I had a partner for two nights this week, worked a little over time
with J, and rode the print unit on Friday. Monday night I was by myself. It was very slow in the district. I was
dispatched to one call, a disturbance in government subsidized
housing. It turned out to be baby mama drama. Mama came over to
daddy's apartment and they had an argument. Mama wanted daddy to
participate in the baby's life. Reasonable, but daddy was not
interested. Apparently, daddy was all about making the baby and not
raising the baby. Sad. Daddy actually called us because he thought
that she was going to slash his tires. Daddy was more worried about
his car than his child. A and I rode together on Tuesday. We started the shift by taking 3
tests. It was time to be re-certified for the TLETS and TCIC/NCIC
database searches. It took us about 2 hours to complete the tests. Once we finally left the station, we drove through the parking garage
of B's apartment complex. There have been a few burglary of motor
vehicles in the garage lately and he asked me to drive through at
night when I was bored. Our first call of the night was a disturbance with a cab driver. The
passenger could not pay. He had $11 and the fare was $43. The cabbie
took him to a bank, but the ATM told him that he was overdrawn on his
account. The guy told me that he deposited an $800 check earlier that
day (unemployment benefit). Then he made a "few" purchases and the
last time he checked his balance, it was $150. The guy tried to phone
a friend and got no love, I guess the friend was broke as well. The
cabbie decided to give the guy a day to pay and they exchanged contact
information. The cabbie drove away and the guy decided to try the ATM
one more time. Miracle, the ATM spit out some money. So, he called the
cabbie who came back and got paid. Then the cabbie drove him home for
free. Everybody wins! Our last call was a burglary of residence in progress at an apartment.
The resident said that someone tried to turn the door knob a few
times, tried the window, and then walked off. There was not any
damage. We walked around the complex and did not see any foot traffic
at all. Most likely, it was a drunk guy who just went to the wrong
apartment. I was by myself again on Wednesday and my number came up for a drug
test. This was the first one for me in quite some time. There are a
few different reasons why you might be required to submit to a drug
test. If you are gone for more than 30 days (vacation, military,
injured), a "for cause" test (exhibited behavior that suggest drug
use), or a random test, which was my case. As for work that night, the
other district was busy but we were nice and calm. On Thursday I worked some productivity over time with J. We wrote 10
tickets which included 17 violations. J then went home I was on the
desk for the first half of the shift. There were lots of rumors
swirling around because of the city budget crisis. The mayor told the
chief that he had to cut millions from his budget. The chief came up
with a plan and presented it to the mayor. We have no idea what is in
the plan, but there are rumors. Layoff rumors. I was the print unit on Friday. I checked by on a code 1, assault in
progress at an apartment complex called in by a downstairs neighbor.
She said that there was a lot of banging and yelling upstairs. It
sounded like a fight to the neighbor. I banged on the door and it was
answered by three punk rockers who were "acting stupid" according to
them. One of them was sporting a huge green mohawk. Then I checked by with A. She was on a loud noise call at a club that
we all despise when two lesbians decided to get into a fight right
behind her patrol car. A went to stop the fight and got punched
inadvertently. Then she got on the radio, but did not get her numbers
out and all we heard was a loud disturbance going on. We finally
figured out it was her and everyone raced her way. The club was
letting out and there were hundreds of people in the parking lot. We
got it cleared out and helped her process her three arrests, 2 for
fighting and one for public intoxication. My last call dropped as a home invasion / just occurred. It turned out
that a guy was either lost or drunk or just trying doors. He tried the
front door of a townhouse and when the owner yelled at him through the
door, the guy turned around and walked off. A similar call dropped
nearby with the same suspect description. We searched the area, but
did not find him. That concludes another week on patrol.
with J, and rode the print unit on Friday. Monday night I was by myself. It was very slow in the district. I was
dispatched to one call, a disturbance in government subsidized
housing. It turned out to be baby mama drama. Mama came over to
daddy's apartment and they had an argument. Mama wanted daddy to
participate in the baby's life. Reasonable, but daddy was not
interested. Apparently, daddy was all about making the baby and not
raising the baby. Sad. Daddy actually called us because he thought
that she was going to slash his tires. Daddy was more worried about
his car than his child. A and I rode together on Tuesday. We started the shift by taking 3
tests. It was time to be re-certified for the TLETS and TCIC/NCIC
database searches. It took us about 2 hours to complete the tests. Once we finally left the station, we drove through the parking garage
of B's apartment complex. There have been a few burglary of motor
vehicles in the garage lately and he asked me to drive through at
night when I was bored. Our first call of the night was a disturbance with a cab driver. The
passenger could not pay. He had $11 and the fare was $43. The cabbie
took him to a bank, but the ATM told him that he was overdrawn on his
account. The guy told me that he deposited an $800 check earlier that
day (unemployment benefit). Then he made a "few" purchases and the
last time he checked his balance, it was $150. The guy tried to phone
a friend and got no love, I guess the friend was broke as well. The
cabbie decided to give the guy a day to pay and they exchanged contact
information. The cabbie drove away and the guy decided to try the ATM
one more time. Miracle, the ATM spit out some money. So, he called the
cabbie who came back and got paid. Then the cabbie drove him home for
free. Everybody wins! Our last call was a burglary of residence in progress at an apartment.
The resident said that someone tried to turn the door knob a few
times, tried the window, and then walked off. There was not any
damage. We walked around the complex and did not see any foot traffic
at all. Most likely, it was a drunk guy who just went to the wrong
apartment. I was by myself again on Wednesday and my number came up for a drug
test. This was the first one for me in quite some time. There are a
few different reasons why you might be required to submit to a drug
test. If you are gone for more than 30 days (vacation, military,
injured), a "for cause" test (exhibited behavior that suggest drug
use), or a random test, which was my case. As for work that night, the
other district was busy but we were nice and calm. On Thursday I worked some productivity over time with J. We wrote 10
tickets which included 17 violations. J then went home I was on the
desk for the first half of the shift. There were lots of rumors
swirling around because of the city budget crisis. The mayor told the
chief that he had to cut millions from his budget. The chief came up
with a plan and presented it to the mayor. We have no idea what is in
the plan, but there are rumors. Layoff rumors. I was the print unit on Friday. I checked by on a code 1, assault in
progress at an apartment complex called in by a downstairs neighbor.
She said that there was a lot of banging and yelling upstairs. It
sounded like a fight to the neighbor. I banged on the door and it was
answered by three punk rockers who were "acting stupid" according to
them. One of them was sporting a huge green mohawk. Then I checked by with A. She was on a loud noise call at a club that
we all despise when two lesbians decided to get into a fight right
behind her patrol car. A went to stop the fight and got punched
inadvertently. Then she got on the radio, but did not get her numbers
out and all we heard was a loud disturbance going on. We finally
figured out it was her and everyone raced her way. The club was
letting out and there were hundreds of people in the parking lot. We
got it cleared out and helped her process her three arrests, 2 for
fighting and one for public intoxication. My last call dropped as a home invasion / just occurred. It turned out
that a guy was either lost or drunk or just trying doors. He tried the
front door of a townhouse and when the owner yelled at him through the
door, the guy turned around and walked off. A similar call dropped
nearby with the same suspect description. We searched the area, but
did not find him. That concludes another week on patrol.
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