We had an agreement with the police officers that if we got in trouble in dispatch we would hold the mike down where they could hear what was going on.
One night the new dispatcher, first night all by herself was working away logging things in this big ledger we had. (back before computers did it) She accidentally had the corner of the book on the mike. She was opening file cabinets, she hit her knee on a file cabinet and yelled ouch etc.
The officers did not hesitate a second they responded to the dispatch center. They came flying in, one through the back door and one through the dispatch window and one through the front door with weapons drawn.
She was more surprised then the officers to be surrounded by officers. She started crying and they were trying to calm her down. She grabbed her purse and ran out and never did come back, they had to dispatch until they could get another dispatcher up and in to work. She called in the next morning and resigned.
She understood why they did it and she said it made her realize they would protect her but that she was terrified to even walk in the place.
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