This was a very slow and uneventful week on patrol. I trained H the first four nights and we were off on Friday.
Monday was day 8 with H. We were the print unit and it was raining. There were no calls holding so we started off with a traffic stop. We waited for someone to make the illegal left turn and then H preformed a good and safe traffic stop. That was our only stop of the night because stopping traffic in the rain is miserable.
A little later, we checked by with Anna. She had made a traffic stop and had an arrest, so she needed her prisoner searched. I needed to cover training categories and H needed the practice, so H searched her prisoner. He did not find any contraband or weapons.
We were the print unit again on Tuesday, day 9 with H. We made two traffic stops to start off the shift. The first driver made an illegal left turn, had an expired registration, and right as we stopped him, threw a cigarette butt out of his window. That is a big pet peeve of mine, littering. I see it all the time driving on the freeway, but I am never in a patrol vehicle. On the rare occasion that I am working and witness the littering, I enjoy giving that ticket. So, H gave him a ticket that included three violations.
The second traffic stop turned out to be an officer. He was polite and apologetic, which is not always the case. It was a good opportunity to teach H about professional courtesy.
Later in the shift we were dispatched to a minor accident. A guy was paying attention to his cell phone and speeding on a road with a few big curves. Luckily, he only ended up hitting a curb and a pole which flattened his right side tires. After he had given us his initial statement, he said that another car must have hit him since there was damage on his right rear bumper. We went to look at the bumper, and there was a scratch, just a scratch. There was no chance that another vehicle hit him and caused this accident. It was all on him. But, since that was his statement, we had to put that in the report as well. We still found him at fault. It is amazing how frequently people lie on accident scenes. I guess they think that they are pulling one over on us and are getting away with something. Where is the integrity?
Wednesday was day 10 with H and almost a carbon copy of Monday night without the rain. It was cold and there was almost no vehicle traffic. We were able to make one illegal left turn traffic stop. Then we had some free time, so we went over some things in his training book that we had yet to cover.
Thursday was day 11 with H. We volunteered for a FSGI accident in parking lot. A BMW 650, which had been parked by a valet was hit by a large SUV. The valet saw it happen. He stopped the SUV. The SUV was being driven by an intoxicated male. The male got out of his SUV and slapped the hand of the valet as he tried to write down the license plate number of the SUV. The valet was able to get us a good plate number which came back to a SUV that matched his description of the vehicle. At least it was something for the hit and run investigators to use.
That concludes a slow week on patrol.
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