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You remember that game called "gossip" where you tell someone something and they pass it on and they pass it on, etc until it gets to the last person and they say aloud what they heard and it's nothing like the original message?
First, I think the original 911 communications officer was very diligent in getting pertinent information:
1) description
2) has he touched/threatened with weapon
3) does he have any external ID that would identify him as security, etc?
4) where is his handgun?
I think it's instructive that the information from the original communications officer of "white male in his 20's with a handgun in a holster fastened to the back of his pants with nothing identifying him as a security guard who has never touched his handgun nor threatened with it. pam wants him removed." was relayed by dispatch as:
"white 20yo male with a handgun in the back of his pants walking around with no identification who hasn't threatened at this time. staff is nervous."
The original communications officer seemed pretty diligent in getting information from Pam. However, in the relay, the information from police dispatch had a decidedly different tone. Do you see what I mean?
Having a handgun in a holster fastened to the back of your pants carries a totally different connotation than a handgun in the back of your pants. One is OC the other is questionably partially concealed, while also conveying the nuance of just grabbing your pistol and shoving it in the back of your pants, which sounds unprofessional, spur-of-the-moment (ie emotional) and questionable. Also, no ID identifying someone as a security guard means something altogether different than "with no identification."
The "walking around" part is interesting as I didn't hear that at all in the original, in fact, it said my jacket was over my chair, indicating i was sitting down (in fact, i was sitting down working on my laptop drinking a starbucks coffee like a yuppie...don't shoot me). "Not threatening at this time," while I understand the verbiage (I still use "at this time" in some conversation), carries the implication that I *might* threaten at some point in the future. This dispatch description painted me in a totally different light than the original info gathering. Anyone agree with me here? I'm not looking to blame, but just pointing out how some true, earnest, good-faith information gathering can turn into a description that does not paint an accurate picture of the situation, and in fact, seems to exacerbate it.
Also, at about 12 sec before the end of this audio there is a "both units clear and with an FI" or something like that. Anyone know what an FI (or whatever it was he said) means?
i carry my Sig in a level 2 CQC Serpa and thoroughly love it. If i saw you out dressed like that I would have to /cheer and /salute and then check to see if you're pvp flagged.
