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Need a dispatcher?? Im thinking of getting a new job

I think you already know the answer to your question : )

I would think that "if you truly are" a Chief Law Enforcement Officer that you would know the answer which, in case of all legal authorities, is mandated by department policy. Go outside that policy and it's your butt pounding the pavement looking for work and perhaps covering your butt that is a mile high in civil lawsuits.

Is this so called "Law Enforcement Agency" even a respectible police department, or are you in charge of security at Jamestown Mall?? Why would you bring up personnel matters to a bunch of people that do not understand policies of a police department, excuse me, Law Enforcement Agency and expect to find your answers. I wouldn't mess with anyone's livelihood, because if they lose that, YOU may be the one who will be needing the protecting.

Yep, same here.

If a person gets fired or quits a job they are protected when they get another job and they call you to ask about the person they are thinking of hiring you can only tell them that they worked there and for how long and thats all. If you give any more than that that ex-employee can sue you if they can prove that you interferred with their job hunting. And if they lie on their application that will come back on them and your safe, so best advise is don't say anything because if they are bad cops it'll get them in the end and it's their fault if they can't protect their family in the right way. Good Luck

Legally - all personnel records are confidential. You cannot state the exact reason for why an employee was dismissed. If the agency requesting information gets to that line of inquisition then you can remind them to do a full background check on that individual. If they were criminally charged it will show up. But, if an officer was late for work on numerous occasions or had female friends in their squad car etc..etc... you cannot legally disclose that. The Federal Privacy Act is very stict and can get you into trouble when disclosing too much. Word will get around on a bad employee.

After having seen videos recently of a cop beating up and choking a couple of teenagers for riding a skateboard and "disobeying an officer", a man hit hard by a squad car for running from the police, and right here in St. Lou, a teenager harassed by police simply because he refused to disclose his distination while stopped at a DWI freedom block (let go only after the police realized they were being secretly videotaped), I've reached the conclusion that we have an awful lot of bad officers out there who need to be fired and get more appropriate jobs, perhaps shoveling crap or spreading manure.

And that's not counting my own personal experiences with our finest when doing nothing particularly bad. (Hint: Smartmouthing an officer is the worst offense you can commit, even worse than murder or rape.)

Too many cops use their position of power to boost their ego and be the big men and women that they really aren't in real life.

So fire them all!

We need police officers who are committed to protecting the public safety, not flexing their overblown fat egos.

But I agree there is something suspicious about this posting to begin with.

Did I mention I'm George Bush, the President of the United States?

Chief,

If your directives were congruent with the local, state and federal laws and those officers refused to obey, you have an obligation to the department, to yourself and more importantly, the people you are sworn to serve and protect to have those officers removed. With that said, now you must consider another department hiring those officers. You have to ask yourself, "If I didn't know those officers, would I hire them?" Some states have required licenses for police/sheriff deputies for employment within that state. Does your state have such requirements? If they do, you may want to request the state to either revolk such a license or to have it suspended, pending further investigations.

Just for the record, I also believe there are many more good cops than bad. Not that I get pulled over every day, but over the years most of the time the officer is professional and courteous. When they are, I am professional and courteous in return.

Actually, Speedy, I misspelled "distination" in my post just to ensure you would know it really is me, Dubya!! ;)

Okay, I guess that's not enough. I would have had to misspell every other word and use broken and unfinished sentences to really be like GWB.