It was another short week on patrol for me. I worked on Monday and
Wednesday and was off for the other three nights. Monday was the day
that the city observed the Christmas holiday. B and I rode together
both nights. Our night started off with a burglary alarm at a restaurant. Most
burglary alarms calls that we run are false, either some type of alarm
or human malfunction. At this particular restaurant, when the alarm
goes off, it usually means that they have been burglarized. We arrived
and checked out the exterior and everything was fine. Just another
false alarm. We wrote a couple of parking tickets and then we were dispatched to
an assault in progress at a gas station. The disturbance started off
as a boyfriend / girlfriend argument and then the good samaritan
decided to join in the fun. The girl reluctantly, she did not want to
"get involved", told us that the past 5 days had been hell. The male
had lost his job and was depressed. Tonight they decided to go out and
try to have fun. They went to a bar and the male caused a disturbance
there but left before we arrived. A little later, she said that he got
out of the car and she left him in the street and drove off. She
stopped to use the restroom at this gas station. He ran after her and
got to the gas station before she exited the restroom. She ran out of
the gas station and jumped into her car and locked the doors. He
started banging on the windows and pulling on the door handles. He
pulled so forcefully that he broke one of the handles off of the
vehicle. This is when the good samaritan got involved. He approached
the upset male and tried to settle things down. For his effort, he got
punched in the face. So, he went back to his jeep and got out a tire
iron. At this point he was worried for his safety and for the females
safety. Once he had the tire iron, the other male came at him again to
hit him. He swung the tire iron and connected with the male's head.
That slowed him down. We ended up taking the boyfriend to jail for
public intoxication and assault. I commended the good samaritan for
getting involved, but you never know what will happen when you insert
yourself into other people's business. That situation could have ended
much differently. Our first call on Wednesday night was checking by at an apartment
complex with J and C on a domestic disturbance. A boyfriend and
girlfriend went to a bowl game at the nearby stadium. As they were
leaving, they got into an argument. They arrived at the rail platform
and when the train arrived, she stepped onto the train. Apparently, he
was not ready to get onto the train, so instead of verbalizing that,
he grabbed her and snatched her off of the train. Then for good
measure, he grabbed her iPhone, threw it down, and stepped on it. They
got onto the next train and proceeded home. Once they were home, the
girl used the house phone and called her dad who lives out of state.
She told him what had happened. The dad was furious, as most dads
would be, and he then called the police. So, when we arrived at the
apartment, the boyfriend was still there, which is always a bonus.
Most of time, the guys that assault their wives or girlfriends leave
before we get there. Once we found out what had happened, C called the
district attorney and they took criminal mischief charges for the
phone damage, but not assault. At least he was going to jail. B and I ran a bunch of other calls that night, but none of any interest. That concludes another short week on patrol.
Wednesday and was off for the other three nights. Monday was the day
that the city observed the Christmas holiday. B and I rode together
both nights. Our night started off with a burglary alarm at a restaurant. Most
burglary alarms calls that we run are false, either some type of alarm
or human malfunction. At this particular restaurant, when the alarm
goes off, it usually means that they have been burglarized. We arrived
and checked out the exterior and everything was fine. Just another
false alarm. We wrote a couple of parking tickets and then we were dispatched to
an assault in progress at a gas station. The disturbance started off
as a boyfriend / girlfriend argument and then the good samaritan
decided to join in the fun. The girl reluctantly, she did not want to
"get involved", told us that the past 5 days had been hell. The male
had lost his job and was depressed. Tonight they decided to go out and
try to have fun. They went to a bar and the male caused a disturbance
there but left before we arrived. A little later, she said that he got
out of the car and she left him in the street and drove off. She
stopped to use the restroom at this gas station. He ran after her and
got to the gas station before she exited the restroom. She ran out of
the gas station and jumped into her car and locked the doors. He
started banging on the windows and pulling on the door handles. He
pulled so forcefully that he broke one of the handles off of the
vehicle. This is when the good samaritan got involved. He approached
the upset male and tried to settle things down. For his effort, he got
punched in the face. So, he went back to his jeep and got out a tire
iron. At this point he was worried for his safety and for the females
safety. Once he had the tire iron, the other male came at him again to
hit him. He swung the tire iron and connected with the male's head.
That slowed him down. We ended up taking the boyfriend to jail for
public intoxication and assault. I commended the good samaritan for
getting involved, but you never know what will happen when you insert
yourself into other people's business. That situation could have ended
much differently. Our first call on Wednesday night was checking by at an apartment
complex with J and C on a domestic disturbance. A boyfriend and
girlfriend went to a bowl game at the nearby stadium. As they were
leaving, they got into an argument. They arrived at the rail platform
and when the train arrived, she stepped onto the train. Apparently, he
was not ready to get onto the train, so instead of verbalizing that,
he grabbed her and snatched her off of the train. Then for good
measure, he grabbed her iPhone, threw it down, and stepped on it. They
got onto the next train and proceeded home. Once they were home, the
girl used the house phone and called her dad who lives out of state.
She told him what had happened. The dad was furious, as most dads
would be, and he then called the police. So, when we arrived at the
apartment, the boyfriend was still there, which is always a bonus.
Most of time, the guys that assault their wives or girlfriends leave
before we get there. Once we found out what had happened, C called the
district attorney and they took criminal mischief charges for the
phone damage, but not assault. At least he was going to jail. B and I ran a bunch of other calls that night, but none of any interest. That concludes another short week on patrol.
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