This is just great:
- I had been hearing a lot of grumbling about late notifications for 26th and Cal and experienced it myself this week and thought people should be made aware. Apparently someone cut down on the number of personnel who notify officers for dates at 26th street. This cutback has resulted in a long delay in notifications being made to the districts/units and thus to the affected P.O.'s. I counted at least a dozen notifications for trials on 29MAR that arrived in district on the 28th. This included a three day trial notification for Thursday, Friday, and Monday that the officers received on Wednesday, if they weren't RDO. In my opinion this move was made for several reasons. 1. Adding to the magic number of officers allegedly moved "to the street." 2. Cutting down on officers who show up in court and thus eliminating paying overtime, and 3, the more sinister motivation, forcing P.O.'s to take deviations and possibly incurring punishment. Maybe this is just a couple week backlog, but its not restricted to where I work because I heard people in other areas mentioning it as well. Let me know what you think or if you've heard anything about this.
We thought this was a glitch or something when we got notified for a court date that was two days past. Now we're find out it's citywide and it's pervasive across the board.
No doubt, the Department is going to fall back on the "officer is ultimately responsible for his/her own court notifications" crap. But if you're RDO (or RDO-plus-a-day to enjoy a three day weekend) and you're not notified until after you return, we're pretty sure that some deviations are going to slip through.
They'll have the manpower to hammer you but not to notify you in the first place. Better start making copies of everything again. If only the copiers weren't out of paper all the time.
No doubt, the Department is going to fall back on the "officer is ultimately responsible for his/her own court notifications" crap. But if you're RDO (or RDO-plus-a-day to enjoy a three day weekend) and you're not notified until after you return, we're pretty sure that some deviations are going to slip through.
They'll have the manpower to hammer you but not to notify you in the first place. Better start making copies of everything again. If only the copiers weren't out of paper all the time.