[Scan-DC] RE: Charles County Sheriff's Dept

[al]

  Well my friend if you are looking for "PROFESSIONALS",when it come's to 
Charles County Communications,it will be a very long search indeed.I'm from 
the county,did the VFD thing,a stint with the Sheriff's dept & the 
dispatching has always left alot to be desired.They are still stuck in the 
good-ol-boy network & the not how good you are but who you know system.

  They,dispatchers,get easily rattled,play favorites,especially re the FD & 
on a number of occasions laughter,playing around in the background & such 
has covered radio comm's.They were like that in the 70's/80's/90's & they 
are like that today.I've heard them start to sound tones for a FD 
run,stop,&,the same dispatcher, begin routine comms with a deputy,end that 
& go back to the FD run.

  I think one big reason for the new trunk system is they are hoping not as 
many people,outside the agency's, will hear them.

  Give them another 20 years & they may be catching up with how it's 
supposed to be done.

  Al


>Gentlemen -- you know.... in Amateur Radio emergency communication drills we
>tend to be very careful to precede and follow EVERY possibly inflammatory
>statement/message/transmission with the word "DRILL" or something like that
>so that the whole system doesn't come unglued.  Don't these 'public
>servants' have any sense that there is a real potential for unanticipated
>consequences from calls/broadcasts like this/that?  Oh, sure -- they will
>certainly say that nobody should HEAR what they say -- but people do hear,
>and they WILL hear, and as sure as I'm concerned about this, someday there
>is going to BE an unanticipated consequence, and somebody will suffer
>greatly from it.  Does this make any sense to anybody else?  For my money,
>our Public Servants really ought to start thinking a little bit more
>professionally as regards their gaming and drills communications.  After
>all, if AMATEURS can think of these things, why can't the PROFESSIONALS?
>I'll hop down off the soapbox now, thank you very much.  Vic
>
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>[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of al
>Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 1:11 PM
>To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Scan-DC] Charles County Sheriff's Dept
>
>
>
> >  Not sure what's going on with the Sheriff's dept but they just sounded
> > their emergency tone on all their freqs & put out a "all D-1 units report
> > to the Armory" call.
> >
> >  Heard comm's to 2 or 3 of the command units,ie car 100,car 130.
> >
> >  Never heard this type call before.Could be a drill I guess.
> >
> >  Al
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> >al dudley ....wash dc , usa
> >  ald61650 at comcast.net
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> >  pro 26,2006,2052
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>
>   This was related to the new trunking system & getting setup for it.
>
>   Al
>
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