Stats

I am an Orlando police officer. I have been with the agency for over thirteen years. This new program was put in place by the Chief and it has morale at the lowest that I have seen in my whole career. This program in NOT supported by the rank and file Officer. We hate it, but have no recourse. This was developed and instituted by the rank of Deputy Chief and above. We have to attempt to follow the program or suffer the consequences. Like everyone else officers have children, families and other obligations beyond work. We have arranged our lives around a basic work schedule. If an emergency arises or the community needs us then we will work whatever is needed until the problem is resolved. I am talking about a base work schedule. Changing our schedule to midnights or an opposite days rotation is one of the tools that the administration is using against us. If we don't play ball then it is off to midnights. Several officers have been moved already for sole purpose of discipline and to make an example for their program. They are making officers take shifts on the transport van as punishment for low statistics. The shifts are not very long so this has not had the intended result. That is why the administration is moving toward permanent transfers as the fear motivator. This is counter productive and a disservice to the citizens. We are forced to alter our enforcement actions to have the high stats that the chief wants. Yes, the Chief. All squad stat reports are forwarded directly to her office. She is the architect of the program and uses the Deputy Chiefs as the enforcement arm via the Division Captains. I now write tickets where I might have given a verbal warning and make an arrest where I might have filed the case with the SAO or given a warning. Officer are using all kinds of tricks to increase our stats to stay off of the bottom five list. I am on the inside and I can tell you it is not serving the citizens.Every squad has to submit the names of the two worst officers every month. Even if the whole squad works hard the Sgt. still has to submit two names for potential punishment. The Capt. then takes these list and makes the five worst list for the division. This does not bread production. It breeds resentment and fear. The individual officer has no voice in the process. If you disagree then you become part of the problem. This program presents legal problems that the administration will not recognize. Two officers from every squad are labeled "the worst officer" even if they have worked hard. Every squad MUST have two. When we have to go to court and depositions this label can be used against us to discredit our testimony. That can be all it takes to cast doubt in a jurors mind. I have worked hard for an honest and hard working reputation. I have already been labeled "the worst" once. It is not a good feeling when you are doing your best.If you have a problem with this program please direct you feeling towards the Chiefs office. When you see an Officer on the street realize that we being forced to participate out of fear of retribution. I enjoy serving the citizens of Orlando and would like to do it without being forced into certain enforcement actions. With the current budget crisis in play we are probably going to suffer layoffs and hiring and pay freezes. This is not the time for these kinds of dysfunctional parent games.

Hey John.....if you worked as much as you complain you would lead the agency in stats.

Once we fill the jail up with city ordinance violators to achieve the stat numbers Val wants, they will lower the bond schedule, once agin, and let the violent felons run loose so speedy trial is not an issue for the transients.

I work at another agency about an hour north of Orlando off of I-75, and the same type of thing is going on her and yes it's not right. I'm always interested in anything on LEOAFFAIRS where the word morale or stats or involved. If our stats are low now, we have to work the front lobby, if that doesn't work to motivate you, the top two have approved a performance evaluations above your yearly one that will be given in negative light of the poor stats. We don't have a transport van and actually we get 6% more for midnights so that's not much of a punishment. I hate to say it but it's the same all over!
The only plus is we are hiring like crazy....what does that tell you? I think we have 8 openings, and trust me we have hired some bottom feeders.
I have not seen in any training, that not supporting your people and constatnly giving them crap for everything they do, is the way to motivate. Their are similarities in our departments they way they are run, I have seen your Chief at our department. We even promote so F'D up anymore that it's not even worth being on the list. The funny thing is that our DC came up through the ranks and I know that he never had the "stats" he wants from us.
Keep your heads up and do what has to be done, your still better cops than the ones making the decisions upstairs, but it's no better anywhere else.

I work at another agency about an hour north of Orlando off of I-75, and the same type of thing is going on her and yes it's not right. I'm always interested in anything on LEOAFFAIRS where the word morale or stats or involved. If our stats are low now, we have to work the front lobby, if that doesn't work to motivate you, the top two have approved a performance evaluations above your yearly one that will be given in negative light of the poor stats. We don't have a transport van and actually we get 6% more for midnights so that's not much of a punishment. I hate to say it but it's the same all over!
The only plus is we are hiring like crazy....what does that tell you? I think we have 8 openings, and trust me we have hired some bottom feeders.
I have not seen in any training, that not supporting your people and constatnly giving them crap for everything they do, is the way to motivate. Their are similarities in our departments they way they are run, I have seen your Chief at our department. We even promote so F'D up anymore that it's not even worth being on the list. The funny thing is that our DC came up through the ranks and I know that he never had the "stats" he wants from us.
Keep your heads up and do what has to be done, your still better cops than the ones making the decisions upstairs, but it's no better anywhere else.

Guess Ocala has criers too. :lol: