Forshaw Learns Radio
Procedure
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Teneight the unit stated,
one man and I have court,
I will be gone for quite
some time, can the others hold the fort?
C.D. meanwhile had noted,
which unit made the call,
And decided right away to
nail his ass onto the wall.
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Have that unit phone me
and make it right away.
So to a phone, the unit
went, with minimum delay.
Don't you know procedure
when signing on for shift?
Said the C.D. to the unit
and sounded really miffed.
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Security precautions, state
you cannot clear that way,
I have forwarded your name,
to the deputy today.
Meanwhile on channel two,
we heard the operator say,
There are no units on channel
one, head over right away.
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Any team three unit, who
can cover an alarm.
Now I'm asking all you people,
which broadcast caused more harm?
It seems there are two standards,
for radio and us,
But I really have to wonder
is it worthy of such fuss?
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To charge a man for clearing
the old accepted way,
It's getting pretty tacky
is all that I can say!
What happened to the old
days, when we all worked hand in hand?
When there were lots of
units, and each was fully manned.
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But now it seems you get
ahead if you charge another cop,
If it's chickenshit it's
better and will speed you to the top!
We must return to days of
yore, and buildup our morale,
To the days gone by when
every cop, could be thought of as a pal!
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And get away from all this
crap, of charging everyone,
And then I think, the job
we do, would return to being fun!!!
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PC 664 T.J.Gowdyk 831114
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