Where do you think dispatch thinks you are if you don't radio in during the whole shift?
Where am I supposed to think you are if you haven't radio'ed in all shift? I know it is pretty much given, but if you don't call yourself out on a location when interacting with dangerous criminals, I don't know to check on you. I don't have an accurate record of the time you showed up on scene which you might need later for a court document.
I know I could ramble on forever about silly things, but on to the better things!
Everyone has those annoying parts of their job, and then their are those parts you just love or that you enjoy.
First off, I am the rookie still, by age and seniority. I always feel good about myself when I get a call from another agency asking how they do something. I get a good feeling knowing that the more experienced folks ask me for my help. Not that I always can help. I have had issues myself and found the help files, or the "cheat sheets" from the last time someone updated the training files. I started out with very little training. The typical dispatch trainee gets about 1 month of training with our agency. I was advanced, not sure what that means, but I was by myself in a week and a half. I won't say I didn't have to call someone to ask questions, or that I was perfect. But they wanted me to try going solo and I did. I can say I was nervous as heck on that day. When you lose your crutch for support it is an unsteady feeling, but I made it just fine.
I think we all get where we rely on something a little too much and then when we lose it we just don't know how to handle it. For example we have that morning cup of coffee daily, and then one day we realize we are out of coffee and go without. Our body feels bad all day, we blame everything on coffee instead of our own addiction to the stuff.
Where am I supposed to think you are if you haven't radio'ed in all shift? I know it is pretty much given, but if you don't call yourself out on a location when interacting with dangerous criminals, I don't know to check on you. I don't have an accurate record of the time you showed up on scene which you might need later for a court document.
I know I could ramble on forever about silly things, but on to the better things!
Everyone has those annoying parts of their job, and then their are those parts you just love or that you enjoy.
First off, I am the rookie still, by age and seniority. I always feel good about myself when I get a call from another agency asking how they do something. I get a good feeling knowing that the more experienced folks ask me for my help. Not that I always can help. I have had issues myself and found the help files, or the "cheat sheets" from the last time someone updated the training files. I started out with very little training. The typical dispatch trainee gets about 1 month of training with our agency. I was advanced, not sure what that means, but I was by myself in a week and a half. I won't say I didn't have to call someone to ask questions, or that I was perfect. But they wanted me to try going solo and I did. I can say I was nervous as heck on that day. When you lose your crutch for support it is an unsteady feeling, but I made it just fine.
I think we all get where we rely on something a little too much and then when we lose it we just don't know how to handle it. For example we have that morning cup of coffee daily, and then one day we realize we are out of coffee and go without. Our body feels bad all day, we blame everything on coffee instead of our own addiction to the stuff.