SRO

School Resource Officers-they are assigned schools and generally don't patrol. they get a pay incentive and take home cars (often bragging about in front of patrol).

one called stating he looked at one of my graffiti cases, but he will wait until i get to work.
-why wait sounds like you got it wrapped up.
"well it's your case"
-sounds like you as a SRO are much better suited to handle.i wouldn't want a patrol officer to mess it up.

Xbox

Ron wants his xbox back. Ron let Tim borrow it, who dropped it off on his back porch. Ron's brother, Alex, "allegedly" stole it from where it was left on the back porch. Alex says he doesn't have it, but leaves an anonymous voicemail on Ron's phone, "You called the cops, now you will never get it back"

i can't really prove Alex took it, but i can call Alex's Probation Officer, who finds a out that Alex has not changed his address on his sex offender status. "have him come in at 9AM, I will lodge him on a probation violation."

Back from my weekend, I get an email from Sgt,
"ron doesn't want to pursue" ...ie he got it back

Priorities

Mark finally returns my call.
I have been calling for 3 days. Since he assaulted his two uncles with a baseball bat. His brother helped.
"I want to get my stuff from my uncles house"
-okay, meet with me and I will see what I can do."
"my uncles are going to steal my money and damage my property"
-okay. if you meet with me, I can help you.
"I don't want to spend the weekend in jail"
-well i am not doing to do this over the phone, so have a nice day.

Mark, facing at least 2 felonies is more concerned with his stuff, than telling me his story.

Missing Person

Ron calls to report his fiance and there 3 year old missing.
"i was in the bathroom cleaning. she poked her head in and I have not seen her since."
-do she have a cellphone, or friends?
"no cell phone and she generally doesn't leave the house at night. i called her dad and he won't talk to me."
-i'll call her dad.

-hello Ken this DD. have you hand any contact with your daughter?
"Yes, she is safe"
-can you have her call me and let me know that.
"i will after i verify you are a police officer. her fiance is dangerous and she is in a safe location"
-sir i understand. here is my number, my sgt number and local 911 number to verify i am an officer. i just want to know she is okay. i won't tell the fiance anything other than she is safe.
"ok"

she calls later. she is leaving him and at a shelter.

Drunk Dialling

on my short Friday. i snag call after call.
there comes a call from the north edge of the pond. dispatch doesn't know what it is.
"male calling from the North, saying someone took his wife's car and can't make anything else out sounds intoxicated."

I call the number I speak with the male.
-hello this is DD, who am I talking to
"yarmm yarn namm"
-where are you?
"uuuummmgh
-do you need help
"yaaagh
It goes on for several minutes. He is says some words, but I can tell he is slurring his words. I can hear cars go by.

With no name, good location or idea what is going on other than a drunk guy calling.

Ten minutes later the man calls back able to tell dispatch he is in a ditch near two roads. Then the man's wife calls in with a better location. Which may belong to the state or my pond. It gets better it will be at least a hour to get there. EMTS are dispatched, state is dispatched, I head north (even though a traffic is on). Another officer going off duty is close and swings by. I have him notify with details.

It's my pond and he is drunk. I have him detain until I get there.

I arrive the same time OSP does. I talk to the EMTs. X is drunk and rambling. X had extension cords wrapped around his neck.

The pick up is missing its front tire. The trooper and I can't figure how the vehicle came to rest where it is. there are no tracks in the soft mud. Then we discover the tracks in the bush. X drove the truck through the woods (no road) hit a stump, which snapped the front right wheel and threw the vehicle forward, over some bushes and coming to rest 12 feet away from the stump. X is uncooperative and has a thousand stories. he fails the FST's. I take him to a sub-station with the Trooper. A light switch in X changes. He is friendly personable and cooperative. X has mental health problems. X traded his wife's car for the pick-up. She wasn't happy. X tried trade the truck back, the guy says no. X starts drinking and doesn't take his medication. X ends up driving the pickup through the woods and crashing it. X admits he was trying to kill himself when EMTs should up. X admits to drinking and driving. He fails the breathalyzer. X is in good spirits now.

