| Greetings |
[24 Dec 2010|12:03am] |
I see that the community is not active very much any more, I'd like to see that change.
I was US Army Military Police from 1992 to 1996.
I know I have not been in law enforcement for quite a while, but at least there are people out there who can understand the what's and why's I still do things the way I do.
Even though it's been over 10 years for me, I still think to myself 'If only I had a ticket book for this moron on the street.'
We all have our stories to tell. I'd like to hear some things more recent than what I remember.
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| Carbon Motors E7 revealed! |
[15 Oct 2008|08:13pm] |
For those not in the know a start up complany has been pledging to come up with a true purpose built squad car. fromjalopnik.com, finally a first look at the inside too Clicky link for a video too...
 The Carbon Motors E7 has been a long time in coming, but our suspicions of vaporware were abated when we saw real pictures of the E7. Now they've officially been quashed as a still-in-development prototype filled-to-the-brim with cool gadgets has finally been unveiled. The purpose built police cruiser is equipped with a 300 HP diesel engine which will push the car from 0-to-65 MPH in under 7 seconds, a 250,000 mile durability spec, suicide doors, a hoseable interior and integrated bull bars. But it's not really about the car itself, it's about the gadgets.
Carbon Motors E7, For That Robocop In Your Precinct
The car is equipped with a host of cop-centric features like forward looking infrared (FLIR), a built-in touch screen computer with what they're calling ORCA (On-board Rapid Command Architecture). It also has 360 degree surveillance capability, built in high visibility LED lighting, an automatic license plate reader, radiation and biological threat detectors, heck, it's even got seats specially design to be more comfortable when an officer is wearing a fully kitted-out utility belt. This isn't the completely finished product yet, however it's a good look at what Carbon is hoping to get on the market and out on the streets by some time in 2012. Robocop and the Demolition Man would be so proud. [FoxNews Chicago]
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| Officers Down year to date data |
[03 Aug 2008|10:56am] |
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Officer deaths January through July 2008 = 48: 24 due to criminal actions-- 06 performing traffic stops/pursuits 05 investigating suspicious persons or circumstances 04 attempting other arrests 03 were ambushed 03 answering disturbance calls 01 responding to a robbery call 01 handling a prisoner 01 involved in a "tactical situation" ***Firearms used in 22 of the 24 killings (14 handguns, 03 shotguns, 02 rifles, 03 unreported type of firearm, 02 vehicles). 10 out of the 24 officers were wearing vests*** 24 killed accidentally-- 17 in auto accidents 05 struck by vehicles 01 motorcycle accident 01 accidentally shot
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| NOPD officer punished for wearing the wrong uniform |
[10 Jul 2008|10:58am] |
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/punished_nopd_officer_kept_his.html
NOPD officer punished for wearing the wrong uniform
by Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune Wednesday July 09, 2008, 8:41 AM
UPDATE: Riley defends actions, calling punishment "appropriate." Click to read story.
 NOPD officer Robert L. Guidry in 2005
With minutes left in the last shift of his 35-year New Orleans police career, Sgt. Bobby Guidry received a call from a supervisor telling him he had been suspended for wearing the wrong uniform shirt, the veteran officer said.
The Police Department confirmed the censure Tuesday, though it quibbled with the term "suspended." Rather, Guidry is "under investigation for wearing the wrong uniform," said Police Department spokesman Bob Young.
Instead of the standard-issue all-black uniform, Guidry, a veteran officer in the city's Uptown 2nd District, chose the powder-blue uniform shirt that he wore to work for more than three decades.
He viewed it as a simple statement, not an affront to rules or department leadership.
"Eighteen people died in the line of duty in that powder-blue shirt while I was with the department," Guidry said. "I went to each of those funerals. I wore that shirt on a Saturday, on my last day, out of respect for them."
Police brass apparently didn't appreciate the sartorial statement, which took place June 28. Young said the improper uniform complaint originated in the 2nd District. The department's Public Integrity Bureau then opened a formal investigation with about 15 minutes left in Guidry's career.
The punishment will not affect Guidry's pension or benefits, but, as it stands now, he will not receive his retired police commission and will not be accepted into the NOPD's reserve unit, for which he had applied, Young said.
Superintendent Warren Riley, who could not be reached for comment, was apprised of the investigation, Young said.
Young said Riley stressed that "an officer has to maintain professionalism at all times, whether it is his first or last day."
For Guidry, the whole affair turned what might have been a bittersweet day simply bitter.
Guidry said a Police Department investigator called him and suggested he "write a letter to the chief and apologize."
He hasn't done that yet.
"What do I apologize for?" Guidry said. "I wore the wrong shirt. . . . I'll take a letter of reprimand, but a suspension? That's rough."
Guidry's attorney, Eric Hessler, said the retired officer will cooperate with investigators but appeal the disciplinary action. He called the timing of the reprimand particularly disrespectful to Guidry's many years of service.
"He was literally moving his stuff from his office into his car," Hessler said Tuesday. "He was basically done."
On his last day, Guidry said his supervisor advised him that he was suspended and a city employee called him days later with the same news. He has since received no paperwork or formal reprimand, and he said he hasn't been interviewed by NOPD internal investigators.
