I will report back how it

was.. do you know that for sure tanya?

jamie in iowa

[Guest guest]

I completely agree! That's why PSTC uses only REAL dispatchers as

Instructors. We also do our own curriculum reviews and make sure our classes are

dispatch

specific.

Thanks goodness for groups like this that compare classes and quality.

Thankfully, we at PSTC get good reviews

www.pstc911.com

[Guest guest]

,

I am curious. What makes a plastic surgeon qualified to teach stress

classes?

Sounds kind of like having the Plumber put a new roof on my house.

Just my 2 cents

Lucille

NWPD New Jersey

[Guest guest]

> I think that's the point...they're NOT qualified! It's kind of like the

> California Highway Patrol officer who taught a police dispatch class I

went

> to several years ago....he had no idea what dispatchers actually did or

how

> they did it.

>

>

********************************************************************

Unfortunately that is the way many uniforms look at dispatch. " any monkey

could do it. "

I dare say we would make better officers than many we work with. Some of

them are marginally qualified to count as a human being.

Iowa State Patrol Communications, Cedar Rapids

Werling NØXZY

Anamosa, IA

scott@...

My 2002 Olympic Pics http://www.photoisland.com

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My Family Genealogy at http://www.n-connect.net/scott/index.htm

Bus station is where the buses stop.

Train station is where the trains stop.

At my desk, there's a workstation.

[Guest guest]

Unfortunately that is the way many uniforms look at dispatch. " any monkey

could do it. "

I dare say we would make better officers than many we work with. Some of

them are marginally qualified to count as a human being.

,

I couldn't agree with you more!

,

I didn't detect the sarcasm in 's statement. I thought he was being

serious. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Lucille

NWPD New Jersey

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/18/2003 8:09:44 PM Central Standard Time,

tmoder@... writes:

> I don't care who's paying for the class, it's a matter of principle for me.

>

and thats fine you feel that way. I don't

jamie in iowa

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/18/2003 7:07:30 PM Central Standard Time,

tmoder@... writes:

> I made the choice to boycott their classes. Not because of

> course content, not because of the instructors, but because of their lack of

> support for a fellow dispatcher.

Get over it dear.. ask powerphone again, would they say the same thing???

jamie in iowa

[Guest guest]

Well, a lot of people do care that an organization that should be an advocate

for our profession was so eager to jump on the " blame dispatch " bandwagon. As to

the training, I have gone to a couple of PowerPhone classes, and it is okay

training. I personally prefer to be trained by people who have sat in my seat

however and PowerPhone does not employ active or retired dispatch personnel to

teach their classes. The suicide intervention class I had was taught by a former

CHP officer and the fire dispatch class was taught by a former fire chief. Both

very intelligent men, both highly trained and qualified in their

areas...however, neither had ever worked dispatch and when asked questions

specific to dispatch,were a bit at a loss. They were much more effective at

telling us what the officer/ff needed/expected/etc; but dispatch specific

questions left them floundering. Okay for a couple days of classes perhaps, but

with the limited amount of training I can wrangle for my people, I prefer

dispatch specific training from people that know the score in dispatch.

JMHO

Freida

La Vergne, TN

> Yea I seem to remember the thread. who cares, it sounds like a good couple

> days of classes.. you gotta get over those things, it will tear you up

> inside, and you could miss some good training classes.

> im not paying for it, the sheriffs office is paying for it.