August 23, 2009

Volume 3, Issue 2 The Dispatcher

Edited by Severin Hall
Special Interest News from the Surprise Police Employees Association
Articles:

• Recent Events Recent events:

• A Message on At a recent meeting traveling above the has already been
common sense with the Command posted speed limit. utilized for other
• Conflict Resolution
Staff the issue of AVL The system is being departments within the
was discussed at used for the purpose city such as City
length. It has been of citizen complaints Engineering and
requested that we for the majority of Sanitation. City
communicate to the uses. Officers are officials outside the
membership that the also encouraged to Department are also
AVL system, which abide by the rules of monitoring the GPS
has been in use since the road when not system, which is in
November 2008, is responding to turn being utilized to
not being used to emergency traffic. It observe and improve
proactively target should also be noted patrol patterns and
officers that are that the AVL system beat redistricting.
Individual
Highlights:
Conflict resolution, being
a team player, and other Conflict resolution, being a team player, and other stupid clichés
stupid clichés 1

Watch your By Sgt. Betsy Brantner the entry plan, the

Speed 2 Smith them forward
time to say so was d) there just wasn’t
Squad Representatives during the pre-raid time for a productive
planning meeting.
3 “…Let’s acknowledge discussion
that in a paramilitary e) some combination
If you didn’t say of the above
organization, debate
something then, possibilities
can sometimes be
there’s a good chance
dangerous and
you kept silent When there is time for
unnecessary. Example:
because: debate (in this
standing on the front
porch of a crack house, example, during the
a) you didn’t want to pre-raid planning
about to ram in the make the boss mad
door during a drug raid meeting) it should be
b) you didn’t want to encouraged — not
is an ideal time to act as though you were
follow the team stifled. Conflict should
trying to usurp his be embraced, and one
leader’s directions, not authority
debate him on the of the best ways to do
c) weren’t confident that is to build an
merits of his entry enough in your own
plan. If you didn’t like atmosphere of trust. If
objections to bring you’re a chief, sheriff,
or other executive,
 Watch Your Speed
There is a lot to be response is merely to more prevalent as the
said for common assist and not vital… AVL system emerges
sense…if you are do you need to travel as a vital method for
responding to a 907 114 mph to get there? monitoring the patrol
where a code 4 has Common sense should vehicle speed. Keep
already been given… dictate. in mind that all of the
do you really need to information compiled
travel 101 mph to get You will go a long way by the department is
there? Common in this business by public record and can
sense should dictate. following the policy be requested by
If you are responding guidelines, and letting anyone, at any time,
to a fire assist and fire your common sense for any reason.
is already on scene dictate situations.
“Nothing astonishes advising that our Speed is becoming
men so much as
common sense and
plain dealings” Available SPEA Board Position
--Ralph Waldo
Interested in serving the Current Board Contact a Board
Emerson Employees of the Members include, Member to get
Surprise Police President-Doug Lynch, enrollment paperwork
Department? The Vice-President-Tim for non-enrolled
elected SPEA Board Murel, Secretary-Jason employees.
still has a vacant Washburn, Treasurer-
position. We are Rick Malone, Public
currently seeking 1 Information Officer-
Civilian Representative. Severin Hall, Civilian
If you, or someone you Representative-Don
know is considering a Dial.
position on the Board,
seize the day, it may Get involved and help
not be vacant for long. increase our numbers.

Test your OIT

Per Policy, What is rs: The 15 mph The hours for
the response time for school zone starts at residential construction
a rotational wrecker? the 15 mph sign which are 0500-2100 hours,
cannot be posted excluding city jobs.
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Upcoming Meeting Items
Meet and confer is upon
us and items will be
discussed at the meeting
on August 26, 2009 at
1800 hours at the Valley
Vista Media Center.
Meet and confer is the
opportunity for Employee
Associations within the city
to approach the City
Officials with concerns or
requests that they feel are
necessary for job
performance, safety, etc.
requests will be honored or
even considered by the City
Officials.
If you have a concern related
to the performance of your
duties, changes to city or
department policy, safety,
wages, or any other concern
that you feel has not been
adequately addressed by the
department or the board you
are welcome to bring up the
issue at the upcoming SPEA
meeting.
the current members to
inform the City that the
SPEA Board represents the
interests of the majority of its
members, and is allowed to
bargain with the city on their
behalf.
Please keep in mind the
current economic situation
when making requests for
items that are likely to cost
the City or the Department
financially may not be
deemed reasonable.

Members should also During the meeting we will

understand that not all also be collecting signatures of

Courtroom Testimony
A recent Superior violator exceeded the hours on a Friday
Court civil traffic posted speed limit, as night was by itself,
appeal has caused a certain Judges have unreasonable. This
stir within the begun finding Judge therefore found
“
Department. When violators not the violator not
We in America do not have governme
testifying in a Speed responsible for speed responsible. Keep in
case, 28-701A, violations based mind the traffic .”
Officers should testify solely on exceeding conditions and areas --Thomas Jefferson
that they felt the the posted limit. of the violation when
speed of the vehicle testifying in speed
was unreasonable For example, a violation cases, and
and imprudent based certain judge did not testify to the
on the conditions and feel that 55 mph on unreasonableness of
circumstances that eastbound Bell Road the speed until further
existed at the time, approaching Civic notice. Cases are
not just that the Center Drive at 1915 currently on appeal
regarding this issue.
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Meetings
A meeting is currently
scheduled for
August 26, 2009
at 1800 hours, at the
Valley Vista Media
Center.

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