It was a very short and sweet work week. I was off on Monday for
Valentine's Day and I was off on Thursday and Friday to hang out with
some great friends who were visiting us from NoCal. Tuesday night I was riding solo. We had plenty of units and the
streets were quiet. I was assigned a new rookie, E, on Wednesday. She is 6'4", very nice
with a lot of snap. I will only train her for three nights. Her
trainer went on vacation for 3 weeks, so I am helping out to get her
finished and onto evaluation. As usual, I started off the new rookie to me, with traffic stops. She
stopped two vehicles for making the illegal left turn. Her safety was
excellent and the traffic stops went very well. Our report call for the night was a burglary of a residence. The
location was a high rise retirement / hospice home. The complainant
was a crazy lady saying that people were coming into her apartment and
moving things around. We actually get those types of complaints from
people quite often. Usually, because they are a little nuts. She said
that her door had not been forced open, but somehow people were
getting in and moving her things. Later, she added that pain
medication, a pair of slippers, and a few rings had been stolen. She
has had a hard life, kidney and stomach bypasses along with a lung
transplant. She was in her 50's but looked 85. I thought it was all an
elaborate ploy to get more pain medication. She had just gotten a
prescription filled earlier that day, and now she was reporting all of
it stolen. It was a learning experience for E to try to get the
necessary report information from someone that was not entirely
coherent. That concludes a short week on patrol.
Valentine's Day and I was off on Thursday and Friday to hang out with
some great friends who were visiting us from NoCal. Tuesday night I was riding solo. We had plenty of units and the
streets were quiet. I was assigned a new rookie, E, on Wednesday. She is 6'4", very nice
with a lot of snap. I will only train her for three nights. Her
trainer went on vacation for 3 weeks, so I am helping out to get her
finished and onto evaluation. As usual, I started off the new rookie to me, with traffic stops. She
stopped two vehicles for making the illegal left turn. Her safety was
excellent and the traffic stops went very well. Our report call for the night was a burglary of a residence. The
location was a high rise retirement / hospice home. The complainant
was a crazy lady saying that people were coming into her apartment and
moving things around. We actually get those types of complaints from
people quite often. Usually, because they are a little nuts. She said
that her door had not been forced open, but somehow people were
getting in and moving her things. Later, she added that pain
medication, a pair of slippers, and a few rings had been stolen. She
has had a hard life, kidney and stomach bypasses along with a lung
transplant. She was in her 50's but looked 85. I thought it was all an
elaborate ploy to get more pain medication. She had just gotten a
prescription filled earlier that day, and now she was reporting all of
it stolen. It was a learning experience for E to try to get the
necessary report information from someone that was not entirely
coherent. That concludes a short week on patrol.
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