I wanted to start a thread to share what ideas you would/could think of to make work better- what is it you crave your admin would do for your guys, and dont- or what do you think is a good idea that noone listions to.
You may not be the chief or sheriff, but your his right-hand man- and you by god you waited 20 years to get this good idea out of your head and onto paper......
Some stuff Ive considered and liked:
1) 4 day on 4 day off shift work- 10 hours a day, 4 days on, 4 days off- who would not mind 4 days off every 4 days? Every week would rotate one day- start off working monday to thursday, next week is tuesday thru friday, then wednesday to saturday, ect on around- shifts would be x3 so there is a nice 2 hours overlap so you can catchup on yoru paperwork while the fresh guy is taking calls.
2) over-laping zones- officer A may be assigned streets 1 thru 10, officer B woudl be assigned streets 8 thru 18 Officer C has streets 16 tru 26 ect. of course this is a linear (sp) example of a circuler idea. But the point is no officer is ENIRELY alone on a zone by design.
3) Corporal rovers- corporals act in place of Sarge, when hes out- but otherwise is a roving officer both to provide a free to go as needed person, and also to help guide/train the first class officers on an as needed/call-to-call basis.
4) every officer- including brass & investigations does at a minimum 120 hours of patrol.- excluding the chief- cant very well tell him what to do.
5) not every department does this, but I think it should be a given- raises per year of work- I dont think its right to have an officer whos busted his butt making withen $1,000 the same amount as a rookie. Every Year officers get a minimal increase- CostofLiving (minimum 2%) for every officer, and on thier annual an officer can get from no raise to as much as 3% based on performance (so the guy gets between 2 and 5% a year all-together).
6) optional vouchers for spanish classes at local/closest college/university- I know 90% of departments offer free tuition reimbersement- but this is something I feel strong about- it should not be mandatory- but Id like to see officers and dispatchers who want to go take college level spanish courses get to do it at no or minimum expence.
Not all the ideas I had- but some of the ones I could think of when I wrote this.- of course they are all just my opinion, and of course you coudl do more or less depending on own thoughts, and budget.
You may not be the chief or sheriff, but your his right-hand man- and you by god you waited 20 years to get this good idea out of your head and onto paper......
Some stuff Ive considered and liked:
1) 4 day on 4 day off shift work- 10 hours a day, 4 days on, 4 days off- who would not mind 4 days off every 4 days? Every week would rotate one day- start off working monday to thursday, next week is tuesday thru friday, then wednesday to saturday, ect on around- shifts would be x3 so there is a nice 2 hours overlap so you can catchup on yoru paperwork while the fresh guy is taking calls.
2) over-laping zones- officer A may be assigned streets 1 thru 10, officer B woudl be assigned streets 8 thru 18 Officer C has streets 16 tru 26 ect. of course this is a linear (sp) example of a circuler idea. But the point is no officer is ENIRELY alone on a zone by design.
3) Corporal rovers- corporals act in place of Sarge, when hes out- but otherwise is a roving officer both to provide a free to go as needed person, and also to help guide/train the first class officers on an as needed/call-to-call basis.
4) every officer- including brass & investigations does at a minimum 120 hours of patrol.- excluding the chief- cant very well tell him what to do.

5) not every department does this, but I think it should be a given- raises per year of work- I dont think its right to have an officer whos busted his butt making withen $1,000 the same amount as a rookie. Every Year officers get a minimal increase- CostofLiving (minimum 2%) for every officer, and on thier annual an officer can get from no raise to as much as 3% based on performance (so the guy gets between 2 and 5% a year all-together).
6) optional vouchers for spanish classes at local/closest college/university- I know 90% of departments offer free tuition reimbersement- but this is something I feel strong about- it should not be mandatory- but Id like to see officers and dispatchers who want to go take college level spanish courses get to do it at no or minimum expence.
Not all the ideas I had- but some of the ones I could think of when I wrote this.- of course they are all just my opinion, and of course you coudl do more or less depending on own thoughts, and budget.
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