The week started off with an interesting call and ended with an interesting call. The three days sandwiched in the middle were very boring. I have received a few questions about my current 30 day rotation assignment. I am still part of patrol and am still working my same shift and hours. I am responsible for taking pictures and lifting latent fingerprints at crime scenes in my station's patrol area. I do not respond to every scene, just when called by the primary patrol unit. When I am not doing that, I have been running traffic and checking by with other units.
I rode patrol with AR on Tuesday. Even though we rode together, I was still responsible for the print and picture calls. A short time into the shift we were dispatched to a sexual assault, delayed report. The call slip said that the incident happened on the previous Sunday. We were met on the scene by the female complainant, N. N stated that a few friends came over to her condo on Sunday afternoon to party. The suspect, J, arrived with the other friends. N did not know J very well, but they had met before.
Soon after they arrived, the drinking started. Shots were taken and beers and vodka were consumed in large quantities. A few hours later, all of the friends left, except for N. The friends said that he was "cool" and left him there with J. J and N continued to drink. Then J started to make sexual advances towards N. N told him "no" numerous times. She resisted and J attempted to force things. N's clothes were ripped in the process, a shirt, shorts, and bra. A sexual assault occurred, but J was not able to perform according to N. This allowed N to get some other clothes on and to talk N into leaving the condo. N drove J to a pool hall where J had left his motorcycle earlier in the day. J decided that he wanted to get some food, and N did not follow him, but returned home.
The following day, N spoke to some of her friends. She was not sure that she had been sexually assaulted. She was not sure if she should report the incident. Her friends assured her that she had indeed been assaulted, even though J needed the little blue pill. N then called J. J did not apologize and told N that she had been asking for it. This made N mad, and she called us. AR gathered all of her information. N had some bruising on her. So, I took pictures of the ripped clothing and of her bruises. Hopefully, J will get charged with a felony. No means no, even when everyone is drunk.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were very uneventful. Only one unit called for prints and it was on a burglary of a motor vehicle in the rain. So, no prints on the outside of the vehicle. After talking to the complainant, I did not think that the suspect even went inside the vehicle. He shattered a window, grabbed a bag within reach, and took off. So, no reason to spread black powder everywhere inside the vehicle either.
Saturday night started off slowly. I made a few traffic stops and then about 12:30, things went a little crazy. A shooting just occurred call dropped. A unit was dispatched and a few other units started heading in that direction. A unit had been very close to the scene when the call dropped and he arrived on the scene very quickly. A citizen told him that the suspects had just left in a black sedan. The unit turned around and put that information out on the radio. He quickly caught up to a black sedan and once another unit was with him, did a felony traffic stop on the vehicle.
I arrived as they were making the traffic stop and I noticed that the primary unit was there as well. That meant that no one had gone to the scene of the shooting. I kept going, and was the first unit on the shooting scene. I arrived at the apartment complex as the fire department was covering a body with a sheet in the parking lot. There was an ambulance, fire truck, and medic truck on the scene. There was also a large crowd of bystanders all around the parking lot. The primary unit arrived a short time later.
I got out of my patrol car, and walked towards the body. The fire department had taken out some crime scene tape and had begun securing the scene. I then asked for witnesses. With this many people outside and being right in the middle of a huge apartment complex, someone had to see something. A few citizens raised their hands, and the primary unit and myself separated them from the crowd. In these situation, we place the witnesses by themselves in patrol cars. We do not want them talking to each other. We want each witness to give us their own story, instead of them all talking about it and giving us one group story. We ended up with six witnesses in six different vehicles.
Other units arrived quickly and began dispersing the crowd. The media was already on the scene. With the scene secured, the crowd dispersed, and the witnesses separated, we began looking around the area for evidence. We found four shell casings, one spent bullet, a set of keys, and some sunglasses. We marked everything with cones so that nothing would get disturbed until it was collected by the crime scene unit that would process the scene and collect the evidence.
The homicide investigators arrived and began their investigation. I ended up transporting one witness to the homicide division where he gave a video recording of his statement. Two other witnesses did the same thing, while the other three witnesses gave statements on the scene to the investigators. After returning to the scene with the witness that I transported, I was able to head to the station to unload my gear. I had been on the scene for four and half hours and when I left, they were not done processing the scene.
During our time on the scene, we were able to surmise what had happened. The suspect, W, went and picked up the victim, A, earlier in the afternoon. They began smoking dope in W's apartment. Four other friends arrived later and they all continued to smoke. Around midnight, W's wife came home and she did not like the fact that everyone was smoking in her apartment. She wanted everyone to leave, and got into an argument with W, her husband. The four friends left the apartment. A decided to stay and talk to W. A tried to explain to W why his wife was mad at him. This conversation did not go well. W and A began fighting in the apartment. The fight ended and A left the apartment and walked outside to the parking lot. A short time later, W came outside to the parking lot and shot A, killing him.
About that same time, W's father arrived on the scene in a black sedan. He hopped out of the sedan and yelled at W, asking him what had he done? Then they both got into the sedan and drove off, only to be stopped a short time later and taken into custody. All of this was over smoking marijuana. The suspect and victim had known and been friends with each other for years. Just senseless. Very little respect for human life.
