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Our next Reddit post is from FailWolf. I worked as a dispatcher for a small town

police department out west. There was always a bit of a struggle with our patrol sergeant,

who looked down as knows at dispatch, always trying to micromanage our department and bully our

dispatch sergeants. One day, he discovered that dispatchers were handling small routine matters,

such as answering questions from the public and handling other minor issues it didn't require

a police response. He was outraged. He stomped around the station for a bit, then issued a memo.

It began with a condescending essay about how dispatchers weren't qualified to answer questions

or handle minor issues, because only fully trained police officers were capable of such weighty

matters. He then issued a directive that any officer would be sent on any call received from

the public no matter what it was. Our dispatch sergeant just smiled and told us to follow the directive

because she was sure that it wouldn't last long. As luck would have it, I was on duty that very

night, and I guess I was lucky because the call came in. Then another, then another. Apparently,

a rather bright meteor had gone harmlessly over the town at a fairly low altitude. It was pretty

spectacular, really, and it was obvious what it was. My phone rang off the hook, with most people

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