You know what I mean?

The training cycle for my department for dispatchers is pretty long in comparison to some other departments. You're hired, sent to the academy, come back to the center, and are in training for three-ish months. Then you go back to the academy for a bit, and are back in training at the center for three to four months. During each time after the academy, you're with the dispatch equivalent of an FTO (field training officer). I had 7 different FTOs over my training. You learn how to do the job, yes, but you also learn a little bit of their style and adopt bits and pieces that stick with you.

I had one trainer who had a "crutch phrase."

"Do me a favor..."
EVERYTHING was a favor. "Do me a favor and ask the RP (caller) where this happened."
Is that a favor? No. "Do me a favor and give that call to this unit instead." AGAIN - NOT A FAVOR.


Some crutch phrases are less noticeable, or less annoying. One of my officers routinely uses "oh okay, cool cool" in response to most things. That one, you don't notice so much. Sometimes, I wonder if the crutch phrase perpetrators even know that they are saying these things ALL. THE. TIME.



Watching LivePD the other day, and there's an officer that said "I got'chu" every fifth word. Sounds ridiculous.


​No real point to this. But do me a favor and stick around for another post?