It was a short week for me. I only worked the street two days. I was sick for two nights and had an adjusted day off on another for training. I also got another rookie. I had thought that I was done training for awhile.
Tuesday afternoon I started feeling bad. I found out later that Jen had started feeling bad at the same time. Jen and I were essentially out of commission from Tuesday evening until Thursday morning. We had contracted some type of food poisoning, probably from bad shrimp. Luckily, neither of the kids got sick. I missed work Tuesday and Wednesday night. A big thank you to my parents for watching A2 while we recovered on Wednesday.
When I got to work on Thursday, the desk Sergeant told me that I had a new rookie, TV. I would be doing his second week of evaluation. TV has prior military experience and some college as well. Our first call was a burglary of a motor vehicle at a beer garden.
We arrived and met the complainant's sister. The complainant had already gone home. Her sister was very happy to see us. She was young and cute and wearing a wife beater. She walked up and leaned her elbows on TV's window sill. It was funny to watch TV try to maintain eye contact with her. We exited the patrol car and TV gathered her information for the report as a witness. When TV asked her for her phone number, she said, "for you guys, or for the report?" TV politely said for the report. She looked disappointed.
Then we were dispatched to an accident involving a motorcycle. He was just driving down the street and saw a vehicle that he thought was going to pull out in front of him. He got nervous, lost control, laid the bike down, and slid for a couple of hundred feet. He was wearing leathers and a helmet, so his injuries turned out to be minor.
Friday night started off with a bang, or three. We were on the way to a disturbance in the Ward when we heard three gunshots nearby, very nearby. We turned left and encountered a large block party. There were about two hundred people in the street. I radioed for back-up and the response was very quick. We made our way slowly through the mass of humanity to find a car. A male had walked toward the car and fired off three round from an automatic pistol. We found two shell casings. Luckily, no one had been hit. There was a child in the car, so it could have been ugly. After we secured the area, we found out that the male had shot and then melted back into the block party. We had passed him as we made our way to the scene without knowing what or who we were looking for. The disagreement had started on Facebook, and led to gunshots. Crazy.
Then we responded to yet another property crime. This time it was the burglary of a residence. The suspect entered and exited through a window. The window had been locked, they broke the glass and unlocked the window. All that was stolen was a laptop. Other items had been laid out to take, but were left on the living room floor. The homeowners had probably surprised the burglars when they unlocked the front gate. As the homeowners came up the driveway, the burglar grabbed the laptop and exited the window.
Saturday night I was off since I had a training class on Monday, a regular day off for me. Saturday was spent putting together a new swing set for the kids. Mike and my dad were crazy enough to help. Thanks. It was a long day, but the kids were very excited when they saw the results.
A two day work week was nice. Minus the food poisoning, I could get used to that.
Tuesday afternoon I started feeling bad. I found out later that Jen had started feeling bad at the same time. Jen and I were essentially out of commission from Tuesday evening until Thursday morning. We had contracted some type of food poisoning, probably from bad shrimp. Luckily, neither of the kids got sick. I missed work Tuesday and Wednesday night. A big thank you to my parents for watching A2 while we recovered on Wednesday.
When I got to work on Thursday, the desk Sergeant told me that I had a new rookie, TV. I would be doing his second week of evaluation. TV has prior military experience and some college as well. Our first call was a burglary of a motor vehicle at a beer garden.
We arrived and met the complainant's sister. The complainant had already gone home. Her sister was very happy to see us. She was young and cute and wearing a wife beater. She walked up and leaned her elbows on TV's window sill. It was funny to watch TV try to maintain eye contact with her. We exited the patrol car and TV gathered her information for the report as a witness. When TV asked her for her phone number, she said, "for you guys, or for the report?" TV politely said for the report. She looked disappointed.
Then we were dispatched to an accident involving a motorcycle. He was just driving down the street and saw a vehicle that he thought was going to pull out in front of him. He got nervous, lost control, laid the bike down, and slid for a couple of hundred feet. He was wearing leathers and a helmet, so his injuries turned out to be minor.
Friday night started off with a bang, or three. We were on the way to a disturbance in the Ward when we heard three gunshots nearby, very nearby. We turned left and encountered a large block party. There were about two hundred people in the street. I radioed for back-up and the response was very quick. We made our way slowly through the mass of humanity to find a car. A male had walked toward the car and fired off three round from an automatic pistol. We found two shell casings. Luckily, no one had been hit. There was a child in the car, so it could have been ugly. After we secured the area, we found out that the male had shot and then melted back into the block party. We had passed him as we made our way to the scene without knowing what or who we were looking for. The disagreement had started on Facebook, and led to gunshots. Crazy.
Then we responded to yet another property crime. This time it was the burglary of a residence. The suspect entered and exited through a window. The window had been locked, they broke the glass and unlocked the window. All that was stolen was a laptop. Other items had been laid out to take, but were left on the living room floor. The homeowners had probably surprised the burglars when they unlocked the front gate. As the homeowners came up the driveway, the burglar grabbed the laptop and exited the window.
Saturday night I was off since I had a training class on Monday, a regular day off for me. Saturday was spent putting together a new swing set for the kids. Mike and my dad were crazy enough to help. Thanks. It was a long day, but the kids were very excited when they saw the results.
A two day work week was nice. Minus the food poisoning, I could get used to that.
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