Young disagreed with the term "suspended," but he said Guidry's permanent record will reflect that he "retired under investigation."
The powder-blue uniform shirt had been worn by officers since the Police Department's inception. Riley changed the uniform after Hurricane Katrina to all-black uniforms.
"A lot of uniforms were displaced after the storm, and they wanted to eliminate the possibility of uniforms getting into the hands of criminals," Young said of the change.
Some officers protested the change. Many complained that the all-black uniform was too hot and that it bucked tradition.
Riley, in what some in the Police Department call a move to boost morale, recently announced that the department would revert to powder-blue shirts, probably by the first of the year.
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Brendan McCarthy can be reached at bmccarthy@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3301.
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| Have you got the balls? |
[15 Jun 2008|08:51pm] |
I was at the academy the same time these nuts were in their school. The class started with 40, endesd up with 18. They screwed with these guys at every turn. it was something to watch.
Recruit Training School: http://www.in.gov/dnr/lawenfor/4683.htm
What to expect at ICO Recruit School Indiana Conservation Officer (ICO) Recruit School is run by the ICO Training Section and is a 16-week long para-military-type academy split up into three (3) phases. The first phase is six (6) weeks long and designed to push the recruit to his or her limits. It is physically demanding and the recruit is pushed to a point where he or she wants to quit and will show that you can push past that point. Historically the ICO Recruit School has a 50% drop out rate, mostly accruing during this first phase. The job of an Indiana Conservation officer puts you in harm's way not only because of the environment we work in, but often dealing with armed subjects far away from backup with no option to quit. During ICO Recruit School you will run more the 200 miles and do more than 15,000 pushups among other physical training (PT). This culminates during graduation week in the 10-mile run held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Led by the training staff and recruit school drill Instructors, the 2006 Recruit School time was 91min., 26 sec. During the first 6 weeks, along with PT, you will learn military drill, case management, report writing, fish kill investigation, evidence collection, boater education, hunter education, watercraft enforcement and laws among other topics and be introduced to firearms training with our issued .45 cal. sidearm, M16-A4 patrol rifles and Remington 870 shotguns. The second phase is the field observation phase (FO) which lasts four (4) weeks. The ICO Recruit will ride with a veteran ICO in the area the recruit lives. This phase is designed to allow the recruit to observe the day to day duties of ICOs in the field. This is an observation phase only and at no time can the recruit take enforcement action. The recruits are evaluated daily during all three (3) phases and the points received determine the ranking of the recruit at the end of Recruit School. Phase three (3), which is the final six (6) weeks, consists of continued physical training (PT). The Recruit is introduced to firearms law, wildlife identification and ATV/snowmobile laws and operation. Recruits will travel to Warsaw, IN, for a week of waterfowl law and scenarios, get river patrol training on the Wabash and Ohio rivers and cave rescue training, the recruits will travel to South Bend, IN, for a week of ICO River Rescue School where you will learn victim and self rescue. During week five (5), phase three (3) you must qualify with your issued firearms and will be introduced to defensive tactics (DTs). During graduation week you must pass DTs and the 10 mile run. Recruits will have an exit interview with members of the executive staff and training section and at that time the recruit will be notified where he or she will be assigned around the state based on operational needs. Graduation is held at the State Capital and your oath will be given by the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court. ICO Recruit School is not for everyone. But if you have a strong commitment to protecting the natural resources and the citizens of the state of Indiana and meet the minimum requirements, we encourage you to send your name and mailing address to ICOrecruit-testing@dnr.IN.gov you will be put in a data base to be notified of the dates and location of our next testing sites. Lt. Kerry Griffith
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| Indiana State Police Putting Mustangs On Roads |
[05 Jun 2008|11:04am] |
Indiana State Police Putting Mustangs On RoadsCars Unmarked, Driven By Top TroopersPOSTED: 11:15 am EDT May 23, 2008 CONNORSVILLE, Ind. -- Indiana state police said Friday that they'll soon be patrolling Indiana highways in unmarked Ford Mustangs.The agency recently acquired 18 of the cars. They'll be assigned to veteran state troopers with good driving records.State Police Superintendent Paul Whitesell said the aim of the patrol is to reduce highway deaths and crashes.
"The cars look like any other Mustang on the road, until they activate the red and blue lights in the windshield and back window,” Lt. Steve Comer said in a news release.The Mustangs will primarily patrol two-lane rural roads that are considered "high risk" and will also target the unsafe operation of motorcycles."Violations like speeding, operating while intoxicated; following too closely, improper passing and disregarding a traffic control device will be targeted. We are using statistical data to determine when and where the patrols are needed," Comer said.Sgt. John D. Bowling told WLWT.com that the Mustangs get the same gas mileage as their standard cruisers, about 18-20 miles per gallon.Copyright 2008 by WLWT.com.
