Today for the third time I have found out that a First Sergeant in my agency who neither supervises me nor has any idea what my area of responsibility is has called my Sergeant to worry him about a call that I was given. Not only was the call well within my responsibilities as a rural trooper (This supervisor supervises an interstate only county) but was given to me because of special skills that I have, that others from that particular sheriff's office lack.
This supervisor never speaks to trooper's directly to ask about what is going on he merely listens to a tiny bit of radio traffic and decides to supervise every one elses area. My Sergeant has no recourse in my agency because he is outranked by the other area's supervisor. It is clear when he calls me that he doesn't want to, but has been ordered to do so because this is how he describes it. I have no recourse because I'm just a lowly trooper (in my agency lower than a civillian). Do any other of you guys have problems with a supervisor that has absolutely no say on your evaluation or anything else within your realm of responsibility but tries to supervise you and every other unit within your department? He won't talk to me if there is a problem because he won't lower himself to talk to me. It would also be mildly inappropriate because he does not supervise my area or me. I don't know why the supervision in my area doesn't realize I can't follow the direct orders of an area supervisor that doesn't do things the way MY area supervisor does things without causing a snafu that will be blamed on me failing to follow area policy.
This supervisor never speaks to trooper's directly to ask about what is going on he merely listens to a tiny bit of radio traffic and decides to supervise every one elses area. My Sergeant has no recourse in my agency because he is outranked by the other area's supervisor. It is clear when he calls me that he doesn't want to, but has been ordered to do so because this is how he describes it. I have no recourse because I'm just a lowly trooper (in my agency lower than a civillian). Do any other of you guys have problems with a supervisor that has absolutely no say on your evaluation or anything else within your realm of responsibility but tries to supervise you and every other unit within your department? He won't talk to me if there is a problem because he won't lower himself to talk to me. It would also be mildly inappropriate because he does not supervise my area or me. I don't know why the supervision in my area doesn't realize I can't follow the direct orders of an area supervisor that doesn't do things the way MY area supervisor does things without causing a snafu that will be blamed on me failing to follow area policy.
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