Remembering is hard to do, but never forgetting is easy. Thank you to all of the servicemen and women who gave it all for my freedoms. Also, thank you to all of the firefighters and police officers who also made the ultimate sacrifice keeping peace at home. Happy Memorial Day everyone!

I'm nursing the mother of all headaches right now. I came back to work Wednesday night, left at 0630 Thursday heading to a class an hour and a half away, was a retard and didn't come home to sleep instead went to see some friends I hadn't seen in almost a year. So, consequently, Im working on 2 hours of sleep out of 28 :) It was a very interesting class, covered some of the basics of relaying info which my training in was nil at best. We dealt with tactics for suicidal callers, listened to one of the most badly handled calls I've ever heard which resulted in a murder/suicide. I don't know, it's like I feel like I should learn more, but when I go to a class it only covers the same stuff. Call taking, information gathering and etc. it all begins to be the same. I guess thats why I appreciate my guys so much, I can ask them how they want warrants returned, how they prefer the returns be given and not know a different way. I guess it all eventually works out :)
Now if the headache would just go away.

Sheeesh....

I'm really sucking at my job right now. I hate when the mistake is on my end, transpose a number and get the wrong return. I'm sure they're wondering where the hell my brain is at, plus while I enjoy having the officers fairly close by, it also makes things stressful when they have problems on the job.

I guess it's normal, but that weird bond that occurs when you work consistently in close quarters with them. Doesn't really matter about gender or age, you deal with two sides of the same issue.

I really didn't mean that whole "I'm bored" thing, can I take it back now? Please?
Haha...it never fails that when I least expect the fit to hit the shan it does.

I really hate having to call people and wake them up to let them know their adult child who's driving their car has had a minor accident, is being arrested for DUID and they can pick the car up in the parking lot of the theater where it happened.

I hate it even worse when I know the people personally.

This week has nothing on last week :) For a small department, we manage to keep pretty busy, for a night shift, we manage to avoid being busy. Except this week.

My monday, which in the real world is wednesday, we had a total of 6 arrests, which lead over into severe weather. All good, except boneheads who kept checking their phones by calling 911. Then lightning struck some transformers, so people lost power and exactly why half the town is awake at 0300 I have no idea. Thursday was only slightly better, lightning struck both two more transformers but also a house. So, we dropped tones for the FD and they got it taken care of...
Friday, we started off with one of the local crazies who thought someone was in her house, then we moved to an issue with a motorist out at one of the highway junctions, then moved immediately into a disturbance with one of our other local hoodlums and ended nicely with a total bs call from a man who told us his ex-wife had taken his truck and their child. An hour later it is discovered they aren't divorced, so well, it's all a civil matter and there's nothing we can do about it.

Tonight, we had a stolen vehicle, missing persons, someone threatening to kill someone else, and a poor crazy old man who had a long haired, french man wearing a wetsuit in the back seat of his car.

I love my job :)

Whee....
I love tornado weather in the Great Plains. However, I do not love people who call 911 6 times over a period of 2.5 hours just to check if their phone works, then the last time try to carry on a freaking conversation with me.
Mmmhmmm....

You want us to do what?

Again, another round of stupid requests. It still amazes me the things that people think the Police Department can do. Yes, absolutely, I'll have an officer come make the other person living in your house let you in. Wait, nothing illegal is happening? Sorry, maybe you should have weighed all your options before moving him in with you...
You want to come pick up your son's stuff from when he was arrested? Sorry, talk to the property officer and don't call in the middle of the night thinking you can just "pick it up". Also, please don't call when you're intoxicated asking me to send another municipal's units to your location - twice. They've been advised and they've talked to you, so it's out of my hands. Also, while you're at it, please don't call and demand to speak with number so-and-so, then get pissy when I refuse to tell you who is on shift, it's really noneyabizness, if this was a true emergency you probably wouldn't give a flying rats ass. Nobody here gets paid enough to be your personal police officer.

It has been a hellacious week, so this is definitely a vent post. Sorry :)