I got called out today on a lab. I tried to ignore the call since I wasn't on-call, but apparently they can't function on a lab scene without me. They sent a patrolman to beat on my door. What a wonderful way for my wife to wake up on her birthday! I have decided that it is impossible to ignore a cop knock at six am. I went to the scene and boy am I glad I did. My replacement told me that he could handle it but he needed some vials for samples so I took him some. When I got there he wasn't wearing PPE and was going to sample the lab without it. He determined it was safe because they hadn't added lithium to the lab yet. Two things:
1. Still not safe.
2. They had added lithium.
It took me fifteen minutes to sample the lab. I could have saved five minutes by not suiting up, but I believe five minutes of prep is worth not dying of cancer. What are these guys going to do when I am gone? I am the only one that insists on safety, and often get made fun of for it. Safety will go by the wayside once I go back to patrol. On the bright side, maybe I will get to knock on their doors at six am on their wife's birthday soon! At any rate, three more tweakers bagged and tagged. Go team!
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