You make it real.īy doing what is right, you have created more work on your part. You do it by the book, never letting on that you know this is most likely a false alarm. When you arrive on the scene, you direct them to where to enter the building and methodically clear each room as if your lives depended on it. You devise an entry and clearing plan with the trainee. You go on to tell the new officer which doors of the facility provide the best tactics for entry.

You tell the trainee that you know the layout of the building. Option 2 is the harder option, and it requires more work to complete. You can look at the length of their career and teach them proper habits early on. You take into consideration doing what’s right for a new officer. You can check the log and see how many times you have been there, issue a citation, if warranted, and go on about your shift. You can respond there, knowing full and well nothing will happen. You can look at your trainee and tell them that the alarm triggers each time it storms. The sound of the dispatcher breaks the silence of the radio. It’s so familiar to get an alarm drop there that you almost instinctively start pointing your car in that direction as soon as the first sound of thunder cracks through the air. You know there’s a 99.8% chance that nothing will ever be there. Main Street for an alarm drop.”įor the past 7 years of your career, you have responded to 485 W. In the back of your mind you think to yourself, “Great.

Amid a slow night of catching up on reports and completing mandatory policy reviews, a storm begins to enter your area. You and the new officer have started to find your rhythm.

You’re serving as a Field Training Officer (FTO). It’s been a relatively slow shift which is set to end at 0600.

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