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Congrats

 

Congrats to D-Fresh making Detective!

The last of the SW crew is now gone. 

 

 

Masks

 

Per Snake Charmer, starting Wednesday, the department is requiring officer to wear masks again.

 

 

Advertising the Oscar Tango

 

Sent from a Sergeant at West attempting entice officers to work Night's overtime.

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Guest Post From El Cid: Staying

With Special Thanks to El Cid:

I get asked by family, loved ones, and friends daily why I stay. “Why don’t you go work somewhere else? Why do you stay?”

I stay because I took this job with a livable retirement in mind, a life after a career. I also stay because I’m stubborn. Each one of us who quit (and I blame nobody for doing so) give the naysayers one more notch towards a win. I can’t, in good conscience, leave when the battle is still being fought. This story isn’t over!! I want to see it through to the other side.

Each of us who stay keep the bad guys from a win. The bad guys can’t win with good guys still fighting the good fight.

 

 

Swapping

 

I drive a Crown Vic. I drive the only Crown Vic. No one else drives her, but me. She's the last in the  patrol fleet.  It's a 2011with 92,000 miles. I've put on 57,000. She's dinged and scratched, but I'd drive no other car, unless on the fewer days a year when a few inches of snow overwhelms her. 

Today, the Auto Servicer for the fleet, said they are going to replace the steer wheel. The Vic's is old and corroded. Cleaning the wheel during Covid only made matters worse. They might swap a few parts out of a few Training Vics.

I told the Servicer my summer vacation starts on Friday. 

 

 

Wrath

 

Wrath is resigning this week. He's done. The city is out of control. The government is taking no steps to correct the problems. He is leaving before he is seriously hurt again. 

Wrath only has five years on. He could be teaching history at university. He is another one of officers leaving the department on a weekly basis. 

 

 

DW

 

DW retires today for the second time. Five years ago, he did the retire rehire. At 65, and years of working on the Emergency Reaction Team, he has well earned his final retirement.

 

 

For the Fourth

 

Due to dry conditions and last week's extreme heat, the city has banned fireworks for the holiday. However, the city also stated they will not be enforcing the ban and are asking citizens not to call dispatch if they people using fireworks. 

 

 

 

 

Lifted

 

Wednesday, Covid protocols were lifted for the stay.

Tonight, we had our first choir practice in 16 months.

Twelve officers and a sergeant attended, the best attendance in recent memory. 

 

 

 

And Now a Word From Our Sponsors

 

From a recent poll, 27 percent of the state's residents want to see the abolishment of the police.