Just checking to see if anyone is still around here!  wanted to join in but its pretty quiet

I am a dispatcher for Hennepin County..  which is the largest county (population wise) in Minnesota.. I LOVE this job...  the only other job in this world that I would ever want is to be a police officer... which is why I'm here..    becoming a cop is so important to me..  Anybody out there hear me? :) 

I'm a dispatcher!!! I just found it too.

If the masses behave themselves we will be out of a job.. lol.. Glad to see people on this board too. I have dispatched in California for four cities in the South Bay for almost ten years. I have been off for disability I was in a bad car accident broke my femur in two places. I return to work the yard on November first. Yeah! I am also worried about working all night. I am going to have to prepare prepare prepare. I work a 3/12. Good luck to all.

Well, I've done some things over the past year to reduce the amount of stress in my life. I know that working in this kind of job makes that very difficult...but I did what I could. First off was getting through the surgery. I had my surgery last June 14 and have had great success. I've lost a total of 181 pounds so far Another thing that I did was to step down as a Comm. Supervisor and go back to being a line level dispatcher. I finally realized that maybe being a supervisor wasn't for me. I think it was the right move for my dept. and I know it was the right move for me. I disabled my password on my work email so that I can not check it at home It's amazing how many times I would check my work email at home...not any more I took a vacation and went up to Punxsutawney, PA for Groundhogs Day. That's the first real vacation I've taken for a while, and I spent the whole week NOT thinking about work and getting some much needed rest