jr51070

I ask this every day. It is crazy.

Better off not using it, can get places faster. People see the light and slow down, stop, etc.... They do everything BUT move out of the way or give you courtesy

OK. Still confused about your 2nd question though.

60 Control does not do PD dispatch. They are FD. County Police Dispatch is picking up dispatch for departments like Kisco and Tuckahoe in the evening/overnights. All the major cities have their own dispatch.

The first heli was purchased with a combination of funds. A source I know involved with the 2nd told me that they had to use the money on the 2nd heli, maybe they had it earmarked for that, and that is why he said that they had to get the heli. Either way, irrelavent. The staffing is still the same level and only 1 is used at a time, so the extra expense is minimal. The County already has everything else they need, a new communication/command vehicle, ESU trucks, a small Navy, etc. The only thing I can see them spending all that money on would be new cars, but, I was told that the County buys those cars and they do not use grants, etc to purchase them, though I am not sure why. The County has stashes of cars all over the place anyway, some that have been sitting for a long time.

The funds were given to the County specifically for another helicopter, another case of use it or lose it.

There are 2. Both were obtained through grants, do not blame them, blame the US Government for the way they do things. The 3rd bird is around in pieces. They did not cost the County anything for the actual birds.

Piece of the "pie?" Who said there was any "pie?" I doubt this officer is getting any $$$ out of this. This guy's actions is why people do not feel inclined to do good deeds, because it always has to become something more. The officer did a great thing, this guy has some nerve, sorry!

I am not argueing that point, my question is did they have the proper credentials? Is there more to this story? Did somebody report them driving like morons, which by the way, they do. I also know how they operate and agree with all the other posters that say they operate as they see fit and want to. They self-dispatch to calls 30, 40, even 50 miles from their base without being asked. As far as I am concerned, they are emergency chasers who just want to drive around with lights and sirens on. I see them driving with their lights and sirens in POV's just to bypass traffic all the time. I see some of their POV's lit up like Christmas trees. Was Hatzolah called for this emergency or did they self-dispatch? I can tell you this, they are in that area to serve the jewish communities and that locality has their own volunteer ambulance operation. Maybe they showed up unannounced and unwanted and finally ticked somebody off. I do not know the facts or answers...just saying.

Not all EMT and emergency personel are permitted red lights. As a matter of fact, in most jurisdictions most have green lights except Paramedics a few select chose for whatever reasons, such as rank. Did they have the proper authority and credentials? I have to say that I see a lot of them running around with red lights in their vehicles and I do wonder how they all get such authority/permission to have them. I see abuse of the red lights by them on a regular basis on Rt. 17 to bypass traffic congestion and to get others to move over so they can speed past.

That date above is correct. Live 5 minutes away from there and went by last weekend and saw the sign.

Understand, still better then what we got. Sometime it took years before you got to the class, some never went. The rational behind not letting us attend the FTC is we were not really County employees, the County airport was, not sure if it is, run under contract. Always seemed absurd, since the services we provided were int he County's best interest.

WOW. When I was part of the HPN Brigade/Airport Ops we had to go to Cincinnati for training. They County gave nothing at all. That was back in the days when we dumped barrels of oil and diesel and burned it on the North part of the airport for training. Those days are long gone. We wer enot even permitted to train at the County Fire Academy or take any county FD training, al political nonsense.

I have my boat on Greenwood Lake and have seen this many times, pretty neat piece of equipment.