I have been on the job for going on 6 years now most of them as seargent and shift supervisor. I am one of very few who has literally dealt with just about every type of call imaginable. Shootings, stabbing’s, suicides, murders, major disasters, hostage situations, rapes, dangerous rescues, bombs both fake and real. Usually I am the 1st to arrive on the scene and on more than one occasion the only one. I have met and gotten to know so many people many of whom are still grateful for my actions in their time of need. I have saved lives and in all the years only lost one life, 2 year old reese mccasland a SID’s victim, whom I received praise from paramedics for trying to save him. I have single handedly captured escaped convicts. 2 days ago I responded and treated being 1st on scene to a doctor who had a stroke, today his fellow doctors came to thank me for my actions he is expected to make a full recovery. Appreciation like that is what I enjoy most about the job, so why am I pissed? Well my joy was short lived, see Friday on my day off the system on which we do our reports went down. Not the first time as we are constantly having problems with the system since the last upgrade, so it is not unusual for us to go a whole weekend without the system working. The chief who is the only person who can fix the system was notified at home and an email was sent to all the supervisor not just myself mind you but to all of them, saying to keep trying and call him again if its still not working. Now Saturday when I arrived at work the previous supervisor didnt feel a need to call the chief at home and being that he was aware of the situation I didnt bother to contact him either. Now a Lieutenant who was working that night was upset that I didnt call the chief and tell him that the system wasnt working, although he was notified later and still did not come in until Monday to fix the problem. Mind you the chief did not have a problem with me not calling him and himself admits it wasnt a big deal doing things the old way but because this lieutenant made a big stink because I didnt bother to call the chief that she went to the deputy chief and made it seem like I had a problem with her authority and demanded I be punished, so the deputy chief just to make her happy agrees to suspend me for 2 days without pay. Now get this the chief has to approve this and does without even bothering to ask what it was about. Now the other supervisors who also didnt call the chief at home don’t get in any trouble for also not calling him yet I get suspended for 2 days and its approved by the person I didnt call when he himself doesnt have a problem with the fact that I didnt bother to call him. So dispite the fact that I constantly put my life on the line to protect others and the dept is better appreciated by the public where years ago they were not and all the good things I have done over the years I am not even worth looking at the reason you are suspending me. Its my believe that God don’t like Ugly so instead of fighting my suspension I didnt say a word. I do what I do for the public and the Brass can kiss my Ass! What goes around comes around ! ;-)
