On Jan 11, 1998 01:41pm, CHARLES HUNTER wrote to RICH GRIEBEL:
RG>>Yep, and the system "pings" the terminals on a regular basis.  Since we
RG>>Yhave
  >>assigned take home vehicles (oh the joys of 24 hour call) radio can tell
  >>aif
  >>really are still on shift 12 hours after our scheduled shift is over...
 CH> Just because it "pings" the terminals, how does that tell it whether
 CH> you are actually on duty/patrol; and is it any better than a simple
 CH> 10-7 or 10-8 to dispatch?
Hmmm...  10 codes, don't use 'em we use plain language, less confusion.
We do go out of service at residence, however, this is Seattle and our radio
operators are generally overloaded during the day and they may miss one of 
ur
radio calls "out of service".
When I do go out at the house I have a shut down ritual, park the vehicle, 
sign
out, shut down the computer, shut down the computers radio, shut down the 
other
radio, pull the flashlight out of the charger, turn off the propane, etc.
If the MCN (mobile communications network) is offline, it's a general
assumption that we're out of service.  Come to think of it, it could be a 
ery
dangerous assumption...
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