day 6 of my 6 day workweek

This is something I did years ago for a campus expo trying to explain when to call the police and how to decide non-emergency vs emergency. The old people I work with did not get the Grumpy Cat* humor, and the rest of us had to deal with them. It was a big hit with the kiddos. That's all I'm saying.

Any questions?

Want to know how realistic the show 9-1-1 is when it comes to dispatching? Actually it's pretty good.

Want to know what to say? "Hi, I am/was [here], and [this] happened."
I don't need your name yet, or who you work for, or what happened a year ago, or why that person is garbage. If you didn't call 9-1-1, then yes this is the non-emergency line. If you just thought someone should know, then 75% of the time you should probably call your mom not me.**

The Fourth of July is the best time to shoot someone, no one will believe that the gun shot call is actually a gun shot call.***

Quotas are real, watch out when you're driving at the end of the month.

When I first got the job, well A. I desperately needed a paycheck and benefits and B. I believed in public service. While I still believe in public service, law enforcement is a broken system that needs to be completely broken down and rebuilt without the systemic racism, greed, and power structures. I mean obviously, but the issues are so deep and complex, and they are so resistant to change and positive growth. Basically if it doesn't go pew, pew, pew**** they don't really care much


*RIP
**This is at least true on college campus. There is a small chance actual adults would bring the percentage down to 50.
***Please don't?
****I actually did go through an unofficial gun safety class, because I wanted to know how to unload everything just in case. This included a trip to the gun range where I shot a hand gun and a rifle. Those rifles are even more terrifying now. If I, basically an untrained monkey, can put that red dot on a target at a hundred yards and hit it, then anyone could.