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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Morning watch: Things that go bump or burp in the night
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As the Sandy Springs Police Department prepares for the July 1 start-up, we find ourselves in the final stages of personnel hiring and placing officers where they will best help us.
Those officers coming on who have experienced in crime suppression will be assigned to the street-level units. Those coming on with a background in traffic investigation and traffic reconstruction will come on as a specialized traffic officer. Specialized detectives will come on in their specific fields or expertise. Knowing that, it’s easy to see why they have me in the break room with a box of crayons.
We will have three 10-hour shifts. Day, evening, and morning watch. These shifts will overlap with the evening shift overlapping on either side for several hours of double-coverage.
If you have been in this business and worked the streets for any length of time, most likely you spent time on the morning watch. The morning watch is like going to the zoo, watching the Spice Channel, Comedy Channel and the Cartoon Channel at the same time.
To say the least, it is a very interesting trip.
The world is not complete without those people, those being the ones whose elevator’s don’t go all the way to the top, whose dogs aren’t all barking, whose Frappuccino doesn’t rise all the way to the top, those who are just passengers on this spaceship. They are the reason the morning watch officers rarely take sick days. You can’t get this entertainment at home. If you do, move.
