I know.
But the hoops are part of it at times.
And sometimes necessary to get the rest done.
Frustrating, but unavoidable.
My brother in law has ot fill out a stack of paperwork an inch thick for every arrest he does.
This is on top of having to review every stack of paperwork of those under him.
He likes the position of Chief, but hates the insane amounts of paperwork.
Problem is, I am expected to accomplish a good 36-48 worth of work in 8-10 hours....daily. It isn't possible, but there's a whole heirarchy of bureaucrats demanding that all these ridiculous numbers of deadlines are met. On top of that, I'm supposed to have answers for everybody. The phone never stops ringing, people are always popping in my office, I have mountains of paper on my desk, not to mention the backlog of computer documentation, endless faxes, appointments, court reports and affadavits, appointments for the children, transporting them a lot of the time, making sure everybody involved with the children are doing what they're supposed to be doing, parenting parents, going to every ridiculous, time-wasting training that comes up and is mandatory, handling legal correspondence, keeping attorneys notified of developments, seeing to it that court orders are followed, creating case plans, conducting staffings, meeting with therapists, doctors, teachers, counselors, etc... and making weekly visits to most of my families (there are 3 or 4 that are monthly), which sometimes involves more than one because sometimes they are divided households, or in foster care. And that isn't even taking into account situations such as this one case when we can't find a placement....we have to be at it constantly until something is found (while actually taking care of the children), which involves more phone calls, emails, faxes, and application packets which are generally reams of paper worth of forms that are nearly impossible to figure out, let alone fill out... and on and on. It's a hard job, much harder than it needs to be, and the biggest reason is that we are operating with about a third of the staff we actually need, but the state still expects everything to get done. I never had a problem with hard, but I have a real problem with impossible, and that is what doing this job well and correctly is....impossible. It gets to be a constant exercise in greasing squealing wheels and never getting a handle on anything. I don't operate that way.