Consent search

Stopping a car with alter tags, the driver with no insurance and who is suspended, consents to a search of his vehicle and belongings. Among the 4 marijuana pipes I find the last item. A rarity in stoner carpentry.

3 assault day

my day is filled with assaults.
It starts with an assault.
a woman walked by store assaulted by local drunks. she waits 18 hours to report it and lies about it to me.

a domestic assault, a boyfriend spits on girlfriend and then attempts to drag her out of the house.

a family of drunks. son assaults mom and brother assaults brother breaking his jaw.

2 calls

2 calls ...2 compliants.
The first call is from Darrin. Darrin say his neighbor is calling a him a sex offender when he picks up his kid from the bus.

The back story is that Darrin is a compulsive liar, who grows pot and within the last 2 months burned his bridge with the neighbor by accusing him of assault (at best a slap to the face). I inform Darrin that there is a freedom of speech and that he should not have burned the bridge with the neighbor. Darrin becomes more and more irate, stating I need to keep the peace. I again tell Darrin that I will talk to the neighbor, but he has to be responsible for his actions and I can't fix his problems. Darrin is still irate letting me know that the neighbor is disturbing the peace. He keeps yelling, I hang up and let my Sgt know there is going to be a compliant.

I talk to the neighbor. He didn't stand on the sidewalk and call Darrin a sex offender. Darrin was trying to talk to his kids through the fence and offer them candy. The neighbor asked him why he was acting weird like a pedophile. They hate each other. I advise them of his free speech and ask him not to create a disturbance. Darrin is calls my Sgt to complian.


My second complaint was from the female and a traffic stop. I have stopped her several times in two different cars for being suspended. She accuses me of harassing her for no reason.
She wants my badge number. I give her a business card and tell her my Sgt. name.

Day Off 2

the day before my weekend, i am informed the SJ's father died and we will be short on shifts. SJ comes in to tie up loose ends. SJ needs coverage for his shifts. I volunteer, loosing one of my two days off, so SJ can take care of his family.

early results

are in and are not good. more layoffs are coming.
time to start looking for a new job, before the year is up and the next batch of layoffs happen.

Mutual Combat

After coming to this pond i was introduced to the concept of "mutual combat".
Two people see each other, have words and then decide to punch each other. Both agreed to fight, you can't be a victim. This clears up a lot of two person fights.

My last example was a young lady visits her neighbors. There is an argument and she throws a punch and then another punch, neither connects. The other half throws two punches, both connect. They separate, the person who "loser" now wants to press charges.
-no, its mutual combat. your attempted punches were an invitation to mutual combat. her punching you was the acceptance.
she isn't happy.

Day off

On my day off, on a long weekend, I get a call from WC.
"Can you work for me tomorrow?"
-whats up?
"family issues, you mind?"
-for you no.

So i sacrificed a day off for him, riding with his trainee, bored.
It was worth it, WC is a great guy and officer.

Grand Jury

Another day another subpoena.
For grand jury.
Erik took Jane across state lines. Erik isn't a family member. Jane is 16. Erik goes to jail. Jane tells me several interesting things about what Erik gave her and made/allowed do. Erik was to high to tell me anything. Jane is to be returned to her state after giving a statement and housed at Juvenile Hall, waiting transport.

Grand Jury asks the questions.
How you get there?
What did you do?
How do you know this?

I am not allowed to give hearsay testimony, so I can't tell them anything about what Jane told me.
The ADA tells me to stop and wants me to bring them Jane. I explain I am not in charge of her and she belongs to other state. I call Sgt. and tell him the news. Sgt. tells me Jane is due to leave today and sounds perturbed.
-just passing the message.

Trial by Mail

One of the options for traffic tickets is request a trial by mail, especially if you live out of the area. You write a letter to the judge, who requests a statement from the officer as well regarding the stop. It usually takes about a month to get a verdict.

So when Bob the out of towner went threw a red light about 3 months ago and was issued a citation and his parting words are,
"So is there a camera on the light?"
-no
"So it's your word vs mine?"
-yes
"I will see you in court"

I get the notice of the verdict, guilty.

Animals

In the last week I have had calls involving a goat, a pony and a cow. If I had one with a sheep and another with a horse... I would get cop bingo.