icom1020 wrote:
I think PK is correct. Correct me if Im wrong. I guess if the WSP gets involved then its a LERN operation? There was a chase that started in Lacey and ended up in Montesanto, this past Mon night. Long and short of it was by the time it got to Grays Harbor Co and no Oly area WSP units were availible, to join in, they finally switched to LERN after 25 miles or so, several units along the way attempted spike strips, this info was all relayed via seperate juridictions on Tac 2 City and then Tac1 county, all on VHF legacy systems.
True the 14 year old was driving like a maniac with a blown tire , at speeds up to 100 and fianally crashed, but a McCleary unit attempted a SS and had to listen to his dispatcher relay for location before Hoquiam State switched it to LERN. They did do one at the scales on hwy 8 and the driver took the scale off ramp and came back on again before another one was sucessful later on. I think it would have made the news if other chases hadn't occured back to back this week. It was still an exciting chase to listen in on.
I wasn't working that night but here is the unfortunate thing. For us, a supervisor, road supervisor, has to make the request to move to LERN. It's not an automatic thing. I wish we, dispatchers, had the ability to make that call when more then one county is involved or WSP joins, though most of them have access to our TAC1 and TAC2. Had some said, "hey let's move it to LERN." the people in Grays Harbor could have had a heads up. That's where we use the phone to let them know what is coming.
Now, having been on the other side of the radio in a patrol car, I know that that is the last thing sometimes is to remember to switch things to LERN so I don't mean this post to second guess those involved. Sounds like they had their hands full.
3 pursuits in 3 days...Glad today is my Friday! Though they are still fun to dispatch! :-)
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