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Affirmative.
I had two (at least) other quirks: The use of "Be advised" at the begining of any transmission. "Be advised, the suspect is running on foot north of the store." Or, "Be advised, the subject here states he didn't make the 9-1-1 call."
Look, the mere fact you are holding up the microphone, SPEAKING INTO IT as you depress the transmit key is "advising" somebody, if not the dispatcher, at least another officer. Be advised it's my job to hear what you say, and to document it, as well as relay it as necessary. That's a superfluous, two word phrase. Stop using it. Shorten your transmissions, let somebody else talk - d'ya just like to hear yourself, or what??? Be advised you sound stupid saying that, AT THIS OR ANY OTHER TIME. <*snark*>
Also, when an officer "ran" a license plate, often s/he would say, "Print it and mark it green." (And hold it for later pick-up. Yes, I am that old; nowadays, the registration return is electronically routed to station printers, or the patrol unit MDC, etc.) I had a box of 64 Color Crayola crayons, and I would make a wide, green swath of color on the printed copy. After a while, the green, red, blue, black, and white crayons got very stubby, the burgundy crayon was slightly used, but all those other colors just sat in the box. So I suggested to a few of my favorite officers (each with an active sense of whimsy) about my box o' crayons.
One or two would come visit the Comm Center and rustle through the box to pick "nifty" colors, then try to use those colors throughout a shift. "Mark it burnt umber," was my absolute favorite, even more so than "chartreuse" or "periwinke."
So, one day, an officer's second radio transmission of the shift - the first was to announce going in service - was this: "Center, be advised, at this time, I am out on an abandoned vehicle with negative occupants, cornflower in color - run this VIN NUMBER [provided the 17 digit series of letters and numbers], let me know if it's stolen and print and mark it cornflower."
Ahhhh.. fond memories of poking fun at each other!
Affirmative.
I had two (at least) other quirks: The use of "Be advised" at the begining of any transmission. "Be advised, the suspect is running on foot north of the store." Or, "Be advised, the subject here states he didn't make the 9-1-1 call."
Look, the mere fact you are holding up the microphone, SPEAKING INTO IT as you depress the transmit key is "advising" somebody, if not the dispatcher, at least another officer. Be advised it's my job to hear what you say, and to document it, as well as relay it as necessary. That's a superfluous, two word phrase. Stop using it. Shorten your transmissions, let somebody else talk - d'ya just like to hear yourself, or what??? Be advised you sound stupid saying that, AT THIS OR ANY OTHER TIME. <*snark*>
Also, when an officer "ran" a license plate, often s/he would say, "Print it and mark it green." (And hold it for later pick-up. Yes, I am that old; nowadays, the registration return is electronically routed to station printers, or the patrol unit MDC, etc.) I had a box of 64 Color Crayola crayons, and I would make a wide, green swath of color on the printed copy. After a while, the green, red, blue, black, and white crayons got very stubby, the burgundy crayon was slightly used, but all those other colors just sat in the box. So I suggested to a few of my favorite officers (each with an active sense of whimsy) about my box o' crayons.
One or two would come visit the Comm Center and rustle through the box to pick "nifty" colors, then try to use those colors throughout a shift. "Mark it burnt umber," was my absolute favorite, even more so than "chartreuse" or "periwinke."
So, one day, an officer's second radio transmission of the shift - the first was to announce going in service - was this: "Center, be advised, at this time, I am out on an abandoned vehicle with negative occupants, cornflower in color - run this VIN NUMBER [provided the 17 digit series of letters and numbers], let me know if it's stolen and print and mark it cornflower."
Ahhhh.. fond memories of poking fun at each other!