Supervisors: Why?

[TXCharlie]

We actually have a few captains who will call out on traffic stops and take calls when it gets busy. And we are not a small department, so this is not something they have to do.

I've heard on the news that Chief Kunckle of Dallas does this one night per month. He was even involved in a chase and did a felony arrest about a year ago. :p

I wonder if he would have violated his new Chase Policy if he did that now, though? I've been told that they can only give chase after a VIOLENT felonly now :rolleyes:

[Stan Switek]

Maybe they should require that the brass get out of the station and go on patrol one week each month - Would anyone really miss them at the station? :D

I'll address this based on my experience. Every department is different though many are similar in the way we operate.

My department had a LT in the field at all times. He was the field commander. It was not uncommon to have 4 LT's on duty at once on a shift so they would trade off every few hours as field commander. The field commander was expected to respond to all major incidents, field calls from the media, make notifications up the chain of command & much more. After 5 PM, they were in a sense the chief of police. The had to be aware of the big picture in the entire city.

The other LT's were usual buried with administrative work, all with time sensitive due dates. No excuses were accepted for missing a due dates.

Even as a sergeant, far too often I found myself buried in administrative work rather than supervising in the filed. Maybe it's different elsewhere. All I know is at my shop we were way too busy to sit around watching TJ Hooker & eating donuts.

[Cat_Doc]

Even as a sergeant, far too often I found myself buried in administrative work rather than supervising in the filed. Maybe it's different elsewhere. All I know is at my show we were way too bust to sit around watching TJ Hooker & eating donuts.

Yep, with time sheets, reviewing reports, fielding questions from citizens, handling complaints, doing delegated projects, employee evaluations, scheduling, thirty-day impound appeal hearings, etc., I do not find much time to go out and play.

I do make it to all critical incidents and will respond as much as possible when a deputy runs across a problem if I cannot handle it over the cell phone, but there is not a lot of down time, especially on day shift.

[Stan Switek]

Yep, with time sheets, reviewing reports, fielding questions from citizens, handling complaints, doing delegated projects, employee evaluations, scheduling, thirty-day impound appeal hearings, etc., I do not find much time to go out and play.

Do you have a tough time time getting your guys to fill out their time sheets? I was always surprised at how many officers didn't want to get paid on time.

[Cat_Doc]

Do you have a tough time time getting your guys to fill out their time sheets?

LOL, yep, I sure do.

It actually is one of my pet peeves since I have to break down OT hours and send a synopsis/justification to the region Lt and secretary before I can go home on Fridays.

I have not had to send a NTS (No Time Sheet) on any of them yet, which is supposed to result in some bad-boy paper by policy, but I am constantly nagging at a couple of them.

You would think they would get tired of it and turn in their time sheets early? :confused: