It's no better from a dispatcher's point of view. I try to let my crews return to station as often as possible, but in return they need to mobilise quick enough to stop statistics saying they should be out all day. When it goes to plan I can call the station and advise of a job in x area, by then the address is in and I can send that down, by the time they press mobile I have the rest of the details I can send down, and hopefully call on the radio with full details. However ..... when it gets busy (about two minues after sitting down) there is less and less time for passing full details. Although that said the whole blue lights into a knife weilding killer* line is a little far fetched, but the problems of stop start blue lights in traffic is very real. I've lost count of how many crews blue light it round a corner so they can stand down out of view of all the motorists they've just passed. No wonder crews sarcastically question everything we ask them to do, we must look like muppets to them. (yes, you are the closest :p and yes I do know where you are). * as a side note, we're not allowed to contact the Police to DSH and other "might be" dangerous situations now, due to patient's rights, and threats of fines to Dispatchers for breaching data protection laws. We have to wait for crews to make a dynamic risk assessment as to if Police intervention is actually needed.