A Question for Captains and Above: Did you go sick?

[Pressure Point Cop]

The stories about Tell-A-Story and now Morris getting hit with the China Bioweapon makes me remember a story told to me by a newly promoted captain over 20 years ago. 

The way he explained it, in Captain's BMOC or whatever they called it, the powers that be made it clear that sick leave was for cops, not captains. (I want to say that Shorty Scagnelli was the one who made the remark.)

Captains were expected to show up and do their job, whether they felt well or not.  If they did go sick, they were pretty well crucified by the borough (adjunct) or the Borough Commander.  Their evals would suffer and with that, the prospects of getting a command and by extension, getting promoted. 

This was over 20 years ago, and this would have been right around the time that Morris and the Slumlord Roadside Repair Phony were climbing up the ladder.  

I think that they probably were of that mindset and came to work, thinking they were either doing the loyal work of the PD, or that they did not want the stigma of going sick.

If my theory holds water, they endangered everyone they came in contact with,  INCLUDING THEIR FELLOW MOS...adhering to this insane metric of how good an employee they are/were. 

I'd be very interested in hearing from executives and knowing if this edict actually did exist.

[markoccb]

RE: in Captain's BMOC or whatever they called it

COC Capt's Orientation Course


I never heard of a Capt or above going sick unless a hospitalization or a serious lodi

[Blue Trumpet]

Captain's are the bottom of the top and Lieutenant's are the top of the bottom.

One of the best decisions I ever made was to blow off waiting 2 names on the list to make Captain and instead retire at 20 years with an insane amount of overtime.

[iftheyonlyknew]

Apr 21, 2020 20:50:24 GMT -5 Pressure Point Cop said:

The stories about Tell-A-Story and now Morris getting hit with the China Bioweapon makes me remember a story told to me by a newly promoted captain over 20 years ago. 

The way he explained it, in Captain's BMOC or whatever they called it, the powers that be made it clear that sick leave was for cops, not captains. (I want to say that Shorty Scagnelli was the one who made the remark.)

Captains were expected to show up and do their job, whether they felt well or not.  If they did go sick, they were pretty well crucified by the borough (adjunct) or the Borough Commander.  Their evals would suffer and with that, the prospects of getting a command and by extension, getting promoted. 

This was over 20 years ago, and this would have been right around the time that Morris and the Slumlord Roadside Repair Phony were climbing up the ladder.  

I think that they probably were of that mindset and came to work, thinking they were either doing the loyal work of the PD, or that they did not want the stigma of going sick.

If my theory holds water, they endangered everyone they came in contact with,  INCLUDING THEIR FELLOW MOS...adhering to this insane metric of how good an employee they are/were. 

I'd be very interested in hearing from executives and knowing if this edict actually did exist.

I wonder how many may be sick at 1 PP?

[RetirementIsParole]

Dave Driscoll, retired CO of Harbor, then CO of the 25 pct, hospitalized with diverticulitis, would call the Desk several times a day from his hospital bed to get a COMPSTAT update.

[overanddone]

Captain is the worst rank, period.

[finallyout]

When I made captain in 2000, there was never any official word on it but it’s definitely frowned upon. Sick record really is one of the best indicators of someone’s work ethic but like many legitimate things, the job takes it to another level. At interviews, they’ll go as far as analyzing what days in your set you went sick, looking to see if you have a pattern of consistently banging in to extend your swing. I had a serious 9/11 related surgery once and used my own time. It wasn’t to get any points. I worked for a real douche and didn’t want to hear anything. When I was looking at retiring, 5 or 6 years later, and figured out the dollar value of those days I took off, I realized what an idiot I was and went sick twice for b.s. surgeries. This coronavirus, though, should turn all that old thinking on its head. Now, a cold could mean you’re taking a chance of killing a co-worker’s mother. Go sick. If the job doesn’t like it, they should establish some form of sick specific to possible COVID symptoms.

[troophadenough]

Sorry not a boss here, just a lowly retired trooper. I don’t want to insult any of the good bosses out there of which I had many but some of the Captains and Lieutenants I believe Thought the job was revolving around them. My God if I miss a day of work the whole system will collapse type thing. Some are self important dictator types that should never have made the rank they did.