Hypothetical question.....?

I did my oral interview the other day, and one of the question was:





- You just receive three calls in the same time:


a) Silent alarm at the residence


b) A drowning of a minor


c) 11-99, Officer needs help


What would be your priority #1, #2 and #3, and why?





I said that I would respond to b first, then c, and then a. I'm not going to say why I chose that :)


What would you do.........??

Hypothetical question.....?
Well B does imply that the minor has already drowned, C doesn't say why the 99 was called, and a silent alarm sure, it's a call but how do you know if the home owner didn't trip it by accident and hasn't called with their over ride code yet?





Oh Oh soap box time:


Here is what I would have done:


The 99, is the officer hurt, bleeding out, or just needs backup? Bleeding out priority 1 Hurt (broken leg) Priority 2 Back up is a 3





The drowning minor:


If the child is breathing on his/her own less urgent


If there has been no response for 5-10 mins urgent but....


Just happened.. URGENT ROLL A UNIT





Silent alarm:


Happen often?? Elderly owners?? Loaded with priceless artifacts and jewels/cash.


This is how I would have done it: C B A


Priority 1/ Urgent Roll a unit/ silent alarm





As you see the saving of a life takes priority over the saving of property. The reason I chose the bleeding officer first?? Not because he is a fellow LEO!! You can bleed to death in as little as 15 secs if an artery is hit, every second counts.


The child second? Not bleeding to death and the chance of survival better than the officer's.


The alarm?? Valuables can be replaced, and if the alarm was for an intruder alert chances are you can get another unit there pretty quickly, and most people will 9-11 after they've tripped the alarm for an intruder.





Hope this helped you!!
Reply:The wording of B implies it already happened, that you can't save this person. That one gets the lowest priority. Officer needs help is highest priority, and A could be a false alarm. I would prioritize C, A, B.
Reply:Officer needs assistance is ALWAYS the number one priority. Around here, anyone who calls 10-78 (our help code) is in dire need of help and should get first priority.





Like someone already said, the wording "drowning" seems to be past tense like it already happened and that puts it #2 for me.





Alarms are 99% false and therefore would rank third.
Reply:Depends on what you were applying for. That is an interesting question. Finished school in education so B would have been mine unless applying to get job as Correctional Officer.
Reply:call al gore
Reply:I would follow your lead since the kid's life is in danger. The cop would be next since he/she too could be in a life-threatening situation. A silent alarm could simply be the cat knocking something over.
Reply:C-Officer needs immediate assistance





A-Silent alarms are set off accidentally most times





B-If someone called 911 of a minor drowning wouldn't they try to help the minor ASAP before I get there?
Reply:I thought the same as you.... B C A.





1. To preseve life first.


2.The officer in trouble does not clearly say what the trouble is. maybe his/her cruiser has a flat tire??


3.The house silent alarm could be limited to a loss of property, not necessarily a life in danger.
Reply:C, B, A, someone had to have called in that the child was drowning so there is already some one there with the child that is 9 times out of 10 already trying to help
Reply:1- C


2- a


3- b





Why-





1- The officer is in a known immediate threat, that is the most important because it is a known and immediate threat.





2- There is a potential threat here. Many alarms are triggered falsely.





3- The minor is already drowned AKA dead, right? What else can you do?
Reply:you call Al Gore.. He created the universe