I am wondering if anyone that monitors Livermore PD is frustrated as I am?
I have been listening to Livermore dispatch for 21 years. For the last two years I have noticed very poor radio skills with one dispatcher and handful officers.
I then consulted with a friend that is a 20 year police officer and had him listen to what I was hearing. We both came to this guess of what may be happening.
Whispering Dispatcher: There is one dispatcher that speaks with so much breath in her voice that she sounds like she is working on a paid sex line. She sounds the worst when she acknowledges the radio traffic by saying "10-4", there is so much breath you can barely understand what she said. After the first sentence her voice starts to become normal and you can understand her better. I have spoken to a couple of fireman that are on the other side of her dispatching skills and they have acknowledged that have the same opinion about her dispatching skills.
The Whispering Bike Officer: There is one day shift motorcycle officer that always whispers, you can barely hear him. Sometimes even the dispatcher asks him to repeat. I do not believe it is a radio problem because I can hear the traffic in the background just fine, his voice volume is too low.
The Wanna Be Secret Service Officers: These officers reach over to the mic in its holder and speak from that position. This look conceals that they are talking on the radio. However they may look like they are talking to themselves or on their cell phone Bluetooth earpiece. Sometimes dispatch has had to ask them to repeat.
The Secret Squirrel Investigators: Not all of the Investigators do this but a few of them (not when they are hiding in a bush somewhere on a stake out) whisper into mics. Sometimes dispatch has had to ask them to repeat.
I've put on good quality headphones and it tried to hear what dispatch hears and even with the headphones some of those whispering officers are difficult to hear. Of course the other officers are listening to the traffic are not able to hear them at all. When another officer needs to know what the whispering officer said dispatch will repeat it for them. I have observed when the whispering officer needs to start communicating with other officers that they will start to talk at a normal volume (when asked) so other officers can hear them. This shows they can talk at a normal volume.
I wish I was able to get my complaint to the dispatching supervisor but it is my strong feeling it will go as energy wasted. Someone needs to get an automatic gain control on the radio system for the whispers or teach the whispers to stop whispering and talk in a professional radio voice volume level so the other officers can hear them.
I have been listening to Livermore dispatch for 21 years. For the last two years I have noticed very poor radio skills with one dispatcher and handful officers.
I then consulted with a friend that is a 20 year police officer and had him listen to what I was hearing. We both came to this guess of what may be happening.
Whispering Dispatcher: There is one dispatcher that speaks with so much breath in her voice that she sounds like she is working on a paid sex line. She sounds the worst when she acknowledges the radio traffic by saying "10-4", there is so much breath you can barely understand what she said. After the first sentence her voice starts to become normal and you can understand her better. I have spoken to a couple of fireman that are on the other side of her dispatching skills and they have acknowledged that have the same opinion about her dispatching skills.
The Whispering Bike Officer: There is one day shift motorcycle officer that always whispers, you can barely hear him. Sometimes even the dispatcher asks him to repeat. I do not believe it is a radio problem because I can hear the traffic in the background just fine, his voice volume is too low.
The Wanna Be Secret Service Officers: These officers reach over to the mic in its holder and speak from that position. This look conceals that they are talking on the radio. However they may look like they are talking to themselves or on their cell phone Bluetooth earpiece. Sometimes dispatch has had to ask them to repeat.
The Secret Squirrel Investigators: Not all of the Investigators do this but a few of them (not when they are hiding in a bush somewhere on a stake out) whisper into mics. Sometimes dispatch has had to ask them to repeat.
I've put on good quality headphones and it tried to hear what dispatch hears and even with the headphones some of those whispering officers are difficult to hear. Of course the other officers are listening to the traffic are not able to hear them at all. When another officer needs to know what the whispering officer said dispatch will repeat it for them. I have observed when the whispering officer needs to start communicating with other officers that they will start to talk at a normal volume (when asked) so other officers can hear them. This shows they can talk at a normal volume.
I wish I was able to get my complaint to the dispatching supervisor but it is my strong feeling it will go as energy wasted. Someone needs to get an automatic gain control on the radio system for the whispers or teach the whispers to stop whispering and talk in a professional radio voice volume level so the other officers can hear them.
