“He was in his car.”
On duty drawing a public paycheck. And I’ll bet that car wasn’t his personal vehicle. The fact that there’s a police radio in it is a clue.
“Speaking on the radio to a police dispatcher.”
Paid for by the taxpayer. Therefore it’s subject to FOIA and is in no way “private”.
“That’s generally not a public conversation.”
Yes it is. See FOIA.
“This conversation was released by somebody within the dispatch unit.”
If it was, and you have zero proof of that btw, good for whoever did it.
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I’m sorry that you’d rather have no police or high rates of burn out by police because they aren’t allowed to cope with terrible situations.
I’d bet dollars that you would blame an officer for blowing his brains out because he couldn’t handle what he has to deal with without being able to cope.
Personally, I will take all the gallows humour in the world just so cops survive their jobs.
I would fire any dispatcher that released this conversation, because are on the side of criminals.