A late snippet of Holiday Cheer

[Guest guest]

One of my dispatchers e-mailed me today (she does so fairly regularly, just

to " keep [me] up to date with the gossip so won't be too far out of the

loops when get back. "

The part I simply HAD to share with y'all is this:

" Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, I did the Xmas eve santa claus broadcast

just for you. [specific Officer, by name] called in at about 1145 that

night and asked who was doing it since you were not there. I told him " no

one " . He was so very disappointed and then I thought of you getting so much

pleasure out of that simple little brdcast that I decided to do it anyway.

Thanks for writing it all out, made it much easier than to have to think of

it by myself. Got a few chuckles from the patrolling units and the King

City Sgt said he would be standing by at the county line with milk and

cookies. "

That pleases me on so many levels! I hope those that might consider a

Santa BOL to be " unprofessional " can understand that there are " fun " things

that can be handled over the air without dissolving into something less

than appropriate. (Given circumstances, broadcast text and demeanor of

delivery, as well as other radio traffic and incidents occurring at the

same time. )

Happy to be here, proud to serve.

Olmstead

http://www.gryeyes.com