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Thursday, January 11, 2007

I have to say this

Ok, ok so nobody is perfect right? But I really can't resist writing about this. This is a ticket, a real ticket that was taken by one of our call takers. It was made a disturbance. In the remarks sections it read, "f/b/f, stick, red p/s/j, mentel, waking street , calar do think she crazy."
Now someone correct me if I am wrong, and if I am I really do apologize. Aren't these official documents that can be used just about anywhere? Please, please calltaker and dispatcher/police officer acting as calltaker, please brush up on your spelling, grammar and abbreviation skills! I think I was more embarrassed than the person who wrote that "ticket." This just isn't right! P.S. It was later discovered that f/b/f meant fat black female, p/s/j meant red pants, shoes and jacket and she was walking in the street with a stick.

16 Comments:

  • At 12 January, 2007 00:18 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    no one is perfect, but that is one for the books ... where do some of "us" call takers come up with abbreviations? Maybe suggest roll call training on acceptable abbreviations? I've been hearing more questions/complaints about abbreviations lately.

     
  • At 12 January, 2007 10:43 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Wuuuuuut? Don't y'all know we be speakin' Ebonics

     
  • At 12 January, 2007 19:11 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Ha Ha Ha what do you expect when they set the hiring standards so low

     
  • At 12 January, 2007 23:02 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    f/b/f FAT??! what happened to heavy set?? Ignorant co-worker!!
    I suppose d/f dago female
    or n/f nappy female or how about h/f hillbilly female or
    s/b/b/f skinny bitch black female will be the next ones we have to decipher as we insult everyone over the air.
    Now try telling the calltaker to stop using made up abbreviations
    and get some attitude in return.
    Why didn't the training dept make them commit some of those to memory?

     
  • At 12 January, 2007 23:09 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    It would take about 30 minutes for one of the trainers to come up with a list of acceptable abbreviations, and such a proposal could be passed among the personnel on each watch for a few days before being finalized.

    Why doesn't someone just volunteer to do such a thing for their watch commander, and have him leave a message for the training supervisors?

    It couldn't hurt, could it?

     
  • At 13 January, 2007 12:42 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    WE HAVE A LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO BE USED!

     
  • At 13 January, 2007 12:42 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    sorry I'll stop shouting

     
  • At 14 January, 2007 00:41 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    We did get an approved list of abbreviations in training. It's just laziness or forgetfulness. Sometimes we just need to be "reminded."

    For the most part we have great call takers who know what they are doing. And care.

     
  • At 15 January, 2007 03:41 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Whuts d problim wif dat tiket ? I goed to publik skul in shitcago. Tanks to a firm ate iv aksion, me will be yor bosss sun.

     
  • At 15 January, 2007 15:44 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    dat b u ....roy???

    lol lol

     
  • At 15 January, 2007 22:31 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Dats what be happenin when westide calltakers be takin dem calls. Dey just don't be knowin any betters. Dey fittin to get dat check doh so thens they can go gets their nails did and their weaves fixed.

    To all the good dispatchers who speak clearly. announciate. and take their job seriously. Thank you as you are the heart and soul. To those lazy mules who are just there to collect that check and do as little as possible.... You're the reason p.o.s get hurt. Hope we stop you on the way home cuz we'll have a rock for ya. Sleep well

     
  • At 16 January, 2007 01:35 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Talking about someone else's incorrect usage of the "King's English" and saying "announciate" in the next breath is slightly hypocritical.

     
  • At 17 January, 2007 22:54 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    You know why po's get hurt on the job?
    Because there is a criminal out there who hurt them!
    When was the last time a copper was killed because of the action of a dispatcher?
    (dispatching the job to them doesn't count)

     
  • At 21 January, 2007 00:09 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    There is a particular calltaker on 3rd watch who uses her own abbreviations, and when questioned by a dispatcher... boy oh boy did she have an ATTITUDE problem! She uses AFO for "Address of Occurrance". DUH, that's not even the CORRECT abbreviation! It would be AOO. And still, that is NOT an acceptable abbreviation that was taught to us during training. She's a lazy piece of, well you get the picture.

    I don't want to start ragging on pco1's here, but when, as a dispatcher you get a horribly written ticket, do you ever look up to see just what idiot sent it over? And does everyone else seem to find that it's the SAME horrible calltakers ALL the time!!

    Not to leave dispatchers out, but sometimes when they are working in a call-taking capacity, they TOO send over crappy tickets. Sometimes I think we NEED to have Spell Check on our computers!!! And how long does it really f'n take to RE-READ what you just wrote to make sure that it actually makes SENSE and matches the event type that you just made it !!?????

     
  • At 27 January, 2007 13:00 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    What the hell happened on midnights last night. I hear rumors that two PCO2's got into a screaming match about staying in their seats and actually doing their jobs!!!!!! Could they really be heard across the whole room?????? CR started yelling at SM because she wanted to get up and walk around again. She wanders so much during the night it is a wonder she ever gets any work done. She has the same routine every night. Come upstairs....sit down and log in...go to kitchen for 15 minutes. Sit down for a little while go back to the kitchen. Sit down for a little while leave early for break. Come back at least 10 minutes late from break and sit for a few minutes before heading back to the kitchen again....I think we all know her routine. Come on lady we all know your tricks and are #$%^&*()(&%$ sick and tired of doing your job as well as our own.

    Seems we don't have a white shirt willing to observe and write her up for this either. Either that or they are too busy worrying about solitare to care!

    Thank you CR for voicing what I know many of us want to say. Although you have been known to wander around yourself...NO ONE there does as much foot patrol as her, except maybe mr mumbles on 3rd watch!!!

     
  • At 28 January, 2007 00:22 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    mr mumbles isnt the only one!

     

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