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A NYC Police chief is in hot water after joking around and being Sarcastic when placing a fleet order. Problem is the call taker had no idea it was sarcasm and went ahead with the order inflated order.
Too many lights and a custom siren on NYPD squad.
Chief Doe appointed in 1993 is no stranger to this role and has had this title and job description for over 20 years, originally hired in 1981 she quickly moved up the ranks. Some say a little too fast, by brown nosing her way up.
One source cited “she would buy all the chiefs coffee and donuts weekly”.
Another said “she would polish the chiefs car weekly as well”.
So it came as no surprise when she was continuously promoted.
Today in charge of all orders, Chief Doe called a Emergency Vehicle supplier that supplies the NYPD squad cars to place a order. Once on the phone she let her emotions get the best of her when dealing with a brand new somewhat clueless employee. It turns out it was a new order receiving operator named “Phillips”.
Mr. Phillips was nervous as he handled his first call, who happened to be Chief Doe. Chief doe called in to order “50 of the same Squad Cars and 25 SUVs like we usually order”
What happened next is unclear but something went very wrong. We have Mr. Phillips account. “This nice lady called in to order some Police vehicles for NYPD, when I asked the normal lines of questions she seemed to get upset”.
Chief Doe gave a sarcastic response not fully understanding she was dealing with a brand new employee. So the first question was the usual emergency light package or something better?
Chief doe answered, “no we want all the cars to have 50 emergency lights on them”.
Mr. Phillips thought that was extreme, but he remember seeing a volunteer firefighters car once when he vacationed in Long Island NY. Mr Phillips recalled that guy had about 100 Emergency lights on his car so it must be the norm in NY.
Next question was about the Sirens, “how about a speaker upgrade?”
Again Chief Doe being a little too sarcastic. “We were hoping for a upgrade to a giant speaker on the roof like in that movie the Blues Brothers.”
Mr. Phillips again agreed, thinking it was really impractical but added it to the ordering form anyway.
The final question was the kicker. Mr. Phillips asked about the siren tones. “We have wail which sounds like a normal siren, we have yelp and hyper yelp or Hi/Lo. Any two can be added.”
Chief Doe then made the biggest mistake of her career. She said “can they just all play Move Bitch get out the way by Ludacris”?
Not knowing what chief doe was referring too Mr. Phillips went ahead and added to the ordering form anyway.
It took 2 months but the new police vehicles arrived and were put right into use. 311 calls began to flood the mayors office with the complaints of the new Police cars playing rap music in time square Manhattan, in bay ridge Brooklyn and similar calls from the other boro’s all but the Bronx. Not one complaint from the Bronx about the rap music at all.
Still the mayor called police brass to see what was going on and that’s when the ordering mistake was discovered. Oddly enough the majority of the cars did actually go to the Bronx where no one seemed to mind the rap music.
There are station house rumors of Bronx residents dancing in the street with the new sirens are playing. Plus response times actually dropped 3 minutes in the Bronx.
Of course the new police cars were all recalled and sent back to have the proper sirens installed and some of the 500 lights and 22 speakers removed.
Chief doe has been reassigned to a division that does not handle any ordering pending a full investigation. Ludacris is now seeking copyright infringement payments from the city’s police force. We will have to see how this plays out in court with the city and Ludacris. Stay tuned for a update.
As always brothers and sisters, Get home safe at the end of your tour!
