tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post5898338774422778781..comments2023-08-03T07:50:51.707-05:00Comments on Attitude and Pepper Spray: Is There Anybody Out There?JustRexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00389126268262607714noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-38805415501217371762009-03-29T08:26:00.000-05:002009-03-29T08:26:00.000-05:00Anon- I may start bringing a baby monitor to work....Anon- I may start bringing a baby monitor to work. At least I'll be able to hear what's going on.<BR/><BR/>Icypup- It would be nice if we did radio checks on a regular basis. But on days there are probably 150 staff with radios, and on evenings, maybe 100. Would take at least an hour to get everyone to answer. At least at our camp if we call someone more then 3 times and they don't answer, we send someone to put eyes on them. We try not to let anyone get lost for too long.JustRexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389126268262607714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-30837867388312703802009-03-29T01:45:00.000-05:002009-03-29T01:45:00.000-05:00I sometimes stand by the COs station when I am wai...I sometimes stand by the COs station when I am waiting for an inmate to come over so I can Pshrink his head and during that time the security staff are doing radio checks. The COs are pretty much silent and you don't want to be caught trying to have a conversation with one during radio checks because they don't want to miss their number being called. I guess control just goes down the line and calls each radio. They are all Eagles. Eagle 1 is the big W, Eagle 2 the deputy W, etc. So contol is going down the line and progressing through the numbers and I hear<BR/><BR/>"Control to Eagle 34" ... silence ... "Control to Eagle 34" ... more silence... "control to Eagle 34"... nothing.... "control to Eagle 35" ... response ... " control to Eagle 36" .. response. Now I was never trained in radio protocols but I had to speak up and ask if anybody cared where 34 was? Someone said "well sometimes people are in meetings or on the phone and don't know they are being called." He then explained that no one was going to go look for 34 and many didn't really know who 34 was that day or even cared. I just have walk away shaking my head and hope they aren't doing inmate count and just skipping guys who aren't there. <BR/><BR/>I do not speak radio so I never know what is being said but I am pretty sure a 10-49 in my state means "the next person to go to McDonalds on their break, bring me a #1 with extra cheese and Coke." I think I figured out that a 1701 followed by a 1305 is "we are meeting at the bar immediately after shift and do NOT bring the wives." But I am just a civilian, what do I know.icypuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951480117569599736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-52015249980263619022009-03-28T09:39:00.000-05:002009-03-28T09:39:00.000-05:00A gal I knew lived within sight of a big prison ou...A gal I knew lived within sight of a big prison out here and she pick up their radio calls on her baby monitor. One of the guys who worked there said she got better reception on the monitor than they did in the prison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-56547082606051141692009-03-27T20:54:00.000-05:002009-03-27T20:54:00.000-05:00BA- I just sit and listen to all the partial radio...BA- I just sit and listen to all the partial radio traffic I hear. How many times have you heard a garbled mess and the only thing discernible was a 5 or a 9? That crap just gives me palpitations.<BR/><BR/>Doc R- I hear ya..... I think.... What?JustRexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389126268262607714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-12572584393280781262009-03-27T17:30:00.000-05:002009-03-27T17:30:00.000-05:0010-9?Somebody say something?10-9?<BR/><BR/>Somebody say something?Doc Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762074153828727773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046693734392810795.post-25252465078519897562009-03-27T17:06:00.000-05:002009-03-27T17:06:00.000-05:00We actually had one, and maybe two missed 10-49 ca...We actually had one, and maybe two missed 10-49 calls today. Coincidence? I think you're psychotic, errr.... psychic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com