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The LT texted me this morning to ask my choice for the new four shift schedule.

 

I picked C-Shift: 1600-0200, with FSS off. 

 

 

Early Warning System

 

Once again, I have have triggered the early warning system. This time for having three or more than three uses of force in 30 days. I've had five including three in three days.

 

 

 

 

Running Short

 

It is becoming harder and harder to hire officers for overtime. 

 

 

 

-1

 

For the last two days, the shift has been one under minimums.

 

Traffic Fatality Update

 

The pond's traffic death count is up to 43.

 

 

Portent

 

 

Per a sergeant, it takes 112 officers to make the new shift configuration work. West only has 107 and that number will only decrease.

 

 

 

Text, not Tweet

 

You can't tweet dispatch, but you can text.

 

 

Pinch and Decline

 

This morning, the DA's Office sent me an e-mail stating they were declining my graffiti case since the subject has mental health issues, it was his first offense, and I could not objectively prove that writing with Sharpie on the street sign "inconvenienced" the city. 

 

 

Twitter

 

Per the department, you cannot report crime or request police services via Twitter. 

 

 

The Numbers of Hiring

 

Per an AC, the department has 800 applicants in the hiring pool. We have the capacity to hire 100 officers a year, but due to the department’s standards, we will only hire 6-8 percent of that 800. That’s between 48 and 64 officers.