When a loose, aggressive dog is reported within 300 feet of a school at dismissal, we spin up two officers, move radio traffic to Channel 3, and set a 5-minute arrival target with PD on standby. I’m reviewing our playbook for 1500–1700 hours and want to compare thresholds — what triggers a second unit for you, and who owns perimeter until Animal Control assumes incident lead?
Switched after that 12-week RCT — IDBs first, floss only for ultra-tight contacts. > love to hear how you document sizes and what you use for patients with We log the largest passive color per sextant in the perio chart and snap a photo of the chairside gauge into the note; for tight contacts or fixed retainers it’s PTFE tape or Superfloss with threaders, and ultrafine brushes only if they slide without blanching.
Quick example: we auto-deploy a second unit if the call is within 100 yards of an active egress between 1500–1700 or we get two independent callers, and PD owns the outer perimeter at the two nearest gates until we arrive. @OP do you stage PD at the parent loop or the bus lane when you shift to “Channel 3” — that’s helped us stay under the 5-minute arrival target during dismissal.
One tweak that’s worked for us during 1500–1700 is a pre-approved “hold bell” with the principal: if a report is within “300 feet,” dispatch triggers a 2‑minute delay while our second unit stages at the bus loop and PD stays outside. We still shift to “Channel 3,” but that pause buys your “5-minute” window without a parent surge; small caveat, we cap it at once per week per campus to keep admin on our side. Do you have an SRO who can flip that if dispatch is tied up?