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<blockquote data-quote="Gadsden" data-source="post: 3829197" data-attributes="member: 49555"><p>When I first started I worked in a very large county where backup was never close by, on average it was 20 minutes away, which seems like a lifetime when you are dealing with a DV call or even what we called "civil standbys" which were usually anything but "civil". At night backup was an off duty deputy who had to be woken up and dispatched to wherever the scene was. We had all the same calls they do in the city plus an abundance of meth labs and all the problems associated with them. </p><p></p><p>I admit that back in those days, when youth makes you feel indestructible, I loved the thrill of being out there alone with only my wits to depend on. I was also very proactive and an adrenaline junkie who was always looking for something to get into and I found just that more often than not. I say this because I understand law enforcement isn't for everyone and there's no shame in coming to the conclusion that you aren't cut out for it, but I have a hard time accepting the decision to quit during a shift. Whether or not there was another deputy anywhere close by or even on duty we knew we could depend on each. No one I ever worked with ever considered quitting without notice and leaving someone else by themselves to deal with whatever it was they had going on. Granted NOPD is a much larger agency and there are officers on duty 24 7 365, but they are still severely understaffed and to have one officer decide to quit during his shift could be the difference between life or death for another officer. </p><p></p><p>This 'officer' did no one any favors. He put his brothers and sisters at risk by making a bad situation even worse. It would have been much better had he just quit at the beginning of his shift so his shift commander had time to make adjustments or at the end of his shift, but to leave during his shift, IMHO, is just an act of selfishness and shows a complete disregard for the safety of those who would, more than likely, defended his life at risk of their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gadsden, post: 3829197, member: 49555"] When I first started I worked in a very large county where backup was never close by, on average it was 20 minutes away, which seems like a lifetime when you are dealing with a DV call or even what we called "civil standbys" which were usually anything but "civil". At night backup was an off duty deputy who had to be woken up and dispatched to wherever the scene was. We had all the same calls they do in the city plus an abundance of meth labs and all the problems associated with them. I admit that back in those days, when youth makes you feel indestructible, I loved the thrill of being out there alone with only my wits to depend on. I was also very proactive and an adrenaline junkie who was always looking for something to get into and I found just that more often than not. I say this because I understand law enforcement isn't for everyone and there's no shame in coming to the conclusion that you aren't cut out for it, but I have a hard time accepting the decision to quit during a shift. Whether or not there was another deputy anywhere close by or even on duty we knew we could depend on each. No one I ever worked with ever considered quitting without notice and leaving someone else by themselves to deal with whatever it was they had going on. Granted NOPD is a much larger agency and there are officers on duty 24 7 365, but they are still severely understaffed and to have one officer decide to quit during his shift could be the difference between life or death for another officer. This 'officer' did no one any favors. He put his brothers and sisters at risk by making a bad situation even worse. It would have been much better had he just quit at the beginning of his shift so his shift commander had time to make adjustments or at the end of his shift, but to leave during his shift, IMHO, is just an act of selfishness and shows a complete disregard for the safety of those who would, more than likely, defended his life at risk of their own. [/QUOTE]
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