Passenger Trains > Incident on Train 127(10)

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Which is to say, don't poop on the messenger. :-)

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> Amtrak Train #127 - 10 Dec, 2007, What We Know, What We Don't Know..
>
> To All:
>
> First, The Facts, as relayed to me by a WAS RFMN...including his
> photographic evidence. What follows can be defined as; "What We
> Know"...:
>
> - Train #127 arrived BAL, enroute WAS. On the platform was a Amtrak
> Police-Person accompanied by a trained bomb-sniffing police-dog
> (gender not stated). Police-Person and Dog boarded #127 at the third
> car from the end of the consist. Train departed BAL.
>
> - Enroute to BWI, Police-Person and Dog began walking through
> consist. At a number of unspecified, but photographed locations in
> the last three cars, the Bomb-Dog experienced a series of bowel
> evacuations, semi-solid, on the aisle carpet. Despite expressions of
> discomfort by the passengers, the "patrol" continued...as did the
> "evacuations".
>
> - The Assistant Conductor confronted the Police-Person. The
> Police-Person stated that the Bomb-Dog was "sick" and that they would
> be getting off at BWI. Police-Person did not offer to participate in
> a "disposal" action, leaving the Assistant Conductor to lay down a
> quantity of newspapers in the aisles. Passengers reported to be
> upset. "Smell-Test" sucessful.
>
> - On arrival at WAS, The Duty RFMN proceeded to the last three
> cars...taking a number of photographs with cell-phone camera.



> Second, "What We Don't Know":
>
> - Which passengers will be writing what letters to whom?
>
> - Which passengers have already called whom to complain?
>
> - Have Road Trainmaster Mike Hibbert and Chief Customer Services
> Howie Carter talked to/counselled/taken out of service either the
> Police-Person or The Bomb-Dog? Or, Both? My bet is the latter given
> today's supervisory climate out here with the "real" work-force.
>
> - Are the Car-Cleaners going on strike?
>
> - What is known of the reaction to all this by either Foreman Gibson
> (S&I), S&I Superintendent B.L. Campbell, or Deputy General
> Superintendent, Mid-Atlantic Division Mike Sherlock? Who will be The
> Charging Officer if Hearings are held?
>
> - Who will "defend" the Dog if a Hearing is held? Or, Translate?
>
>
> It's A Dog's Life Out Here....
>
> Respects,

The officer is responsible for the dog's poop. What type of cop would allow this to happen??? I have to say that I hope this isn't true, or at least, the story has been exaggerated in some way. But if it's exactly true as reported, ummmm.......that officer is in trouble. The worst I ever experienced was helping on a search of the home located next-door to where MC Hammer used to live----gorgeous, huge, beautiful homes in that area (East Bay foothills of San Francisco Bay Area). It was a request from another department to use our K9 and a few extra officers due to the nature of the incident, and our K9 left a big "package" on the very expensive, very white living room carpet. We did what we could to clean it up right there on the spot, but the City ended up paying a professional carpet cleaner to take care of the rest of it----along with a letter of apology from the Chief.

Any officer who goes through the extensive process of K9 training knows that animals will be animals, that's why I'm a little gun-shy of this story being completely accurate. But like I said, if it is accurate, then wow......

"Stuff" happens...

trainmaster3 Wrote:
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> "Stuff" happens...


When I was at the Metropolitan Opera in New York last October watching a performance of Aida, one of the horses in the Triumphal scene (yes, they used live animals on the stage) "evacuated" itself while marching past the Pharoh. The cast did it's best to avoid the mess until a stage hand (presumably, or maybe an animal wrangler), could crawl out, in costume, with a dust pan and bucket to clean it up while hiding behind the cast. It was a great hoot that elicited quite a few giggles and laughs. They should have brought the guy out for a curtain call. He would have gotten a standing ovation.

Yeah, if the cop knew his dog was sick and couldn't control it's bowels, he had no business taking it on the train. Was this actually an Amtrak cop or a TSA type? I would be more inclined to believe those kinds of actions coming from the TSA.

Anyway, I think I would discount this story.

BTW, what's a RFMN?

> BTW, what's a RFMN?


I believe a RFMN is a Road FRoreman.

Somethin' musta skared him ta make that happen.....I believe this is TCS dog, doing something similar.....

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GenePoon Wrote:
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>
> > Amtrak Train #127 - 10 Dec, 2007, What We Know,
> What We Don't Know..
> >
> > To All:
> >
> > First, The Facts, as relayed to me by a WAS
> RFMN...including his
> > photographic evidence. What follows can be
> defined as; "What We
> > Know"...:
> >
> > - Train #127 arrived BAL, enroute WAS. On the
> platform was a Amtrak
> > Police-Person accompanied by a trained
> bomb-sniffing police-dog
> > (gender not stated).

You are all missing Gene's point--

What was the gender of the dog?

Amtrak thought they were employing a bomb-sniffing dog, but got a bomb-dropping dog instead. Figures!

Dave

I didn't realize POOdles were Police dogs....