What the heck is this?
- WE GOT A MEMO FROM DUGAN'S OFFiCE...
It was a list of all officers in the (very busy district) who made none or only two, three or four arrests all of 2008.
The list was ALL LOCK-UP KEEPERS, DESK OFFICERS, COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS, plus a few footmen, wagonmen and the review and citation guys! It is available on-line and I am sure some busybody in Danny's Office worried about having to work in a real police station someday made one for every district.
This had to be, one of the best what were they thinking jokes to come out of 35th St. in a while.
We got a number of e-mails on this. Evidently it went out to all Districts?
One question - shouldn't this be something addressed under the new and improved rating system? This seems like double work.
If someone isn't producing the required number of arrests, then that should be addressed in the comment section of the Performance Evaluation, right? After all, if this low number of arrests is enough to trigger a memo that requires a response from Watch Commanders and District Commanders, then we should be upfront with the men and women working the street that a minimum number of arrests is required.
Wait a minute...required numbers? Isn't that a quota? Isn't this what drives lawyers like Loevy & Loevy batshit insane and ends up as a blizzard of subpoenas and allegations of misconduct? Anyone who can lay their hands on a copy of this memo, save it. Forever. It'll be your best friend one day. It's supporting documentation that might save your ass. We've got boxes of stuff like this in a safe place.
One question - shouldn't this be something addressed under the new and improved rating system? This seems like double work.
If someone isn't producing the required number of arrests, then that should be addressed in the comment section of the Performance Evaluation, right? After all, if this low number of arrests is enough to trigger a memo that requires a response from Watch Commanders and District Commanders, then we should be upfront with the men and women working the street that a minimum number of arrests is required.
Wait a minute...required numbers? Isn't that a quota? Isn't this what drives lawyers like Loevy & Loevy batshit insane and ends up as a blizzard of subpoenas and allegations of misconduct? Anyone who can lay their hands on a copy of this memo, save it. Forever. It'll be your best friend one day. It's supporting documentation that might save your ass. We've got boxes of stuff like this in a safe place.
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