Does a Game Warden have a badge number? Or a call-sign? If an off-duty game warden were to call 911 during a shootout, how exactly would he identify himself as law enforcement?
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Originally posted by ATBarker View PostDoes a Game Warden have a badge number? Or a call-sign? If an off-duty game warden were to call 911 during a shootout, how exactly would he identify himself as law enforcement?
Lets just say an off duty cop knows how to identify themselves in an emergency or in any communications with on duty cops.
Originally posted by CCCSD View PostThey would do what any off duty cop would: Identify themselves as off duty and go from there.
Originally posted by ATBarker View Post
Couldn't anyone say they're an off-duty cop? Do they not have to identify themselves via badge number?
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Originally posted by ATBarker View PostDoes a Game Warden have a badge number? Or a call-sign? If an off-duty game warden were to call 911 during a shootout, how exactly would he identify himself as law enforcement?
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The short answer is: it depends.
In the area where they work it would be different than out of their jurisdiction... I may not even identify as an officer in a big city like Denver or out of state because it takes up time and doesn’t really matter."I am a Soldier. I fight where I'm told and I win where I fight." -- GEN George S. Patton, Jr.
"With a brother on my left and a sister on my right, we face…. We face what no one should face. We face, so no one else would face. We are in the face of Death." -- Holli Peet
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The badge number bull**** is in the movies and TV shows. Lot of places down here it's not even a permanent number. Change assignments, position, get promoted etc and it can change. Those numbers get recycled a lot too!
If I have to call 911 I tend to tell them my name and who I work for and why I called. I don't give them my "badge number!" They don't care! It's not a requirement that I tell them I'm a LEO but if I don't they're likely to ask me 100 damn questions.
Possum cops will likely have some call sign that may or may not be their "badge number." If they call 911 the operator probably won't care what their badge number is or isn't. If the caller volunteers it the operator may or may not put it somewhere in the call notes.
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Originally posted by westside popo View PostThe badge number bull**** is in the movies and TV shows. Lot of places down here it's not even a permanent number. Change assignments, position, get promoted etc and it can change. Those numbers get recycled a lot too!
If I have to call 911 I tend to tell them my name and who I work for and why I called. I don't give them my "badge number!" They don't care! It's not a requirement that I tell them I'm a LEO but if I don't they're likely to ask me 100 damn questions.
Possum cops will likely have some call sign that may or may not be their "badge number." If they call 911 the operator probably won't care what their badge number is or isn't. If the caller volunteers it the operator may or may not put it somewhere in the call notes.
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I will add that on duty state officers may occasionally get on the local radio (if they have compatible radios) net to coordinate with or relay information to local dispatchers and LEOs. And yes they then may use their call sign on the radio. The few times I've heard it they use the prefix DNR for possum cops and GSP for troopers before their regular call sign.Last edited by westside popo; 03-12-2021, 08:29 PM.
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I doubt he is going to have time to make a phone call during a shootout. Around here, if he wanted to make sure responding officers knew who he was and that he was armed, he would identify himself by name (Ofc. Smith) or as an ODO (Off Duty Officer.) Most officers and dispatchers have very limited contact with wildlife officers so, a wildlife officer identifying himself by badge or unit number isn't going to mean anything to almost everybody. If you get into very rural counties where everyone dispatches through the sheriff's office, you have a better chance of knowing that unit #123 is a wildlife officer.
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