CallumS005
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Suggestion Title: Update Control dispatch policies
Division: MET - DSU
I'm unsure if this would be better of as a control division suggestion or a DSU one, so I have put it as DSU for now.
Whilst we all appreciate what control does for us whilst on shift, I sometimes feel like their dispatch policies aren't sufficient enough.
As a dog handler and former RTPC officer - whilst in both roles I have noticed that during an FTS, that often lead to decamp, control would never dispatch DSU unless a DSU handler called up and asked to be attached, this resulted in a lack of resources when a decamp happened, either because DSU would be too far behind by the time someone did get dispatched or just would never turn up.
It is especially frustrating as a dog handler that we have to request to be put on a job instead of being allocated by control.
I believe this could be resolved if it was a policy by control, when a FTS is authed - to dispatch RTPC units AND a dog handler, aiding response times and lack of resources when required.
I have also noticed that vehicles that have been called up through control with drug markers are getting dispatched RTPC units not DSU, whilst this is a smaller issue than my first point - it is still frustrating to deal with as it takes away from the calls DSU should be attending.
Division: MET - DSU
I'm unsure if this would be better of as a control division suggestion or a DSU one, so I have put it as DSU for now.
Whilst we all appreciate what control does for us whilst on shift, I sometimes feel like their dispatch policies aren't sufficient enough.
As a dog handler and former RTPC officer - whilst in both roles I have noticed that during an FTS, that often lead to decamp, control would never dispatch DSU unless a DSU handler called up and asked to be attached, this resulted in a lack of resources when a decamp happened, either because DSU would be too far behind by the time someone did get dispatched or just would never turn up.
It is especially frustrating as a dog handler that we have to request to be put on a job instead of being allocated by control.
I believe this could be resolved if it was a policy by control, when a FTS is authed - to dispatch RTPC units AND a dog handler, aiding response times and lack of resources when required.
I have also noticed that vehicles that have been called up through control with drug markers are getting dispatched RTPC units not DSU, whilst this is a smaller issue than my first point - it is still frustrating to deal with as it takes away from the calls DSU should be attending.