"you guys saved my life tonight. i need help"
he sleeps the long drive to jail.

Welfare

earlier in the day D called to report people poisoning her medication and riding dirt bikes through her house. neither of which are true. D is slipping into dementia, but isn't dangerous to herself.

chief calls later, D has been calling him, leaving worrisome messages. chief calls in a welfare check on D. D won't come to the door or answer the phone. Officers can see into the house. They knock and that is when D picks up the gun.

That is when other units are called in to secure the perimeter. Roads are blocked off. Neighbors are warned, lights are turned off or unscrewed.

I spend 2 hours sitting in a bush, while the SWAT team cycles through various plans and finally execute the final plan. D is taken into custody without incident.

Hiring freeze

we are not hiring for the 3 openings we have and 2 detectives will be doing patrol until further notice....June at the earliest...budget time

The real story

Finishing a shift and reports, I sit listening to the radio. Graveyard shift is handling a vehicle crash.
A disturbance call comes out and I volunteer to help out.

I arrive on scene with Wendy and Morgan are arguing. Wendy is married to Bill. They are about to file divorce paper work and are separated. Bill has taken the children from Wendy and won't let Wendy see the kids. Morgan is Bill's new girlfriend/roommate. Morgan is babysitting the kids and has been letting Wendy come over, because she doesn't think what Bill is doing is right.

Wendy came over and now wants to leave with the kids, which has caused the argument. I arrive both ladies are upset. I separate them and get the story. Morgan let Wendy to the house. When Wendy wants to leave with the kids. Morgan puts her hands on Wendy, pushing her into a sliding door and damaging the blinds. Bill is at work.

I tell Bill on the phone that I don't have any reason to detain Wendy and she has the right to take the kids. Morgan says she is surprised she is not going to jail for touching Wendy. Morgan is not interested pressing charges and leaves with the kids.

Morgan says she is afraid of what Bill is going to do when he gets home. Bill will not be happy she has been letting Wendy visit with the kids. Morgan quickly gets dressed and wants to know if there is a shelter she can go to.

Bill shows up. I tell him Wendy is gone. He leaves stating he will get the kids back. Bill jumps into a car and drives into the next pond looking for his kids. That pond directs him back to my Sgt, because I have gone home.

Sgt. talks to Bill who wants to press charges for trespassing and damaging property. Sgt wants me to re-interview Morgan, she has a new story.

I talk to Morgan the next day by phone. I ask her what her version (what happened) again. Morgan states that Wendy forced her way into the house with a male she know as Carl. Then stated she was taking the kids. Morgan doesn't say how the blinds/sliding door get damaged.

I ask her
-So that is your version of it?
"That is what happened"
-you realize you are contradicting your statements form last night
"what does contradict mean?"
-it is different than what you told me last night
"no it isn't"
-yes it is. it is a crime to initiate a false reports, as well as Wendy most likely press charges against you. Is Bill pressuring you to change your story? Do you want be a liar?
"no he isn't. that is what happened, i am not lying"
-okay well I forward your statement to the District Attorney and expect charges to follow. I will know you are a liar.
"well that is what it happened"
-have a nice day
click

Train Ride

The train calls they have a drunk passenger they want removed. So much they stop out of town, were i happen to be waiting. the employees say the man has been drinking for 2 hours and trying to start fights with people, including shoving one of the employees.
I make my way to onto the train. People tell me as I pass by that the male is going to fight.
The employees point the man out in the lounge car, who has back turned to me and arguing with another person.

I don't mess around. I point my taser at him and give him commands. He looks down at the red dot at his chest and complies with my directions. He is drunk, has pot on him, he has a warrant and has a vicodin on him. He cries and then sings along to Guns and Roses the whole ride to the jail.

New Year

The new year has brought a tide of suicide attempts, more than last year. Some half hearted, some full attempts.
One unintended. A chronic young alcoholic. Drinking all night at a local drunkard house. He drinks so much he passes out. So drunk he can't wake up when he starts to unintentionally choke himself due positional asphyxiation. The other drunks don't notice, until they wake up the next day. His brother finds him unresponsive.