This is what we were looking for:
- Long story short midnights was always down 5-10 cars a night with the in house OT cars etc so 5-10 3rd watch cars went in early to turn over keys as needed. Lemmer found out and now no time due without slip and work the whole way while mids sits a few hours waiting for keys every night. In addition some cars got to go home early if it was their Friday over the course of the week, furlo Fridays etc. Lemmer didn't like that either so now we get inspectors at check off all summer. Days also got written up 5times for cars going in to turn over keys during that 1 hr at the end by GPS.
We suspected/knew Lemmer and GPS was involved somehow. Lemmer has been bringing up GPS at every single CompStat meeting since he took over and he's been waiting to hammer certain districts, especially busy districts.
He (and the Department) have refused to see reality for years since we went to the 8.5 hour (plus .5 unpaid lunch) 4-and-2 schedule. Nine hours has never divided into three shifts (we're pretty sure we pointed this out years ago). The solution was always to overlap the third watch and first watch by two hours, supposedly putting maximum manpower on the street at the busiest time....but without supplying the Districts with cars to actually put these officers on the streets. Either third watch has to come in early or midnights has to sit around waiting for cars. The Department has tried to fill this time with training or e-learning, but there's only so many times you can repeat the same material over and over.
We also suspected/knew that entire watches weren't getting ducks or working less than full shifts. That's an invitation to real trouble.
He (and the Department) have refused to see reality for years since we went to the 8.5 hour (plus .5 unpaid lunch) 4-and-2 schedule. Nine hours has never divided into three shifts (we're pretty sure we pointed this out years ago). The solution was always to overlap the third watch and first watch by two hours, supposedly putting maximum manpower on the street at the busiest time....but without supplying the Districts with cars to actually put these officers on the streets. Either third watch has to come in early or midnights has to sit around waiting for cars. The Department has tried to fill this time with training or e-learning, but there's only so many times you can repeat the same material over and over.
We also suspected/knew that entire watches weren't getting ducks or working less than full shifts. That's an invitation to real trouble.
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