Dispatcher's

There is a love hate relationship between officers and dispatchers. Sometimes you love dispatchers and sometimes you hate them. It is not uncommon for an officer or dispatcher to yell at the radio in frustration with one another.

The other day I was dispatched to a hit and run at an apartment complex. The dispatcher said she was also dispatching an ambulance because a person was injured and his tooth had gone through his lip.

I thought about asking the dispatcher if she had a description of the suspect vehicle, but decided not to, thinking if she had one she would have given it. Another officer asked for the suspect vehicle description, the dispatcher said she didn’t have one.

I arrived on scene and saw another officer with his rookie on scene along with the fire department and an ambulance. The other officer came over to me and asked how the call was dispatched. He already knew the answer but wanted to make sure he had heard the call correctly. I told him the call had been dispatched as a hit and run.

We determined that it was indeed a hit and run. Someone had hit the victim several times in the face with his fists and then ran off in a car. So I guess it was a hit and run. The victim ended up going to the hospital and getting stitches.