WhatUDontKnow Wrote:
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> When you need help you call 9-1-1, when 9-1-1
> needs help where do they go? Not to the county
> Board of Supervisors as Ed Long and Susan Woodruff
> continue to ignore blatant issues of dishonesty,
> retaliation, favoritism, and ineptitude of the
> managerial staff. This also includes Deputy County
> Exec and former Chief of Police David Rohrer who
> has turned a blind eye to the issues presented to
> him from 9-1-1 employees at the public safety
> center.
>
> Less than 3 years after unethical activities
> derailed a sergeant’s process in the Fairfax
> County Police Department, the 9-1-1 center is
> embroiled with a similar controversy with the
> Communications Operations Supervisor process. The
> original process held in Oct-November of 2013 was
> overturned by Director Steve Souder after 18
> employees grieved the process. The highlights of
> the grievance involved miscommunication, unethical
> dissemination of testing questions, incorrect and
> inconsistent scoring issues, and a changing of
> scores to prevent some from being promoted and
> promote others.
>
> The repeat of the process (held April-May 2014)
> reflected even less managerial prudency as the
> process did not require consideration of resumes,
> time with the agency, public safety expertise, nor
> if applicants had actually dispatched before (or
> for any reasonable amount of time). The new
> process promoted individuals with less than 3
> years working (average public safety industry
> standard is 5 years) and cast aside employees with
> 20+ years serve and have at least two if not all 3
> of the skill sets required at the dispatch
> center.
>
> The current CAD system that helps dispatch the
> emergency response units is constantly failing,
> crashing, and freezing up as caused the police
> department to seek a new records management system
> and the fire department to look for a additional
> programs to supplement the failings of the current
> Intergraph system.
>
> With more than 30 positions sitting unfilled
> employees are overworked and due to excessive
> spending in previous fiscal years overtime has
> been cut by 50%. Increased work load, no raises in
> 4 years, inept management, nepotism, retaliatory
> practices, faulty Computer Aided Dispatch system,
> .. it's no wonder the 9-1-1 operators have low
> morale and are quitting in droves. Do you feel
> safe??
What about this?
Fairfax City, Region to Replace Emergency Alert Systems; Fairfax City residents will have to sign up for alerts, even if they previously signed up.
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/1562543/1564925.html#msg-1564925