Operator Speaking by Zachary Constantine
 

Posts Tagged ‘police’

9-1-1 … Is this an emergency?

Monday, August 31st, 2009

I’ve been keeping the dispatch scanner playing quite a bit lately – for the most part, public servants go about their work with expert aplomb (and it adds to an understanding of the causal relationships oft-hidden in the city to associate a patrol car prowling by or the klaxon sirens with actual events) … but [...]

Operator’s Manual: Dealing With Police

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Normally I would hesitate to lean so heavily on quotation, however, as the blog no longer exists, the information is valuable, and WikiLeaks.org has a spotty record for uptime… Detective Jack Night, formerly-anonymous author of the now-defunct Nightjack blog, has this to say (sarcasm noted) on dealing with police: I thought it would be a [...]