Katherine Montenegro (Sergeant Kiba)
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I need to have something else just in case or even, like, make it a primary thing because, like, it's... Something happens. And that's the problem when it comes to police work and why we suffer so much in the mental health part because we're always like, okay, I need to work overtime. I need to, you know, pay this, pay that. So I need this overtime, that overtime, and then...
you have departments that have limitations on overtime. So it's like, what do you do then? Are you going to burn yourself out mentally, physically, emotionally, that you can't do anything else besides just be a robot and work all day long?
you have departments that have limitations on overtime. So it's like, what do you do then? Are you going to burn yourself out mentally, physically, emotionally, that you can't do anything else besides just be a robot and work all day long?
you have departments that have limitations on overtime. So it's like, what do you do then? Are you going to burn yourself out mentally, physically, emotionally, that you can't do anything else besides just be a robot and work all day long?
That was me.
That was me.
That was me.
Mind you, I'm 35. Yeah. Okay. And I even got certified as a police dispatcher to be a police dispatcher in my police department to work more overtime.
Mind you, I'm 35. Yeah. Okay. And I even got certified as a police dispatcher to be a police dispatcher in my police department to work more overtime.
Mind you, I'm 35. Yeah. Okay. And I even got certified as a police dispatcher to be a police dispatcher in my police department to work more overtime.
Yeah, and that's the thing. Respectfully, respectfully. I get it. But it was also that, like, I got to the point that I was working 80 hours a week.
Yeah, and that's the thing. Respectfully, respectfully. I get it. But it was also that, like, I got to the point that I was working 80 hours a week.
Yeah, and that's the thing. Respectfully, respectfully. I get it. But it was also that, like, I got to the point that I was working 80 hours a week.
And then I was sleeping, like, two, three hours. I was not seeing my son because when I was working as a dispatcher, it was from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. So my son would be alone all the time. Of course. I wasn't spending time with him. I wasn't doing anything that he wasn't working.
And then I was sleeping, like, two, three hours. I was not seeing my son because when I was working as a dispatcher, it was from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. So my son would be alone all the time. Of course. I wasn't spending time with him. I wasn't doing anything that he wasn't working.
And then I was sleeping, like, two, three hours. I was not seeing my son because when I was working as a dispatcher, it was from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. So my son would be alone all the time. Of course. I wasn't spending time with him. I wasn't doing anything that he wasn't working.
I was basically living at work.
I was basically living at work.
I was basically living at work.
And I would just go and say hi to my house. I know. Basically.