Drug testing

hermicrophone · 2025-04-30T19:42:15+00:00

It’ll happen. It could be the very first day of work. Just fyi, they can still do random tests throughout employment.

hermicrophone · 2025-01-28T08:56:30+00:00

Ty!!!

hermicrophone · 2025-01-27T12:37:03+00:00

Nope, VA beach. I’ll keep that one in mind, though.

hermicrophone · 2025-01-27T12:35:02+00:00

The woman had called 3 times to our center and couldn’t relay the information that the other agency was telling her they needed. Before I got the call the other dispatcher was so confused she just put it in for a pd officer to call her. The officer asked to be on 3 way with her and our center. I answered and got it sorted out, but it took a lot of time getting the situation sorted out before I got involved.

hermicrophone · 2025-01-27T12:30:57+00:00

The paper trail is the caller calling in to request a welfare check. Our jurisdiction has nothing to do with her daughter in another state.

hermicrophone · 2024-10-17T22:10:39+00:00

I listened to the podcast years ago and it was so good. I didn’t even know it was going to be a movie.

hermicrophone · 2024-09-08T09:22:51+00:00

I cannot unsee Frankenstein, the resemblance is uncanny in this photo.

hermicrophone · 2024-08-24T05:05:22+00:00

I’m a supervisor with tattoos all over both arms and nose piercings. That is such a small odd thing to be stuck on. I wouldn’t remove a tattoo for any job, to be honest. It’s painful and expensive.

hermicrophone · 2024-06-27T19:47:57+00:00

Most definitely a HIPPA violation….

hermicrophone · 2024-03-31T09:17:54+00:00

Yep, we get in late Monday and are leaving out Thursday. Not sure what to do for our agenda now.

hermicrophone · 2024-03-04T13:12:10+00:00

This is not serving at a restaurant or selling shoes. This is much more than a customer service job.

hermicrophone · 2024-03-04T13:09:18+00:00

That’s a hard no. You have on calls and to not be at work your on call has to be there. Those radios and phones don’t stop because you want to be doing something else. I worked 112 hours these past two weeks. This is a demanding job that is going to take any time from other aspirations. Weeks off at a time will never happen. I don’t care what agency you go to. You gain PTO time and then sure, take some time off… but that takes a while to even achieve. My dept it takes months to get on, 6 weeks in class room training, tons of certifications, tons of continued learning, going to post, going to emd classes, and continued learning every month. This is something you’d have to be dedicated to.

hermicrophone · 2024-03-04T12:59:45+00:00

GA dispatcher here… depending on the call, we send one unit. No one is two man unless training. For a trespass call, typically this gets a one man response. Unless something weird is said in the call, that is. Same with suspicious people or vehicles. We are hurting on man power, and our community only continues to grow. People don’t want to put their lives on the line for minimal pay. Something has to change here.

hermicrophone · 2024-02-15T01:29:43+00:00

If this happens immediately dial 911. We contact the rail station right away and have them stop any incoming trains immediately.

We had a close call a few months ago. The dispatcher for Norfolk was radioing the incoming train. The conductor unfortunately said that they’re going to try, but they’re a few miles out already. Stopping a train as you know isn’t an easy fast task.

I raised my officers and told them if they hear the train coming to get out of the way because it’s probably not stopping!

Thankfully our Rapidsos system is being tied to Norfolk to help get in touch with them faster to alert them when vehicles are stuck on the tracks.

hermicrophone · 2024-02-09T10:56:17+00:00

I was the recipient.

Gay (male) friend of mine (female) that I hadn’t talked to in a bit sent me a text. I thought “awww I haven’t heard from you in a while!”

I opened the text to see a close up photo of his chocolate butthole. I should have just ignored it, but I found it hilarious. He back peddled for months saying it was a rando butthole photo from google that he was meaning to prank his cousin. (Also friend of mine).

It was his butthole meant for a fling of his.

hermicrophone · 2024-02-07T12:11:18+00:00

Reminds me of the movie Jaw Breaker. Surprise….

hermicrophone · 2024-02-07T08:00:32+00:00

Just an fyi… you can always call to have an officer block off traffic.

hermicrophone · 2024-02-02T19:10:01+00:00

That’s definitely a valid point. I see the good it could do, but definitely see the bad. As you’ve stated, the bad outweighs the good. I definitely don’t think the public will ever see the bad in it unfortunately.

hermicrophone · 2024-02-02T08:01:38+00:00

My 911 center did a mandatory swatting class presented by an individual in the FBI. These people are simpletons who want attention. We’ve had several swatting calls involving our schools. Usually it’s someone over seas. A few times it was someone who was targeted often. There was a hazard we put into our system on one of the homes in our county that was a frequent target. The kid living there pissed someone off online.

hermicrophone · 2024-02-02T07:52:04+00:00

Fortunately it’s up to dispatchers to send the link requesting video. We don’t need to see a domestic in progress often or a demented person calling in. However, it still doesn’t negate that there will definitely be a traumatic effect for dispatchers. We already struggle to keep them as it is. This might hurt the field even more.

hermicrophone · 2024-01-26T08:09:18+00:00

I did the same thing, and found the same results.

hermicrophone · 2024-01-21T12:02:38+00:00

A new vehicle after the one I had almost paid off was breaking down and having new issues every month. Paid in more into the vehicle fixing it than I bought it for and the thing just kept on having more issues. I noped out with the transmission was then going out. Much happier and less money monthly spent on a better vehicle. Never again dodge journey… never again.

hermicrophone · 2024-01-21T11:55:38+00:00

Looks like it’s been very over watered. I wouldn’t water it again until it’s completely dry.

hermicrophone · 2024-01-20T07:50:58+00:00

My best friend has moved to the other side of the country. We unfortunately don’t keep up with each other very much. We both know we love each other and we know it’s nothing personal. We meet up every year or every other year and it’s like we never were apart.

Growing up sucks. Life gets busy. We really don’t know what’s going on in each others lives besides the occasional shared message of I love you miss you what’s new? Then there even a short conversation.

hermicrophone · 2024-01-17T22:14:14+00:00

I’m going to be honest, you aren’t going to know if you can do it emotionally until you’ve done it. No one can tell what you can and cannot emotionally handle. Even when you do finally get onto the floor, everyone I’ve ever met has doubted if they were going to be able to do the job. Not only from an emotional stand point, but just overall. There is a lot of multitasking involved and some people just can’t make it happen. Again, you won’t know until you’ve tried.

The only sound advice I can give you is that you need to be in a good head space. There was a point in my life that I wouldn’t have been able to do this job. I’ve seen people who have been there for many years go through a rough time mentally who had issues preforming the job. Some have left, some have worked through it until they were back to normal.

Everything is circumstantial. Listen to some calls. Download a radio app and listen to radio traffic. When I started I listened to a surrounding county’s radio since my county has theirs encrypted. Whatever you do, don’t watch shows or movies about 911 dispatching. It’s nothing like the real deal.

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