court

i got up three hours early to go to court on two counts of criminal trespass.
the da tells me that we can't win the first part of the case, but the second count is an easy win.
she will offer probation to streamline the process. he takes the plea and drives off, still suspended.

Only a hand

In order to get the lady out of the bushes, who trying to kill herself. I offer my hand to help her up. She doesn't let go and walks holding my hand to the street to talk with sgt, another officer and me.
Not until she chooses to go to the hospital does she let go.

My last two days

The last two days of my work week I put in 30 hours of the 48 hrs.

Notable

I stop a truck a 2 am for equipment violation.
The driver is suspended, but the vehicle is parked in a driveway. The passenger laughs.
"we are visiting the people here we will park it"
-ok, don't be the guy that gets two tickets in the same night.

I drive off head towards a car that isn't stopping for another officer. The car stops and I head back to patrolling the area.
I see the same truck coming out a side road. The passenger is driving.
-you got a license right?
"yes"
-care to prove it?
"it's in my purse, want to me to dig it out?"
-Yes,
"I don't have a license"
-that's what I thought.

The passenger is cooperative. I tell them the will be one of the notable traffic stops 2 Driving while suspended from the same car. They laugh and ask for pictures and stickers. They get stickers.

The race

With patrol numbers reduce and calls for service the same, it is now an endurance race to see what the end result will be.