richardc63 said:
Absolutely! That is what I do for a living and I become demoralised by those on this list who moan & bleat about bad decision making when they should be doing what many of us do- stand our ground & tell management when they are going down the wrong road.
Well, good for you for standing your ground. When I was younger, and my employer was considerably more open minded, I did exactly that and got away with it. But things change. Now, organizations shoot the messenger if he doesn't carry the party line. Those of us with a message to carry to management would be wise to say it ONCE, and back off, because in many places, you WILL lose the battle. It's up to you how wounded you care to get. In the political atmosphere here in Southern California, you'd be damned lucky to be able to keep your job.
richardc63 said:
However, organisations such as APCO need to be more vocal about the importance of seeking sound professional advice before making decisions on system design & type. From where I sit APCO seems to be too heavily weighted towards the power of the operational "chiefs" over the opinions of the technical specialist. That will backfire badly on APCO.
I agree with you 100% here. APCO has become a dispatcher oriented organization. I read the regulatory news in the APCO rag, and then throw it away. It's become boring and irrelevant. The monthly meetings have become irrelevant, and even the frequency coordination meetings are becoming dominated by non-technical people running the whole thing into the ground.
I hope by the time dinosaurs like me are completely obsoleted by Part 15 microwave radios and national vendor-owned and operated public safety systems, that I'm retired and off fishing somewhere, and not wondering what to do for a living. I'm not the least bit happy about where all this wonderful technology is taking us, because the people who know how to use it aren't the ones making the decisions anymore. It's politicians and accountants.
