Daily Activity Report (DAR) / Pass-On logs

[FireEMSPolice]

At my post, we have a binder thats filled with everything, among other things is the "Pass-On" log.

Being the detailed person that I am, I choose to use this as more of a DAR then a Pass on. I log things such as times I do money escorts and with who, apprehsions I have made, negative interactions I have had with guests, etc. Of course, I also note my time on/off duty. The space is limited so I keep it brief.

However, the other guy that works the post with me only puts "on duty....off duty." Thats all I see when I relieve him of duty.

I wish he would log more. One reason why I do this is because I want to show the client I am doing something and not standing around. Another is to cover me. Instead of writing things down, he tells me about things like I am going to remember it all. I also think he fills it he is on duty and off duty in advance so he doesnt have to deal with it.

Does anyone else have this issue with DAR's / Pass on logs?

[5423]

Oh, yeah!

Fortunately, I'm in a position to affect some change: we just did our Performance Eval's... and you can dam% betcha that "Use the pass on log to greater effect" was on each and every one...

[ExecPro]

At my post, we have a binder thats filled with everything, among other things is the "Pass-On" log.

Being the detailed person that I am, I choose to use this as more of a DAR then a Pass on. I log things such as times I do money escorts and with who, apprehsions I have made, negative interactions I have had with guests, etc. Of course, I also note my time on/off duty. The space is limited so I keep it brief.

However, the other guy that works the post with me only puts "on duty....off duty." Thats all I see when I relieve him of duty.

I wish he would log more. One reason why I do this is because I want to show the client I am doing something and not standing around. Another is to cover me. Instead of writing things down, he tells me about things like I am going to remember it all. I also think he fills it he is on duty and off duty in advance so he doesnt have to deal with it.

Does anyone else have this issue with DAR's / Pass on logs?

Yep, and that guy probably makes the same amount of money you do, huh?

Now you know what it's like to be a government employee.

[Nauticus]

At my post, we have a binder thats filled with everything, among other things is the "Pass-On" log.

Being the detailed person that I am, I choose to use this as more of a DAR then a Pass on. I log things such as times I do money escorts and with who, apprehsions I have made, negative interactions I have had with guests, etc. Of course, I also note my time on/off duty. The space is limited so I keep it brief.

However, the other guy that works the post with me only puts "on duty....off duty." Thats all I see when I relieve him of duty.

I wish he would log more. One reason why I do this is because I want to show the client I am doing something and not standing around. Another is to cover me. Instead of writing things down, he tells me about things like I am going to remember it all. I also think he fills it he is on duty and off duty in advance so he doesnt have to deal with it.

Does anyone else have this issue with DAR's / Pass on logs?

That's pure speculation on your part, by the sounds of it, so it's a non-issue. If you have evidence, that's one thing, but it doesn't sound like you do.

But onto your question, it all depends on what the intent of that particular piece of paperwork is. If it's just a pass-on, the client should never see it because it wouldn't be part of the contracted paperwork that your company provides on a daily basis. If that is the case, it isn't a shift report, so you don't have to add everything. If it doesn't concern the next shift/your replacement, it doesn't belong in there. The real question, then, is why his shifts are so slow. If it's like that consistently, they may want to look into his activity at work, and see exactly what he does (if anything).

Now, if it [i]actually is[/]i a shift report, he should be writing more. Similar to what you were doing, an outline of your activity. This is to show the client that, even if there were no incident reports that day, you were still doing something.

So I can't really say if he's in the right or the wrong here. It all depends on what your company implemented that paperwork to do, specifically.

[doulos Christou]

Whenever another officer tells me something I write it down. One of the pieces of equipment I always have is a notepad of some sort. I also keep a few pens handy. This way I don't have to worry about remembering what the officer I relieve told me. I also work with two kinds of officers: those that see absolutely nothing in 12 hours, and those that write down everything they see over their 12. I fall somewhere in between and my DOR's reflect this.

What I cannot stand is the officer who would ignore stuff just so he didn't have to do a lengthy report or would wait until the end of his shift to fill it out. Pertinent data was always left out. Since I am relieved by the supervisor and it is partly my job as his second to brief him, I get really irritated when I don't have facts in front of me...

I understand the frustration. What I would suggest is keeping a numbered, bound notebook and recording the information on your own if you feel that it is important to keep up with. When it is full, date it and lock it away. That way you can pull it out if needed. I wouldn't worry too much about the other guy.

[Lawson]

You could be in my situation and simply have officers who have more time yet seem to get less done anyway.

As a dayshift officer my day starts with one of two things, either I sit at a light-rail platform for 2hrs or I have to ride a commuter train for 3hrs. Both of which give me 5-6hrs to complete my duties.

I will effectively make it to all 10 transit stations in that time and do the required patrol. When I relieve the graveyard guy, who didn't have to deal with daytime traffic, and had no prescribed duties such as train riding/watching, and see that he has only gone to 5-6 of the posts, it irks my chain a bit.

As far as the passdowns go, my passdowns are usually very light. Most days I dont really even have anything to pass-on. I'll say "hey, I went everywhere, nothing is really going on." And that will be it unless I actually have something to report that was either an incident on my shift or may possibly effect his shift, such as if someone has told me something is going to happen like a work crew showing up at an hour not on my shift.

[SecureOne]

Oh, yeah!

Fortunately, I'm in a position to affect some change: we just did our Performance Eval's... and you can dam% betcha that "Use the pass on log to greater effect" was on each and every one...

I just fired a officer for this. We have no guard accountability system (detex) at one post. To make a long story short I spied on the officer for 2 hours and all he did was sit on his ass. Came on property checked the DAR found it all the way filled out with rounds that he didn't do. Told him turn in his gear in the morning. We consider it falsifying offical documents.

[5423]

Obviously, I don't know the story, but it sounds like you've got an "Attaboy" comin'.

That, in a nutshell, is the key responsibility of a supervisor: Accountability. Check, and recheck; it's the super's job to know what's really going on, and the only way to know is to go look into everything.

[Charlie Fox]

Whenever another officer tells me something I write it down. One of the pieces of equipment I always have is a notepad of some sort. I also keep a few pens handy. This way I don't have to worry about remembering what the officer I relieve told me. I also work with two kinds of officers: those that see absolutely nothing in 12 hours, and those that write down everything they see over their 12. I fall somewhere in between and my DOR's reflect this.

What I cannot stand is the officer who would ignore stuff just so he didn't have to do a lengthy report or would wait until the end of his shift to fill it out. Pertinent data was always left out. Since I am relieved by the supervisor and it is partly my job as his second to brief him, I get really irritated when I don't have facts in front of me...

I understand the frustration. What I would suggest is keeping a numbered, bound notebook and recording the information on your own if you feel that it is important to keep up with. When it is full, date it and lock it away. That way you can pull it out if needed. I wouldn't worry too much about the other guy.

Amen!

"The dullest pencil has a longer memory than the sharpest mind."

[HotelSecurity]

Our problem is that since security has been cut down to 12 hours a day, we are not getting info on secuirtyissues that occured during the other 12 hours & were handeled by other hotel staff.