My first week as the print/picture unit was about what I expected. It was a nice change. I am not sure that I would want to do it permanently. I think on a part time basis, it would be great. Once my rotation is over, the powers that be will make a decision. Until then, I will enjoy the rotation.
I rode patrol with AR on Tuesday. Even though we rode together, I was still responsible for the print and picture calls. A short time into the shift we were dispatched to a sexual assault, delayed report. The call slip said that the incident happened on the previous Sunday. We were met on the scene by the female complainant, N. N stated that a few friends came over to her condo on Sunday afternoon to party. The suspect, J, arrived with the other friends. N did not know J very well, but they had met before.
Soon after they arrived, the drinking started. Shots were taken and beers and vodka were consumed in large quantities. A few hours later, all of the friends left, except for N. The friends said that he was "cool" and left him there with J. J and N continued to drink. Then J started to make sexual advances towards N. N told him "no" numerous times. She resisted and J attempted to force things. N's clothes were ripped in the process, a shirt, shorts, and bra. A sexual assault occurred, but J was not able to perform according to N. This allowed N to get some other clothes on and to talk N into leaving the condo. N drove J to a pool hall where J had left his motorcycle earlier in the day. J decided that he wanted to get some food, and N did not follow him, but returned home.
The following day, N spoke to some of her friends. She was not sure that she had been sexually assaulted. She was not sure if she should report the incident. Her friends assured her that she had indeed been assaulted, even though J needed the little blue pill. N then called J. J did not apologize and told N that she had been asking for it. This made N mad, and she called us. AR gathered all of her information. N had some bruising on her. So, I took pictures of the ripped clothing and of her bruises. Hopefully, J will get charged with a felony. No means no, even when everyone is drunk.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were very uneventful. Only one unit called for prints and it was on a burglary of a motor vehicle in the rain. So, no prints on the outside of the vehicle. After talking to the complainant, I did not think that the suspect even went inside the vehicle. He shattered a window, grabbed a bag within reach, and took off. So, no reason to spread black powder everywhere inside the vehicle either.
Saturday night started off slowly. I made a few traffic stops and then about 12:30, things went a little crazy. A shooting just occurred call dropped. A unit was dispatched and a few other units started heading in that direction. A unit had been very close to the scene when the call dropped and he arrived on the scene very quickly. A citizen told him that the suspects had just left in a black sedan. The unit turned around and put that information out on the radio. He quickly caught up to a black sedan and once another unit was with him, did a felony traffic stop on the vehicle.
I arrived as they were making the traffic stop and I noticed that the primary unit was there as well. That meant that no one had gone to the scene of the shooting. I kept going, and was the first unit on the shooting scene. I arrived at the apartment complex as the fire department was covering a body with a sheet in the parking lot. There was an ambulance, fire truck, and medic truck on the scene. There was also a large crowd of bystanders all around the parking lot. The primary unit arrived a short time later.
I got out of my patrol car, and walked towards the body. The fire department had taken out some crime scene tape and had begun securing the scene. I then asked for witnesses. With this many people outside and being right in the middle of a huge apartment complex, someone had to see something. A few citizens raised their hands, and the primary unit and myself separated them from the crowd. In these situation, we place the witnesses by themselves in patrol cars. We do not want them talking to each other. We want each witness to give us their own story, instead of them all talking about it and giving us one group story. We ended up with six witnesses in six different vehicles.
Other units arrived quickly and began dispersing the crowd. The media was already on the scene. With the scene secured, the crowd dispersed, and the witnesses separated, we began looking around the area for evidence. We found four shell casings, one spent bullet, a set of keys, and some sunglasses. We marked everything with cones so that nothing would get disturbed until it was collected by the crime scene unit that would process the scene and collect the evidence.
The homicide investigators arrived and began their investigation. I ended up transporting one witness to the homicide division where he gave a video recording of his statement. Two other witnesses did the same thing, while the other three witnesses gave statements on the scene to the investigators. After returning to the scene with the witness that I transported, I was able to head to the station to unload my gear. I had been on the scene for four and half hours and when I left, they were not done processing the scene.
During our time on the scene, we were able to surmise what had happened. The suspect, W, went and picked up the victim, A, earlier in the afternoon. They began smoking dope in W's apartment. Four other friends arrived later and they all continued to smoke. Around midnight, W's wife came home and she did not like the fact that everyone was smoking in her apartment. She wanted everyone to leave, and got into an argument with W, her husband. The four friends left the apartment. A decided to stay and talk to W. A tried to explain to W why his wife was mad at him. This conversation did not go well. W and A began fighting in the apartment. The fight ended and A left the apartment and walked outside to the parking lot. A short time later, W came outside to the parking lot and shot A, killing him.
About that same time, W's father arrived on the scene in a black sedan. He hopped out of the sedan and yelled at W, asking him what had he done? Then they both got into the sedan and drove off, only to be stopped a short time later and taken into custody. All of this was over smoking marijuana. The suspect and victim had known and been friends with each other for years. Just senseless. Very little respect for human life.
My first week as the print/picture unit was about what I expected. It was a nice change. I am not sure that I would want to do it permanently. I think on a part time basis, it would be great. Once my rotation is over, the powers that be will make a decision. Until then, I will enjoy the rotation.
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