CHP Freq Question for the Mojave, CA Area

[Mick]

Not sure why you're quoting part of my Aug 2006 post, here's the rest of it:

Any officer may call in every single stop if desired though. Many officers are very good at multitasking and will send all the traffic stop info via MDC to dispatch; you can get very good at that with traffic stop templates in the MDC. This method of not having a policy requiring advising dispatch of every stop has worked very well for the CHP. If an officer ever checks a license plate or driver license or other CLETS info, then he is required to give the location of the stop.

That's been CHP's excuse for years, but somehow urban departments with MUCH higher call and car stop volumes have managed to do it for years without an issue. :roll:

Having been on both sides (dispatcher and peace officer), I still believe it's an officer safety problem, and wonder why their union doesn't push for better officer safety.

 

[hardware1197]

This is one of the longest latent threads ever.