This week I finished training H and was off on Friday night. The week
was bitterly cold and we had icy streets Thursday night. Monday was day 12 of training for H. We started with a double traffic
stop. A Mercedes Benz followed a BMW that made an illegal left turn.
We got behind and stopped the BMW since it was the lead car.
Fortunately for us, the Benz stopped right across the street. So, I
crossed the street and dealt with the Benz while H focused on the BMW.
I wrote the driver of the Benz a citation while H wrote the driver of
the BMW. I had the driver of the Benz sign his citation first, and
then we walked up to the BMW. H approached the driver's door and I
stayed a little behind. I do not think that the female knew that I was
there. She then decided to use all of her womanly charms on H in an
attempt to avoid the ticket. It was entertaining to watch. H did a
good job of staying focused and accomplished his task. Our first call of the night was for credit card abuse. A woman was
notified that her credit card was used at Macy's in NYC. It was used 4
times in an hour and it was physically swiped every time according to
the credit card company. The crazy thing was she was still in
possession of her credit card. So, someone got her card number and
made a fake card that worked when swiped. That is a little scary. Later we took theft in progress call. The call came in as a guy trying
to steal a bicycle. We pulled up and sure enough, we saw a guy trying
to free a bicycle from a bicycle lock around a pole. I almost had to
scream at H for him to get out and snatch up the guy. He looked like a
deer caught in headlights. He had no idea what to do. Luckily for us,
the guy did not run. It turned out that it was his bike, which
explained why he did not run. His key had broken in the bike lock and
he was using some tools to try to get the key out. Tuesday was day 13 of training with H and it was bitterly cold. Our
report call for the night was another burglary of a motor vehicle. At
a local bar, a guy left his backpack in plain view on the backseat of
his car. The backpack contained a pistol. He came out a short time
later and was surprised to see that his vehicle had been burglarized.
Maybe next time he will leave the pistol at home, or will leave the
backpack at home, or will leave the backpack in the trunk, or etc... We made two traffic stops that night. Both were for illegal left turns
and both had expired inspection stickers. Like shooting fish in a
barrel. It was still very cold on Wednesday, day 14 with H. We made two more
traffic stops for illegal left turns. Later we were dispatched to an assault at a bar. A male assaulted the
door guy and a bartender when they would not let him go upstairs to a
"special" room. We tried to get some clarity about the "special" room,
but they were VERY vague with details. The males had two outside
witnesses that observed the assault. It was a little ironic that both
witnesses just happened to be escorts when the assault was about a
"special" room. I am sure that you are wondering, how did I know they
were escorts? Because they gave H their card identifying themselves as
escorts. No shame in their game. Thursday was day 15 with H, our last training day together. It was
still very cold, but the night had the added bonus of freezing
precipitation. We were dispatched to an assault / criminal mischief that happened
earlier in the day. The original report had already been completed,
but the complainant had some new information. Normally, the
complainant will call the division investigating the offense to add
information to the report. But, since we were training, I decided to
let H get the new information and supplement the original report. This
was a cat fight between employees at a beauty salon. One girl hit
another and then the one that was hit went outside and damaged the
other's car. H gathered the new information and we were on to other
things. A few hours into the shift, the roads started to get slippery. By the
end of the shift, most overpasses were covered with ice and
impassable. We had to venture onto the freeway when we were dispatched
to a major accident on the freeway. A red truck slowed down going
uphill toward an overpass. A PT Cruiser coming onto the freeway was
driving way too fast for the conditions. The Cruiser slammed into the
back of the truck which then slammed into the wall. By the time we
arrived, another accident had taken place in the same area. There were
wrecked cars all over the freeway. Eventually, we got the freeway
cleared and H completed the accident report. That morning, a few day
shift officers were able to make it in to work, and we were given
permission to go home. It took me over an hour to make my usual 25
minute drive home. The roads were a mess. That concludes another week on patrol.
was bitterly cold and we had icy streets Thursday night. Monday was day 12 of training for H. We started with a double traffic
stop. A Mercedes Benz followed a BMW that made an illegal left turn.
We got behind and stopped the BMW since it was the lead car.
Fortunately for us, the Benz stopped right across the street. So, I
crossed the street and dealt with the Benz while H focused on the BMW.
I wrote the driver of the Benz a citation while H wrote the driver of
the BMW. I had the driver of the Benz sign his citation first, and
then we walked up to the BMW. H approached the driver's door and I
stayed a little behind. I do not think that the female knew that I was
there. She then decided to use all of her womanly charms on H in an
attempt to avoid the ticket. It was entertaining to watch. H did a
good job of staying focused and accomplished his task. Our first call of the night was for credit card abuse. A woman was
notified that her credit card was used at Macy's in NYC. It was used 4
times in an hour and it was physically swiped every time according to
the credit card company. The crazy thing was she was still in
possession of her credit card. So, someone got her card number and
made a fake card that worked when swiped. That is a little scary. Later we took theft in progress call. The call came in as a guy trying
to steal a bicycle. We pulled up and sure enough, we saw a guy trying
to free a bicycle from a bicycle lock around a pole. I almost had to
scream at H for him to get out and snatch up the guy. He looked like a
deer caught in headlights. He had no idea what to do. Luckily for us,
the guy did not run. It turned out that it was his bike, which
explained why he did not run. His key had broken in the bike lock and
he was using some tools to try to get the key out. Tuesday was day 13 of training with H and it was bitterly cold. Our
report call for the night was another burglary of a motor vehicle. At
a local bar, a guy left his backpack in plain view on the backseat of
his car. The backpack contained a pistol. He came out a short time
later and was surprised to see that his vehicle had been burglarized.
Maybe next time he will leave the pistol at home, or will leave the
backpack at home, or will leave the backpack in the trunk, or etc... We made two traffic stops that night. Both were for illegal left turns
and both had expired inspection stickers. Like shooting fish in a
barrel. It was still very cold on Wednesday, day 14 with H. We made two more
traffic stops for illegal left turns. Later we were dispatched to an assault at a bar. A male assaulted the
door guy and a bartender when they would not let him go upstairs to a
"special" room. We tried to get some clarity about the "special" room,
but they were VERY vague with details. The males had two outside
witnesses that observed the assault. It was a little ironic that both
witnesses just happened to be escorts when the assault was about a
"special" room. I am sure that you are wondering, how did I know they
were escorts? Because they gave H their card identifying themselves as
escorts. No shame in their game. Thursday was day 15 with H, our last training day together. It was
still very cold, but the night had the added bonus of freezing
precipitation. We were dispatched to an assault / criminal mischief that happened
earlier in the day. The original report had already been completed,
but the complainant had some new information. Normally, the
complainant will call the division investigating the offense to add
information to the report. But, since we were training, I decided to
let H get the new information and supplement the original report. This
was a cat fight between employees at a beauty salon. One girl hit
another and then the one that was hit went outside and damaged the
other's car. H gathered the new information and we were on to other
things. A few hours into the shift, the roads started to get slippery. By the
end of the shift, most overpasses were covered with ice and
impassable. We had to venture onto the freeway when we were dispatched
to a major accident on the freeway. A red truck slowed down going
uphill toward an overpass. A PT Cruiser coming onto the freeway was
driving way too fast for the conditions. The Cruiser slammed into the
back of the truck which then slammed into the wall. By the time we
arrived, another accident had taken place in the same area. There were
wrecked cars all over the freeway. Eventually, we got the freeway
cleared and H completed the accident report. That morning, a few day
shift officers were able to make it in to work, and we were given
permission to go home. It took me over an hour to make my usual 25
minute drive home. The roads were a mess. That concludes another week on patrol.
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