Posted: 10/24/2009 2:05:37 PM EDT
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Anybody have experience with the Metro reserve program?
https://hr.lvmpd.com/ams5website/JobClassDetails.aspx?Postings=533 Just wondering what it is all about. |
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Not a clue.
Back when we had the real reserve P.O. position, guys would wear the same uniform, badge, gun and all, and be assigned to an officer for the day. Most eventually became full-time Cops (especially when they heard the program was ending), and good ones at that. Looking at this job description, I just don't see the point. We already have MVP's that do a lot of good work... 
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Not a clue. Back when we had the real reserve P.O. position, guys would wear the same uniform, badge, gun and all, and be assigned to an officer for the day. Most eventually became full-time Cops (especially when they heard the program was ending), and good ones at that. Looking at this job description, I just don't see the point. We already have MVP's that do a lot of good work... MVP's do good work, but they can't go out and take chucks like a PSR or Cadet can. These guys seem to get the same or similar training as a regular PSR, and IMHO will be very helpful on those busy nights where there are 10 or so calls holding in each area and half of them are priority 2 report calls. I think it will help reduce wait times for citizens on them and make officers happy when they don't have to go out as much on them. I guess the success will depend on how many reserves there are. |
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Not a clue. Back when we had the real reserve P.O. position, guys would wear the same uniform, badge, gun and all, and be assigned to an officer for the day. Most eventually became full-time Cops (especially when they heard the program was ending), and good ones at that. Looking at this job description, I just don't see the point. We already have MVP's that do a lot of good work... See, I'm looking do something more like this. I don't want to be a pedestrian wrangler or something, I want to be trained and ready to be effective during a disaster situation, or something along those lines. Extra help on the holidays and what not. |
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Can you explain all the acronyms? MVPs are volunteers. You may sometimes see them out writing handicap parking tickets or directing traffic at a accident or crime scene wearing canary yellow polo shirts. PSR is a patrol service representative - they are full time employees who drive plain car and go to report calls. They are not police officers. Cadets are the same thing as PSRs, they simply are between 18 and 21 years old, and will go into the police academy when they are old enough. Report calls are the type of calls where someone comes home to find their house burglarized or come out in the morning to find their car broken into. They are calls that can be handled by units other than actual police officers, leaving the officers to handle hot calls. |
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Can you explain all the acronyms? MVPs are volunteers. You may sometimes see them out writing handicap parking tickets or directing traffic at a accident or crime scene wearing canary yellow polo shirts. PSR is a patrol service representative - they are full time employees who drive plain car and go to report calls. They are not police officers. Cadets are the same thing as PSRs, they simply are between 18 and 21 years old, and will go into the police academy when they are old enough. Report calls are the type of calls where someone comes home to find their house burglarized or come out in the morning to find their car broken into. They are calls that can be handled by units other than actual police officers, leaving the officers to handle hot calls. From what I have seen, they put the Cadets/PSRs to good use too. I remember during SEMA one year, the hotel that I was working at had three show trucks broken into/damaged and one stolen and the cadet was filling out paperwork for hours. It turned out the trucks were each loaners from three different dealerships, the touneau covers were the property of the convention exhibitor who had parked them there and the wheels/stereos belonged to the auto detailer/finisher that got them ready for the show. With so many different "victims' involved, this poor kid was up to his ears in reports and paperwork and spent quite a long time at the hotel dealing with writer's cramp. Every so often, a Metro cop would stop by to check on his progress and then leave. I brought him a drink out to the parking lot where he was at since I really felt bad for him. I guess it was good practice for the cadet and at the same time allowed the regular Metro guys to respond to more calls. |
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Can you explain all the acronyms? MVPs are volunteers. You may sometimes see them out writing handicap parking tickets or directing traffic at a accident or crime scene wearing canary yellow polo shirts. PSR is a patrol service representative - they are full time employees who drive plain car and go to report calls. They are not police officers. Cadets are the same thing as PSRs, they simply are between 18 and 21 years old, and will go into the police academy when they are old enough. Report calls are the type of calls where someone comes home to find their house burglarized or come out in the morning to find their car broken into. They are calls that can be handled by units other than actual police officers, leaving the officers to handle hot calls. From what I have seen, they put the Cadets/PSRs to good use too. I remember during SEMA one year, the hotel that I was working at had three show trucks broken into/damaged and one stolen and the cadet was filling out paperwork for hours. It turned out the trucks were each loaners from three different dealerships, the touneau covers were the property of the convention exhibitor who had parked them there and the wheels/stereos belonged to the auto detailer/finisher that got them ready for the show. With so many different "victims' involved, this poor kid was up to his ears in reports and paperwork and spent quite a long time at the hotel dealing with writer's cramp. Every so often, a Metro cop would stop by to check on his progress and then leave. I brought him a drink out to the parking lot where he was at since I really felt bad for him. I guess it was good practice for the cadet and at the same time allowed the regular Metro guys to respond to more calls. That's exactly the intended purpose - to keep an officer from having to sit there for 4-5 hours filling out paperwork. The good thing for them now is that they are able to fill out reports on their laptops instead of hand writing them. As for the question above asking if they get their own cars, the answer is that they probably will get them when they are working. |