Well the time is here, it is my final night. Bittersweet is an understatement. I have learned so much over the last 4 1/2 years and I am so grateful I had this opportunity to chase my dream. To each of the training officers and supervisors I have had; thank you. To each officer and responder I have worked with; thank you.
I end my time dispatching with so many memories and so many things accomplished. There are a lot of calls I never had, and for that I’m also thankful. I don’t want to jump the gun and jinx myself in anyway, because as of right now I still have 8 hours left in my final shift! So I will save that part for the end of this post.
I’ve never had a “save” at least not by our definition, which is successful CPR instructions giving during a cardiac arrest. I have however had a suicidal caller with a weapon in his hand when I answered the phone. That will always go down as a save in my book since I had to talk to him, and talk him into putting that weapon away, so that my officers could make entry to his home and get him the help he needed.
I’ve talked to many a caller who had just found their loved one deceased, and that call is a heartbreak like no other. Fortunately I’ve never had to listen to someone take their last breath though, and for that I’m grateful. I’ve taken many a ridiculous call also, too many to even name. If you don’t work in public safety you can’t even begin to imagine some of the crazy things people call about!
Fast forward four hours, because that’s how long it’s been since I started this post. In typical Friday night fashion I’ve been pretty slam busy tonight. I of course requested to work my favorite radio tonight, county pd, and it has certainly not failed to disappoint. In that time I also got another “first” experience, but I won’t share the details for the privacy reasons. To me it was pretty cool, others not in this field might not agree haha!
So yeah now there are just four hours left in my final shift, not sure how I feel about that. I’m pretty sure there may just end up being a part 3 to this post. For one thing it’s hard to sit here and type things when you are sleepy and it’s almost 4am, for another, I’m sure that once this shift ends and I have more time to reflect I will have more to say. I guess only time will tell! Stay tuned!
Arise and Glow 