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Before you question one’s percentage of intelligence by dissecting their post you should possibly read it a little better. In typical LEO Affairs fashion you could not wait to make a positive post out to be a negative one. You, again in typical LEO Affairs fashion, wish to stymie someone’s opinions or observations because they are not 100% in line with your own. I actually agree with some things you said. I too thought the same thing about the finishing the balance of your assignment out in patrol. You are right, some people may want a job that just suddenly popped up and that is to be expected. But we do have some serious unit hoppers. This is not meant to be an insult to you, but if you do not know this you either have not been here very long or you just do your job, a good one I am sure, and go home. Either way I respect you! Notice how I am not insulting you, or invalidating your observation. I agree with some of the points you made.

Now, back to you “LEO Affairizing” my post by assuming that I have disdain for certain supervisors. I will not make assumptions about your intelligence; but anyone with a reasonable level should have realized that the post about sergeants was meant to be facetious. No one would ever benefit by changing sergeants every five or six years. I was using it as an example to show how dumb it is to take a person out of a job who has years of experience and training. That’s all. Please do not assume that I hold contempt for our supervisors as I do not. I think my post clearly said that I enjoy working here and like a lot of things about our agency.

For all of you that think we have issues or are alone in the BS family, just click any other agency’s board and do a little reading. It is almost funny! Everyone from Tampa Int’l Airport Police to JAX SO and Miami have the same issues, Same BS. Like Jon Bon Jovi sang……”It’s all the same….only the names change!” In closing, please do not feel that I am attacking you or any supervisors. I am just expressing my opinion, the very thing this board was designed for. I am a nobody / peon in the grand scheme and nothing I say matters anyway. Maybe I just wanted a place to vent!

Stay Safe…..!!

original, I like your posts, they are very informative. I will say that I know of several persons who were or are in specialized positions, who flat out said the only reason they were putting in for another specialized position was to pat their resume or to avoid having to go back to patrol. These persons we could do without, but they are tucked away in our Corporal program and this is a way to avoid having to shag calls. I could give you their numbers, but I wont. I think most know who they are and why they are in the position they are in. I feel bad for the hard working Cpls who get a bad rap for the slackers who are riding out their time. Let's get rid of this Cpl program because only a small handful take reports and the rest act like top brass, calling for zone units to handle a S59. This is not what the program was designed for and it is a waste of money and time. If anyone besides some hardworking Cpls (216 & 360), a Sgt, or member of the admin can come on this board and defend the usefulness of the CPL program, please feel free to explain. What do they do? How many people does it take to read a report? What happened when a Sgt read the reports for a couple of hrs than when X8? How is the Cpl program involved in the manpower issue, when only a handful of Cpls take reports or are remotely involved in calls for service. What a waste of money and service. Let's go back to basics

How did we get back on this subject.

They aren't going anywhere...

Let it go...

Please tell me someone did not post that 216 and 360 deserve to be named best CPL's ever??? Paleeze; 216: The only time I hear from him is via MDC message giving out wrong information or running x18 to work the ICV. When is the last time he worked a call?

And 360, that poor cat could eat some humble pie. I bet if he wasn't so full of himself he would be a few lbs lighter and could be on the cover of men's heatlh magazine. Instead, his ego inflates him to the point he more resembles the Buddist Idol. If you don't believe me, ask him yourself. I'm sure he'll be glad to tell you how great he is. Ask the guys that work with him on that "special" wednesday. Those guys think he's a joke, ask them.

I guess your impression of those two cpls leads us to think in your opinion the other cpls are better or worse than the others? I will not trash anyone by name or number on this site or anywhere, but if you think those guys stink, I'm afraid of what you think of the others. I know who earns my respect and it's none of the others not mentioned. If sucking up and soaking the PD were the criteria, the others would get my vote. I'm glad I haven't heard the old " Cpl so-in-so, can you send a zone unit over here, this S16 is a S4. " for a couple of weeks, but I still hear three or four supervisors out to x58 together while we are going x99 to calls, which still happens. I like hearing others on the radio helping each other out when they are down on reports or if "the unit" arrives first on scene and takes the call. If the Lts and Sgts needed company to read reports or to eat dinner couldn't we just hire someone from day labor to hang out with them or call an escort service, because it would probably be cheaper than the 7% we been paying these Cpls. This program has lost it's luster and purpose. It is becoming a staffing issue and a moral issue.

Hey lets change the subject and talk about this again next week. Cause I bet someone dredges this up again.

Yawn......

any SWAT openings?

Why don’t we put MB and TK in the octagon for three five minute rounds. Here are the rules:

Each contestant must provide an example of why they are better than everyone else.

Each contestant must alternate superiority examples.

One example per attempt.

No repeat superiority examples.

Each example must be confirmed by a witness in the crowd.

This process will continue through each of the five minute rounds until one contestant can no longer continue. In the event there is a tie, the judges will go to the scorecards. In the event there are no judges, a coin toss will determine the winner.

What a crock of a post. Why don't you go find the answer out while you are at work before you post a b.s. post like this that makes you look like an as_. If we only know who you are...Oh wait.....

PL WHEN YOU GET THAT GRUMPY ,WHY DON'T YOU GO AND TAKE A NAP LIKE 2 YEAR OLDS DO.ITS A SHAME THAT IDIOTS LIKE YOU BREATHE AIR.

Wow, that was so full of knowledge and wisdom. Thanks for sharing your opinion.

It is valued. No really it is.