05-04-2006, 03:48 AM
I know that this is getting redundant, but has anyone heard the latest on the computer situation?
I know that we were tentatively scheduled to be getting the docking in our cars as of march or april...obviously that did not happen. It seems as though the cheif was keeping us up to date pretty regularly when the time frame was set, but as that time frame has passed it seems as though nothing was being said. No reasons given for the delay...again.
Granted, purchasing and installing a computer system in every car is a big undertaking. But come on...does it really take 2 years to find a product and come to an agreement?
You know, I am not upset that we dont have computers. the fact is, i have been trained to work without them and I feel as though I do my job without a computer better than a lot of officers with one. A computer is a luxury, not a neccessity. With that said, what does upset me ALOT is that I feel as though we are being treated with disrespect. We are being given empty promises by our chief. We are told a date. That date passes. We are told another date. That date passes. This pattern goes on and on....and sadly I feel as though it is going to continue for a while.
If we were told 2 years ago that we would be getting computers installed in the summer of '06, I feel as though we would all be happy with that. We may be unhappy that the date seems far away, but at least we can expect something when that date comes. As of right now, I dont know what to think. Honestly, I dont expect anything when the projected time frame comes. Wait...let me re-phrase that...I didn't expect anything when the projected time frame came...and nothing came.
I love this department, and I wouldnt leave if the cheif came and told me that we were not getting computers at all, but I honestly feel that we are being decieved. i feel that we are being given dates that, at best, are best case scenarios. I feel that we are being given these empty promises to keep everyone happy...and then when that date comes, we recieve another (more assuring) promise. Well, I for one and dissapointed in my department with this issue. It really is a small issue, but I feel as though it has uncovered a larger more important flaw in our upper-command...a lack of respect.
The city of Largo has to realize that we are falling way behind in respect to the things that this department can offer to its employees. Most of these things are luxuries..but you know what, luxuries are what job-seekers look at when they are filling out applications. I, for one, would like to see more qaulity applicants come here because they want to. Not because the departments with take home cars and computers are so filled with applicants that they couldnt get a job. The city of Largo cannot BS their way out of this issue.
***PS- I am a Largo officer and I have voiced an issue that I have with the most respect that I could. I request that any responses be given in the same fashion. [/code]
I know that we were tentatively scheduled to be getting the docking in our cars as of march or april...obviously that did not happen. It seems as though the cheif was keeping us up to date pretty regularly when the time frame was set, but as that time frame has passed it seems as though nothing was being said. No reasons given for the delay...again.
Granted, purchasing and installing a computer system in every car is a big undertaking. But come on...does it really take 2 years to find a product and come to an agreement?
You know, I am not upset that we dont have computers. the fact is, i have been trained to work without them and I feel as though I do my job without a computer better than a lot of officers with one. A computer is a luxury, not a neccessity. With that said, what does upset me ALOT is that I feel as though we are being treated with disrespect. We are being given empty promises by our chief. We are told a date. That date passes. We are told another date. That date passes. This pattern goes on and on....and sadly I feel as though it is going to continue for a while.
If we were told 2 years ago that we would be getting computers installed in the summer of '06, I feel as though we would all be happy with that. We may be unhappy that the date seems far away, but at least we can expect something when that date comes. As of right now, I dont know what to think. Honestly, I dont expect anything when the projected time frame comes. Wait...let me re-phrase that...I didn't expect anything when the projected time frame came...and nothing came.
I love this department, and I wouldnt leave if the cheif came and told me that we were not getting computers at all, but I honestly feel that we are being decieved. i feel that we are being given dates that, at best, are best case scenarios. I feel that we are being given these empty promises to keep everyone happy...and then when that date comes, we recieve another (more assuring) promise. Well, I for one and dissapointed in my department with this issue. It really is a small issue, but I feel as though it has uncovered a larger more important flaw in our upper-command...a lack of respect.
The city of Largo has to realize that we are falling way behind in respect to the things that this department can offer to its employees. Most of these things are luxuries..but you know what, luxuries are what job-seekers look at when they are filling out applications. I, for one, would like to see more qaulity applicants come here because they want to. Not because the departments with take home cars and computers are so filled with applicants that they couldnt get a job. The city of Largo cannot BS their way out of this issue.
***PS- I am a Largo officer and I have voiced an issue that I have with the most respect that I could. I request that any responses be given in the same fashion. [/code]