Another missive from the last days of Downtown Ernie Brown last week declares that all case reports will be done on the Automated Incident Reporting Application. Paper reports will only be done when "authorized by the Watch Commander" and then only in extreme circumstances. Sergeants are ordered not to approve paper reports.
We don't know about where everyone works, but at any given time, we have 20% or more of our cars down, many without working PDT's or computer mounts. That means we have to run into the station to do reports, which of course, kind of defeats the purpose of maintaining a presence on the streets while we bounce from job to job to job.
How about we invest in decent equipment first of all, make sure we have enough replacements in case something breaks, then maintain the equipment regularly, then eliminate the paper. We want to go paperless as much as the next guy, but this backasswards method is just silly.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
We don't know about where everyone works, but at any given time, we have 20% or more of our cars down, many without working PDT's or computer mounts. That means we have to run into the station to do reports, which of course, kind of defeats the purpose of maintaining a presence on the streets while we bounce from job to job to job.
How about we invest in decent equipment first of all, make sure we have enough replacements in case something breaks, then maintain the equipment regularly, then eliminate the paper. We want to go paperless as much as the next guy, but this backasswards method is just silly.
Penny wise, pound foolish.