What do you prefer and why?
I am “forced” to ride as a team with changing partners almost every shift and I would love to ride solo but my department wont allow it. I’d love to ride with a good partner at my side and I had that in the beginning of my career but nowadays I am frustrated with bad coworkers I have to look after while on patrol. Sadly there is no set partner planned for a while now.
Officer safety is certainly a bigger issue when riding solo but I’d rather ride solo than have to deal with a really bad partner who is a safety issue by himself.
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Like you said….if you have a partner you like, I’d rather ride two up. Otherwise I’d rather be alone.
There’s basically no agency in my area that rides doubles unless it’s a special assignment. Everyone, regardless of assignment, rides solo at my agency
Always prefer solo but with a good “partner” in my same service area. Find that when I have a partner (which rarely happens) and flash is broadcast for a vehicle involved in a crime that I can become a control freak wanting to survey a certain way for it and my partner if driving may go another way and it takes everything for me to bite my tongue. Also easier to find and stop a vehicle or a person with two cars looking.
I’m a part of a small proactive component of patrol that works in high crime area. With our role we almost always roll in a group, but rarely 2 man. It isn’t rare to see all 6 of us on 1 traffic stop or call because we flood an area and find stuff.
Personally I enjoy this style rather than riding 2 man. My car is my office and I like things just so. But there are times where even though the guys are 2-5 minutes away, I wish I had immediate backup.
My department doesn’t force you to ride with anyone unless there’s a cruiser shortage or something.
Find someone you like working with and both put in a request to be partnered up on your mutual work days?