RP: OSP Who: G Callen, clay morrow, eliot spencer, gemma morrow, jenna hanna, john connor, kensi blye, marty deeks, michael westen, mike renko, mike ross, neal caffrey, nick green, penny hall, robert callen, sam hanna, savannah monroe, sean hanna, troy bolton Where: Pool Area When: Monday, November 21, 2011 -- after lunch Summary: G returns to work and gets his people organized.
G still wasn't training. They could take it in steps. But, he had no intentions of not coming in to work any longer. He owed it to his team to be there any day he was able, but especially when they were at the start of mixing things up on them again.
Of course, he was at the pool well before the time he'd told them all to meet him there. He'd waited until afternoon to do this because he wanted Green and Bolton to be there as well. They were still trainees, but they couldn't afford to wait to get them used to working with the units. Not if G was right about the time table they were likely on with having to run. They needed to give everyone every edge they could to survive what was coming.
"Before we get started today," he began, once they were all settled, "we've got a few changes to discuss. A lot of you were perfectly happy working Major Crimes or elsewhere and are probably wondering why we're messing with things just when you were getting comfortable. Times change and we have to change our methods to adapt.
"The Major Crimes unit is going to continue doing their thing, work the investigations, track down the suspects. Our first job is giving them the tactical support they need out in the field. You'll be on rotation for this in units and in pairs. Part of the time you're not in the field with them will be spent here running drills and training in the skills necessary to provide that tactical support and protect our colleagues in the field.
"The second responsibility we have is to bring in new arrivals. For now, we're limited to going out for the ones who come through close to home, or who come through and cannot be immediately identified. We'll continue to search for reports that could lead us to the missing arrivals from February. As we get more leads, some of you may be sent out to search for them. When you're not in the field, there will be drills and practice scenarios for as many possible retrieval missions as we can devise to keep you prepared.
"There will be others. Some of you will be asked to work on various projects as the needs arise. Those who aren't on active field duty, don't worry, we'll have things for you to do as well.
"For those of you on active field duty, you've each been assigned a partner and a unit. If you come from Major Crimes, you'll find we run things a bit differently. In general, your partner won't change unless there are larger personnel changes, injuries, or changes in unit structure as a whole. Your partner is the person you count on to watch your back and you watch theirs. When you're out in the field, that's who you rely on to get through whatever comes at you. Two pairs of partners to a unit. Trust your Unit Leads. Each one of them has been chosen because they know what they're doing, they've seen things some of you are still trying very hard to imagine and wishing you'll never find out. These people are the people you're going to be working with day in and day out. Make it work. If you can't make it work, try anyway. If you still can't, then you come to me and we work something out.
"That rule holds for pretty much anything. If you have a problem, talk to your Unit Lead. If that doesn't work, you come to me. For those of you stuck with me as your Unit Lead, you can bitch at my second, but you'll still end up coming to me. Along those lines, when we're in the field and I give an order, it's not open for debate. I'm not perfect. I make mistakes. And if you call me on it later, we can discuss it. I am always open to questions after the fact. But, when we're out there, you don't question. Taking time to question can cost us time we don't have. The same goes for an order from Sam. When we're in the field, if he gives you an order, it's as good as if it comes from me. Do it. Ask questions or bitch at us later when we're back here.
"We're not interchangeable, however. Sam may head security, but I lead OSP and Morgan leads Major Crimes. If we tell you to talk to one or the other of any of us it's because they have the final say in that area. Don't expect me to countermand something Sam tells you about security or Morgan says when you're in the field to back-up Major Crimes. Don't expect them to countermand the directives I give for OSP. Don't expect other Unit Leads to answer for each other. You have a problem with your Lead, you come to me, not another lead.
"When you're not in the field, you'll be here training or investigating. We've got plenty of missing person reports to go through, still to find those missing arrivals. Bolton, I know you need time at the range and you can take afternoons for that. But, I want you here at least once a week when we're training, more if you can manage it. Green, since you've already qualified, you'll be here training with the team once classes are over for the day. Neither of you will be in the field until you're certified.
"For today, we're working in units. For the next hour meet with your units, talk to your unit leads, get to know your partners. Anyone who has further questions can speak to me directly. After that, I'm turning you over to Sam for training exercises for the rest of the day. Hall, Ross, you'll work together during training for today.
"Unit Leads, we'll meet tomorrow morning to discuss any further directives for each unit at this time."