JW and I rode together all week and finished up his evaluation. He did well and will be a good officer. He has a good understanding of patrol and seems to have good decision making skills.
On Tuesday night we went to a strange burglary of a residence. The house was not in the best neighborhood. The homeowner stated that the suspect came through a back window that had been left unlocked. The window was in the laundry room which is where the homeowner's dog had been left. When we pulled up, the dog was outside and was going absolutely crazy. The homeowner walked us through the house and told us about all of the items that had been stolen. Everything from guns to cash to jewelry to electronics was missing.
We called for our print unit to come out and try to lift fingerprints. He dusted for prints on the window and ledge and other areas where missing items had been located. He could not find any smudges, let alone prints. In some areas, the dust had not even been disturbed. We took all of the information for the report, but some things just did not make sense. I found it hard to believe that someone would try to come into that small room with a big dog locked inside. They would also at least leave smudges on the window or the ledge when they came into the house as well. Finally, the areas around where the alleged stolen had been sitting, the dust would be disturbed. It looked like things had been delicately picked straight up. That is not typical behavior for burglars. JW included all of our investigative findings (lol) in the report.
On Wednesday night, we had two drunk males call the police on each other. They each stated that the other had threatened them. It turned out that they were landlord and tenant and in a dispute over rent money. Drunk people can be very annoying.Later we responded to a male that stated that he had just been robbed. He said that two males had pulled a gun on him and had stolen his ID card and his Lone Star Card. They left his cell phone, credit cards, and cash. Not likely. Robbers do not usually leave that kind of stuff behind. Nevertheless, JW took his info and gave him a case number for the report that he would write. About 45 minutes later, the same guy called in stating that he had been robbed again. This guy was having a bad night. We went back to his location. This time, some of his "kin folk" were outside as well. He told us that he had just seen the suspects that had robbed him in the area in a red Pontiac. Ok. Then we talked to his family. It turned out that our victim had sold his Lone Star Card. You see, not many crack dealers take the Lone Star Card. At least not yet. Our victim was a crack fiend and he went to jail.
Thursday night we did two more property crime reports. Violent crime is down, but property crime is going up. That was also the night that we did the traffic stop where JW told the female "you do what I tell you to do!"
Friday night was JW's last night of evaluation and it was raining. That means accidents. Our accident involved two vehicles. One driver, who was not drunk, just completely missed a stop sign and t-boned an SUV. Luckily, no one was injured, but she did get a citation.
Saturday night was very uneventful for a Saturday. We had one found property report and we responded to quite a few loud noise disturbances. A few traffic stops and that was it for the week.
No comments:
Post a Comment