Last Night, at a quarter to Five, the DA for today’s DA assault trial called me. Her office misplaced the video evidence. There are discovery issues, so the case was likely to be set over.
She offered me a choice. Come in on four hours of sleep and wait a couple hours or stay home and sleep. She’d text me if she needed me.
It’s a no brainer. I’ll lose out on four hours of OT, but I’d be able to sleep and have my regular gym day.
An officer mentioned to me, “I read your blog post. If you didn’t know, back when RRT started in early 2000s, The department had 6 full squads (15-18 ofc s/squad). With mutual aid, four sheriff’s offices and the state troopers each sent squads.
I talked to a current RRT member who said they can barely muster 3 squads now. I think only the local SO still sends help.
If we still had outside agency help, our RDO wouldn’t have been cancelled. But what else can brass do? They have to cancel days off to supplement RRT with precinct MFF."
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Translations:
RRT: Rapid Response Team. A hard geared riot squad trained for crowd control.
MFF: Mobile Field Force. When precinct officers equipped with helmets and batons are formed into temporary skirmish squads for crowd control.
RDO. Regular Days Off. An officer ‘s regularly scheduled days off.
Thursday, the shift was one under minimums. Then, despite being short, two officers were dedicated to a mission. A fourth officer had training for his first seven hours leaving the shift at functionally four under minimums.
In the pond, a local was convicted of his 43rd burglary. It's his 53rd felony. His sentence was 6 years. The judge did not want the man to die in jail.
