Slightly awkward moment (EBRSO)

[Suburbazine]

Does Dispatch tell you guys that the complainant is a LEO very often? I had a deputy come out to an abandoned vehicle yesterday and his information stated that I was another deputy. He even asked me a few times which agency I was with.

People have asked me this question before, but I've never had an officer ask me to provide department identification. Most of the time people ask because I have a lot of extra lighting on my truck (not blue or forward facing red), but does Dispatch normally give officers such information when the original call contained nothing to indicate it to be true?

 

[charlie12]

Only time I've heard it was when the caller tells the dispatcher that he's a LEO.

 

[themcfarland]

like you dont stand out or something, language, body language,terminology in conversation..

 

[Suburbazine]

Only time I've heard it was when the caller tells the dispatcher that he's a LEO.

Hmm. Called 389-5000 to report an abandoned (stuck) vehicle that I'd seen out there a day before. When I went to check on it I found a few kids (none of whom were pictured on the TWIC-style cards in the truck) trying to carry the truck's contents out of the mud. They dropped it and got out of Dodge when I rolled up. Found a few guns in the back that they were trying to get to. Couldn't locate the owner of the vehicle from any of the cards or registration that was on the floor.

Called and reported the information that I had on hand. Don't know if I did anything unusual in presenting it, just laid it out in the shortest and clearest manner I could figure out. Routing a unit to a location with no address is already difficult enough for Dispatch to do.

K402 was the responding officer.

 

[charlie12]

Hmm. Called 389-5000 to report an abandoned (stuck) vehicle that I'd seen out there a day before. When I went to check on it I found a few kids (none of whom were pictured on the TWIC-style cards in the truck) trying to carry the truck's contents out of the mud. They dropped it and got out of Dodge when I rolled up. Found a few guns in the back that they were trying to get to. Couldn't locate the owner of the vehicle from any of the cards or registration that was on the floor.

Called and reported the information that I had on hand. Don't know if I did anything unusual in presenting it, just laid it out in the shortest and clearest manner I could figure out. Routing a unit to a location with no address is already difficult enough for Dispatch to do.

K402 was the responding officer.

Was K402 a female?

 

[Suburbazine]

Was K402 a female?

Burly black guy.

I may have not caught all his callsign, but I'm pretty sure he ID'd as K402 several times and is probably possibly stationed at Kleinpeter.

 

[dantheman]

Did any of you APSO guys draw down on a FEDEX guy the other day ?

 

[JBE]

Does Dispatch tell you guys that the complainant is a LEO very often? I had a deputy come out to an abandoned vehicle yesterday and his information stated that I was another deputy. He even asked me a few times which agency I was with.

People have asked me this question before, but I've never had an officer ask me to provide department identification. Most of the time people ask because I have a lot of extra lighting on my truck (not blue or forward facing red), but does Dispatch normally give officers such information when the original call contained nothing to indicate it to be true?

Dispatcher might have made an assumption based on the way you presented the information...

Also, with the extra-lighting on your vehicle, you might have been mistaken as unmarked or off-duty LEO or, possibly, a Vol. firefighter.

 

[tunatuk]

Did any of you APSO guys draw down on a FEDEX guy the other day ?

No clue what you're talking about...so I know I didn't.

 

[robbynola]

Wait. So what do you do that has all the extra lights on your vehicle?

Btw, ebrso and a few other dispatchers have assumed us to be leo when we call in while bounty hunting. I suppose if you're clear, concise and not frantic while calling in, it's an easy assumption to make.

 

[deafdave3]

Does Dispatch tell you guys that the complainant is a LEO very often? I had a deputy come out to an abandoned vehicle yesterday and his information stated that I was another deputy. He even asked me a few times which agency I was with.

People have asked me this question before, but I've never had an officer ask me to provide department identification. Most of the time people ask because I have a lot of extra lighting on my truck (not blue or forward facing red), but does Dispatch normally give officers such information when the original call contained nothing to indicate it to be true?

Just say, "I'm not at liberty to discuss that." Or you can say, "I can tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."

 

[Suburbazine]

Wait. So what do you do that has all the extra lights on your vehicle?

Btw, ebrso and a few other dispatchers have assumed us to be leo when we call in while bounty hunting. I suppose if you're clear, concise and not frantic while calling in, it's an easy assumption to make.

Roadside assistance / escort / hauling loads that make me considerably less maneuverable or in general anything that might get me run over. One Whelen rapidfire yellow strobe, red lightbar on the rear roof and a couple of antennae. Two amber grille lamps. Although, most of that is hard to see at night when it's not running.

Just say, "I'm not at liberty to discuss that." Or you can say, "I can tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."

Both of those seem to have unhealthy endings to them. I'd much rather not play mysterious with the guy who is trying to assist me.

 

[deafdave3]

Both of those seem to have unhealthy endings to them. I'd much rather not play mysterious with the guy who is trying to assist me.

I was merely jesting, young Grasshopper!

 

[charlie12]

Roadside assistance / escort / hauling loads that make me considerably less maneuverable or in general anything that might get me run over. One Whelen rapidfire yellow strobe, red lightbar on the rear roof and a couple of antennae. Two amber grille lamps. Although, most of that is hard to see at night when it's not running.



Both of those seem to have unhealthy endings to them. I'd much rather not play mysterious with the guy who is trying to assist me.

None of that makes me think LEO unless you're in St. Helena where they'll make Dodge Mini-Vans LE units.

 

[rebelray84]

None of that makes me think LEO unless you're in St. Helena where they'll make Dodge Mini-Vans LE units.

Prisoner transport vans.

 

[Suburbazine]

None of that makes me think LEO unless you're in St. Helena where they'll make Dodge Mini-Vans LE units.

Yeah, I think it must've been because of how I communicated with dispatch. On one hand, it's kinda cool. On the other, sort of not.

 

[rebelray84]

You probably slipped a code in the conversation somewhere and didn't even realize it.

 

[charlie12]

Yeah, I think it must've been because of how I communicated with dispatch. On one hand, it's kinda cool. On the other, sort of not.

Next time don't tell the dispatcher that you're 97 with a suspicious vehicle and if they have a marked unit not 10-6 could they 10-25 with you.

 

[Suburbazine]

I generally avoid codes in conversation because of differences in meaning depending who I'm talking to.

I need to go find what 97 means now.

 

[charlie12]

I generally avoid codes in conversation because of differences in meaning depending who I'm talking to.

I need to go find what 97 means now.

Arrived on the scene 10-97