The call volume was light this week, which was good since we did not
have many units on the street. I rode with a partner two nights, was
by myself, two nights, and was off on Friday. P and I rode together on Monday night. We rode his numbers, 30's beat.
We were dispatched to two loud noise calls. The first one was an alarm
at a business that kept going off. The alarm company could not contact
a key holder and there were not any old call slips that had phone
numbers for the key holder. So, the alarm just kept going off. The
second one was at a regular spot, a loud bar. They built an apartment
complex almost right on top of the bar. Not the best location. We
asked them to turn down the outside speakers. Later, we were dispatched to a person down. He was BWI, biking while
intoxicated. He fell down and smashed his chin on the curb. An
ambulance checked him out and cleaned him up. P wanted to cut him a
break so we put his bike in the trunk and drove him home. P went home in the middle of the shift because his daughter was sick.
I rode solo and the rest of the night and it was quiet. Tuesday was a quiet night. I was dispatched to a call that came in as
a robbery at a 24 hour deli. I arrived within 3 minutes. The call slip
said that the complainant crossed the street to the police storefront.
So I went to the storefront. Then the call slip was updated to say
that they were not robbed. No one was at the storefront and there was
no answer on the call back, strange. Wednesday was another quiet night. I was by myself again and there
were not many units. The rumors about layoffs persist. It was the talk
of roll call. There have not been classified officers laid off in at
least the last 26 years. It does not make any sense. Why not ask
officers if they want to furlough for a year? They have done that in
the past. It does not seem like they are looking at other options. I worked some overtime with J on Thursday. We wrote 10 tickets which
had 15 total violations. J and I rode together during our regular
shift as well. The Captain came to roll call to address the layoff
rumors. He says that the numbers are accurate and it might happen, but
is a long shot. We ran lots of loud noise calls, illegal parking calls, minor
disturbances, and were moderately busy throughout the night. We
checked by on a disturbance with a weapon. A guy threatened to stab a
bartender after his friend was kicked out of the bar. Then the guy
tried to leave just as officers were arriving. S grabbed him. But when
he went to put cuffs on him, he tried to run. At the jail, he tried to
run again. He turned a misdemeanor into a felony and was charged with
evading and escape. Our last call of the night was an auto theft in government housing. A
young female came home from the club and her SUV was gone. It had been
parked right in front of her apartment. There was no broken glass and
she claimed to have all of the keys. Her mom claimed to have seen the
vehicle drive off with three other vehicles behind it. We think that
she loaned it to someone at the bar and was now sporting it stolen.
Sometimes you never know. That concludes another week on patrol.
have many units on the street. I rode with a partner two nights, was
by myself, two nights, and was off on Friday. P and I rode together on Monday night. We rode his numbers, 30's beat.
We were dispatched to two loud noise calls. The first one was an alarm
at a business that kept going off. The alarm company could not contact
a key holder and there were not any old call slips that had phone
numbers for the key holder. So, the alarm just kept going off. The
second one was at a regular spot, a loud bar. They built an apartment
complex almost right on top of the bar. Not the best location. We
asked them to turn down the outside speakers. Later, we were dispatched to a person down. He was BWI, biking while
intoxicated. He fell down and smashed his chin on the curb. An
ambulance checked him out and cleaned him up. P wanted to cut him a
break so we put his bike in the trunk and drove him home. P went home in the middle of the shift because his daughter was sick.
I rode solo and the rest of the night and it was quiet. Tuesday was a quiet night. I was dispatched to a call that came in as
a robbery at a 24 hour deli. I arrived within 3 minutes. The call slip
said that the complainant crossed the street to the police storefront.
So I went to the storefront. Then the call slip was updated to say
that they were not robbed. No one was at the storefront and there was
no answer on the call back, strange. Wednesday was another quiet night. I was by myself again and there
were not many units. The rumors about layoffs persist. It was the talk
of roll call. There have not been classified officers laid off in at
least the last 26 years. It does not make any sense. Why not ask
officers if they want to furlough for a year? They have done that in
the past. It does not seem like they are looking at other options. I worked some overtime with J on Thursday. We wrote 10 tickets which
had 15 total violations. J and I rode together during our regular
shift as well. The Captain came to roll call to address the layoff
rumors. He says that the numbers are accurate and it might happen, but
is a long shot. We ran lots of loud noise calls, illegal parking calls, minor
disturbances, and were moderately busy throughout the night. We
checked by on a disturbance with a weapon. A guy threatened to stab a
bartender after his friend was kicked out of the bar. Then the guy
tried to leave just as officers were arriving. S grabbed him. But when
he went to put cuffs on him, he tried to run. At the jail, he tried to
run again. He turned a misdemeanor into a felony and was charged with
evading and escape. Our last call of the night was an auto theft in government housing. A
young female came home from the club and her SUV was gone. It had been
parked right in front of her apartment. There was no broken glass and
she claimed to have all of the keys. Her mom claimed to have seen the
vehicle drive off with three other vehicles behind it. We think that
she loaned it to someone at the bar and was now sporting it stolen.
Sometimes you never know. That concludes another week on patrol.
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