Month: September 2023

I want to state that I'm a 911 dispatcher for a county in Arkansas. I'm also currently at work and this just happened not even an hour again, so I'm sorry for any grammatical or spelling errors. Important terminology: •ACIC- Arkansas crime information center. Used for background information and running of individuals/vehicles/parts. •Hit- We receive these on subjects/vehicles/parts that are wanted/stolen out of our jurisdiction where another agency has ran them in ACIC and saw our warrant. •Hit Response- we send these back to the agency who has ran and inquired about our wanted/stolen subject/vehicle/part •locate- sent on Hit Responses by the other agency that sent the Hit on subjects/vehicles/parts at are being extradited/held on their charges. •hold- these are sent by my agency to the jails/evidence lockers on subjects/vehicles/parts that were located by other agencies. Those agencies will send us a Hit notifying us they have the subject/vehicle/part in…

well, never thought I would make a post like this on this new job so soon, thought they were different then most other places but nope, got fired while still recovering from my wisdom tooth surgery. the reason isn't fully from my wisdom tooth surgery, but it is a part of it. I had my wisdom tooth surgery scheduled for a few weeks ago but then moved it to last week due to catching strep throat, I also called out sick from work for about a week due to that. went back to work for a few days before I caught something else (still don't know what it was, but I definitely caught it from my sister who had gone to a huge event). then went back to work for a few days before I had my wisdom tooth removal (which was last Friday). my boss knew well in advance…

I’m not one to usually bemoan the state of our capitalist system since I know I’m just yelling into the wind, but I felt the need to rant about my recent predicament. I tested positive for both Strep and COVID yesterday. But I went to work today and will go to work tomorrow. Why? Because my job does not offer sick pay and I have no vacation days to cover my absences. If I had told my job I had tested positive they would had forced me to go home for 5 days without pay. Pay that I cannot afford to lose. So I just kept mum and started wearing a mask with the excuse that “I’m just taking precautions since I hear stuff is spreading around” It just struck me how screwed up our work culture is that we literally have to go to work sick just to survive…