I called in a disturnace (neighborhood kids), and after the call the officer came to my door to explain what it was , etc. Asked for my name, phone number (they already have it from caller ID, since the desk dispatcher had my address & first name without asking), and my DATE OF BIRTH. Why would he need that ?
OT - question for LEO's on protocol
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There are 10 people with the same name as mine in the world, but only one of them was born on my birthday.
Used to be, a name and address was sufficient to pick you out of the crowd, but today people change addresses so often, it doesn't help your ID much.
In addition, a lot of departments don't have Caller ID -- the Panhandle had a bit of difficulty with Caller ID not allowing telephone calls from anonymous callers through, so my SO refused to get Caller ID.
LawDog
[This message has been edited by LawDog (edited October 15, 2000).]
Used to be, a name and address was sufficient to pick you out of the crowd, but today people change addresses so often, it doesn't help your ID much.
In addition, a lot of departments don't have Caller ID -- the Panhandle had a bit of difficulty with Caller ID not allowing telephone calls from anonymous callers through, so my SO refused to get Caller ID.
LawDog
[This message has been edited by LawDog (edited October 15, 2000).]
I think it's for the offical report.. somewhere, in a grey or black (not meant to be racist) filing cabinet is a sheet of paper that states "Mr. xxxx, age xx, from xxxx, reported a disturbence at xxxx time. Officer xxxxxx and xxxxxx responded to the scene...etcccccc. Most of the time they just ask for an ID.. that has most to all the info they need to make the report.
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Was the officer going to write a report? When I used to go on disturbance runs and there was no report, I never asked DOB's, telephone numbers, etc. If there was a report, I got all the needed info. The caller's name, address and maybe telephone number was on the run ticket, that we never saw on the street. Maybe things have changed.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jim V:
Was the officer going to write a report? When I used to go on disturbance runs and there was no report, I never asked DOB's, telephone numbers, etc. If there was a report, I got all the needed info. The caller's name, address and maybe telephone number was on the run ticket, that we never saw on the street. Maybe things have changed.
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Same with us but maybe since the feds supply lots of money for programs the dep`ts may be required to file more reports. We had to file reports on unfounded domestics to get fed money.
Still, since RH wasn`t actually the victim of a crime, I`d think a complete profile wouldn`t be necessary.
Was the officer going to write a report? When I used to go on disturbance runs and there was no report, I never asked DOB's, telephone numbers, etc. If there was a report, I got all the needed info. The caller's name, address and maybe telephone number was on the run ticket, that we never saw on the street. Maybe things have changed.
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Same with us but maybe since the feds supply lots of money for programs the dep`ts may be required to file more reports. We had to file reports on unfounded domestics to get fed money.
Still, since RH wasn`t actually the victim of a crime, I`d think a complete profile wouldn`t be necessary.
One LEO friend of mine remarked that when he was a rookie with his dept. it was a rural town and a pretty free-wheeling and satisfying place to work, now "10 years and three or four nuisance lawsuits later, it's just another 'bedroom burb' and I gotta fill out a form for everything I do. The part that really annoys me is having to measure my output on my toilet breaks for the waste emissions efficiency report..."
I hope to God he was exaggerating, but you never know when it comes to Gov't-run Bureaucracies...
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I hope to God he was exaggerating, but you never know when it comes to Gov't-run Bureaucracies...
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We do it so that the Computer Aided Dispatching Program can tell us how many times we have been to a house or area and if there are any caution codes like HIV or police fighters. This is also how they compile statistics on how much manpower is needed per shift. Lots of stuff. It can be a pain in the a$$ for us too.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by fed168:
Sounds like he had to write a report. Poor guy, I know how he feels writing one of those. Used to work for a department where we had to write a report on everything, shots fired never heard, helping a cow across the road, directing traffic.[/quote]
Early in my full-time career - I had already been a reserve for eight years - I got chewed out by my supervisor for resolving a call without paperwork. So, I wrote a report for everything I did. After two weeks of digging himself out from under my paperwork, my supervisor admitted he was a bit heavy handed and would I quit writing novels about everything I did?
Sounds like he had to write a report. Poor guy, I know how he feels writing one of those. Used to work for a department where we had to write a report on everything, shots fired never heard, helping a cow across the road, directing traffic.[/quote]
Early in my full-time career - I had already been a reserve for eight years - I got chewed out by my supervisor for resolving a call without paperwork. So, I wrote a report for everything I did. After two weeks of digging himself out from under my paperwork, my supervisor admitted he was a bit heavy handed and would I quit writing novels about everything I did?