RCC Commander BOLO

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So major Dumma$$ Gaston took a little heat over the patrol not stopping a semi truck bolo reckless driver. The dispatch center issues the bolo and also called the local agencies. Did that ever cross your pea brain mind ? So instead of telling the truth and explaining how damn short we are, he just issues a memo to call supervisors on every bolo and dispatch a trooper no matter if they are 50 miles away. Look a$$ wipe you dont run our district or our troop you are an idiot.

Obviously you do not listen to the radio. The radio system has been screwed up for weeks now. Did you not know that? Have you reported it ? Get out of your little cubicle and hit the road.... You might learn something. Thats important / having dispatchers repeat speeding bolo's the entire shift is not.

Dumba$$

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It all comes from above. You ever hear of statistical analysis? Wake up out there.

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Pretty much agree with this. Sending a trooper from several miles away, to a moving car traveling at 70 MPH after dispatch has held the little bit of info they got for several minutes, rarely works out. If we do catch up to the car, we have to hope they are still doing the reckless driving or we can't even stop them.

When the RCC sends out the BOLO to our computers, half the info isn't filled out because they just copy/paste the whole thing into the notes instead. So all you can see is the date and time at the top (until you open it), even if it is a stolen car or a missing person. It's no wonder no one pays any attention to them.

And when the the X37 doesn't put X27 and X28 numbers in the BOLO or call, then they don't show up later for us as a prior MNI or prior call on our end. It's really dangerous.

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Pretty much agree with this. Sending a trooper from several miles away, to a moving car traveling at 70 MPH after dispatch has held the little bit of info they got for several minutes, rarely works out. If we do catch up to the car, we have to hope they are still doing the reckless driving or we can't even stop them.

When the RCC sends out the BOLO to our computers, half the info isn't filled out because they just copy/paste the whole thing into the notes instead. So all you can see is the date and time at the top (until you open it), even if it is a stolen car or a missing person. It's no wonder no one pays any attention to them.

And when the the X37 doesn't put X27 and X28 numbers in the BOLO or call, then they don't show up later for us as a prior MNI or prior call on our end. It's really dangerous.

If we do catch up to the car, we have to hope they are still doing the reckless driving or we can't even stop them.

No we don't. In 2014 the US Supreme Court ruled in Prado Navarette v. California that an anonymous report of reckless driving, even if the officer did not witness any violations, was sufficient cause for a traffic stop
FHP didn't put out a bulletin about it, but for two years now a BOLO from a citizen has been sufficient reason for a stop.

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If we do catch up to the car, we have to hope they are still doing the reckless driving or we can't even stop them.

No we don't. In 2014 the US Supreme Court ruled in Prado Navarette v. California that an anonymous report of reckless driving, even if the officer did not witness any violations, was sufficient cause for a traffic stop
FHP didn't put out a bulletin about it, but for two years now a BOLO from a citizen has been sufficient reason for a stop.

I remember discussion regarding SCOTUS ruling.

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In 2014 the US Supreme Court ruled in Prado Navarette v. California that an anonymous report of reckless driving, even if the officer did not witness any violations, was sufficient cause for a traffic stop
FHP didn't put out a bulletin about it, but for two years now a BOLO from a citizen has been sufficient reason for a stop.

The majority of FHP came on after 2014. Lol. No one would know about this.
FHP doesn't care what SCOTUS says, they won't back you for making that kind of x50 without independent solid PC. They'll say it is unlawful or something.

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No we don't. In 2014 the US Supreme Court ruled in Prado Navarette v. California that an anonymous report of reckless driving, even if the officer did not witness any violations, was sufficient cause for a traffic stop

That's not exactly what the case says.
http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/BTL-v22-no6-V2.pdf

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So is that why we have to put up with the dispatchers in troop c 10-48ing everyone and if you don't answer they call you on the phone like you have nothing better to do and they are just going to lose their mind if you don't get that s55s out of miami. A ridiculous waste of time. And a huge officer safety issue. I saw a trooper in the middle of x15ing some one and the dispatcher about had a melt down because he couldn't answer her bolo. Freaking unbelievable.

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So is that why we have to put up with the dispatchers in troop c 10-48ing everyone and if you don't answer they call you on the phone like you have nothing better to do and they are just going to lose their mind if you don't get that s55s out of miami. A ridiculous waste of time. And a huge officer safety issue. I saw a trooper in the middle of x15ing some one and the dispatcher about had a melt down because he couldn't answer her bolo. Freaking unbelievable.

Probably cause the dispatchers knows she's getting paper if she doesn't get the trooper to answer. Despite knowing they are X6 with a violator. It doesn't matter - policy/procedure overrules common sense.

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Probably cause the dispatchers knows she's getting paper if she doesn't get the trooper to answer. Despite knowing they are X6 with a violator. It doesn't matter - policy/procedure overrules common sense.

Dispatch is going crazy with these S12's!!! Calling troopers off their traffic stops, inspections and calls for cars that are supposedly slow, speeding, or just have faulty equipment!

They put a CAD call in for the public calling in when they won't even do what we ask on the radio. Priorities people. Lets learn how to handle one job before we take on another.

News flash - we have AVL. Use it!
If the vehicle is already ahead of us on the interstate, we can't catch it!
We can't go into warp speed and run over all the other cars to catch up to them.

If going in the opposite direction, or is 5-10 miles away, we can't catch them. Duh!!

Call takers need to stop entering calls for people flashing their headlights. It's not against the law based on Supreme Court ruling and Florida law:


316.083
(2) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on audible signal or upon the visible blinking of the headlamps of the overtaking vehicle if such overtaking is being attempted at nighttime, and shall not increase the speed of his or her vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.