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For all of your gripes not related to the Durkin Park fiasco.
For starters, you might want to discuss how a large chunk of 1st Watch didn't show up for work this past Saturday night. Although that fact was much to the dismay of 3rd Watch employees who got mandated in droves, after the previous Saturday's events, can you blame 1st Watch?
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posted by CPDDispatch @ 12:00 AM
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well yes, i can blame the 3rd watch. because if it was some sort of blue flu, unless EVERYONE does it, it only affects their co-workers not management
sorry..i meant 1st watch obviously
Blue flu = masquerade for a PARTY they all went to!
I don't know about all that but why do they keep sticking the same new people on zone 6 over and over. The regulars are there working city wides and the office. Are these 2 on the zone being punished for what happened cuz that's the way it seems. Especially since neither one of them wants to be there. If they aren't gonna put the regulars on the zone then why not switch people around and quit picking on the same 2. I feel bad for them cuz you know the zone is being watched by the people upstairs the media the citizens and whoever else wants to gripe about dispatch time. The next 2 to fired are.....
THEY NEED TO START ROTATING ALL DISPATCHERS AND I DO MEAN "ALL" AROUND ON ALL ZONES !!!!! THE ZONES DONT BELONG TO ANYONE BUT IT SURE DOES FEEL AND LOOK THAT WAY ALOT OF THE TIMES...THIS NEEDS TO END ...TIME FOR CHANGE...
Rotating dispatchers has it's advantages, and also it's DISadvantages, mainly being when you have dispatchers working unfamiliar zones- Officer Safety is at risk!
I don't mean in the performance of every day tasks, such as running name/lic checks, and giving the jobs out; those are basic tasks you can do anywhere. Call the car, read the job, and dispatch it.
What I AM referring to is a dispatcher who sits the same place every day knows the street names, knows voices of the officers, knows addresses off the top of his/her head of parks, schools, project buildings, major points of interest. The point being when a car has an EMERGENCY and seconds count in getting that officer some help, a dispatcher who is familiar with the zone is more likely to get him/her help sooner than someone who is not. When a car only gives the last 2 #'s of their beat because they're running after a kid with a gun, a regular disp. on the zone will automatically know which district it's in by the address. A regular disp. can get the neighboring zone to pull up the hot job and maybe get assist cars from the neighboring district to help also. A reg disp. will know just by the sound of someone's voice, when all they can say is "Squad get me some help over here", a regular disp. can say that's XX23, he's on a domestic, get him some help to their partner who may not be a regular. A reg disp. knows the difference between Prairie and Perry,
between Cullerton and Fullerton, between Lowe and Lowell,
between Hermitage and Armitage, between Addison and Madison,
between Archer and Arch. Get what I'm saying?
It's all about Officer Safety.
25July 02:14
Well said!!!!
25 JULY 02:14 really gets it! Several years ago I worked in 004 on 1st watch. We had a great regular dispatcher working Zone 8. She has since gone to days. )2:14's comments described exactly how she was.
regular or not each and every dispatcher should know the difference between those streets, each and every dispatcher should take time out to familiarize themselves with other zones as they work each one, i myself have a handy dandy notebook i carry with me where i jot notes down about each zone in case im there again, parks, schools, what certain units do etc. no pat on the backs for someone who does that that is our job, to be able to dispatch on each and every zone, i dont need to know what bob and billy sound like, im sure it helps but its all about listening, asking questions and using common sense, it should be
you're right also, but we ALL know not everyone is as efficient like you with a notebook of notes.
i know a LOT of dispatchers who rotate around and really could care less about listening and doing their job to the best of their ability.
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