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Despite any ribbing, calling for BU is never a bad thing.
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That needed to be said again, with emphasis on "never". I always encouraged my people to back each other up without being dispatched to do so, even on seemingly benign calls. I've seen things go South in a hurry on the most "routine" of calls, (The word "routine" shouldn't even exist in LE's vocabulary.) so that old phrase, "better to have it and not need it..." applies to backup too.
As to the ribbing, I fear some here aren't familiar with cop shop humor. Let's just say that a cop's sense of humor falls in a class all by itself, with absolutely no mercy
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I always knew I was OK when the practical jokes started, i.e., doctored photos on the squad room bulletin board, etc., but I knew I'd really screwed up when I was met with silence.