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| If you say so! |
[27 May 2008|11:39pm] |
(cross posted from my LJ. Sorry if youre on both)
I went out to write some tickets this morning on some overtime 0600-1000. About 930 I find an Escalade doing 57/30 in my usual radar spot. Perfect because I need one more to get the contacts. I pull the car over and approach "Tennis Mom". This lady is 31 years old and had a bit more than just a whiff of entitlement. I tell her about the speed and Tennis Mom's excuse was that she was "late for my tennis lesson". I told her I will get her going quickly and go back to my car while she sips her Starbucks.
Indiana DL status? "suspended/infractions". I smile. This means a first time suspension, usually because a ticket is not paid. This is good because I can get two contacts and I will send her on the way with them. I have the option of towing but I usually try not to unless the car is boogered up. The standard plan is "just park your car (insert off road convenient location here)" and call someone to make other arrangements. People usually seem grateful to have this option.
So I go back up and Tennis Mom looks at me with her Coach sunglasses, arms folded with the Starbucks in hand and disgustedly looking at me as if I represent a major delay in her day. Naturally I need to explain this information EXTRA detailed and carefully so she understands all of this complex process before her documents are returned, you know, to go the extra mile.. before her documents are returned and she would feel "free to leave".
So I tell her (and I quote this): The BMV has your license suspended currently- did you have a ticket that didnt get paid for speeding maybe? (she did). She said yes and I tell her that I am giving her 2 cites, one for speed, other for DWS. I then told her "often I can impound the car because you legally can't drive it, okay? But you can drive it down there (pointing 2 blocks to kwikymart sign) and park it and call someone to make other arrangements".
She "yeah yeah"s me during this and wants her tickets telling me to "do whatever, I don't care". I told her "hey I'm trying to give you a break". She then cut me off with "I don't need a break, if you want to take the car then take it",
"Okay. Step on out of the car for me".
She does. I tell her that I will just impound it then. She storms off to the side of the road, realizing I still have her registration and the citations so she can't leave yet. I more carefully explain what to do to contact the BMV. I then ask her if she will make other arrangements for herself, and she says "I'll just walk through the ghetto" (this area has homes from about 100-200k which is a bit older and typical for the area.. nice safe area.. just not suburban yuppietastic Granger where she is from. She storms off and returns a minute later saying she needs her child seats. I told her okay so she snatched those out and took off on foot again.
Tow driver comes and hooks it. As he is driving away and gets that two blocks I see a Bentley coming south as I am u-turning. For whatever reason (mostly because there are next to zero Bentleys around here) I run the plate- yep its her husband. The sweeter justice of even seeing the Escalade getting pulled away.
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[19 May 2008|03:41pm] |
Hi all! I hope this doesn't sit under the category of a "stupid question", I'm just looking for some extra advice besides what I have already researched :)
I'm very interested in becoming an officer, any tips or advice for a beginner? Even stories of how you got started would be helpful :) I begin college in the fall, studying criminal justice with psychology as a minor. I was even considering in becoming a forensics officer. I'm 20 right now, if that matters at all.
Thanks for your time!!
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[18 Apr 2008|05:30pm] |
Hey! Been a while since I posted, but I was wondering where you folks find the best deals on Under Armour. I've heard nothing but good about it, and since I'll likely be entering an academy this coming fall, I thought I should start looking now.
Thanks in advance for all the help.
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| What do you know now that you didn't know before you became an LEO? |
[14 Jan 2008|12:13pm] |
An interesting thread on another site about "what do you know now that you didnt before you were a cop". Here is one repy and most of the best answers:
1) Life is way too short.
2) Enjoy the time you have with the people you love as you can be taken out of this world in a second without warning.
3) I know what death smells like.
4) People for the most part are fucking idiots.
5) Societies definition of a good cop.. "I got pulled over and didn't get a ticket, he was a good cop and wasn't a dick."
Bad Cop: "I got pulled over and was given a ticket, what a fucking dick."
REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER ELSE THE COP WAS DOING THE ENTIRE FUCKING DAY OR NIGHT, IF THEY GAVE SOMEONE A TICKET, THEY ARE INSTANTLY CALLED A DICK BY MOST OF SOCIETY.
6) I can always look at my situation I am in, go to work and come home realizing "it could be worse...".
7) Regardless of how much you bitch about work to your family, they won't ever understand and still think that no matter what a cop goes through, they have no right to have an occasional attitude, and still think they know how to do the job just as well as you do.
8) Even after #7, they wonder why you stop talking to them about work, and take offense that you don't talk to them about it anymore. I'd really like to tell them after this "fuck you".
9) Some people are a true waste of space.
10) Some people can be incredibly evil and cold.
11) I hate society
12) I should have been a garbage man. They get paid more, get better benefits, less stress, and deal with less shit.
13) Most people lie, even the victims.
14) You'll very rarely find out what actually went on in an incident.
15) I somehow still find quite a fair amount of sadistic joy in my job.
16) People like to bitch.
17) Large amounts of people can't handle their own problems and call the police to solve them, then bitch about the response.
18) People are assholes. (To the piece of shit that called in to complain about the red and blue lights at a traffic crash when a fellow officer was clinging to life on a traffic crash, kiss my ass. If I ever run into you at work, your ass is is walking away with my ticket book and Thousands of dollars in citations)
19) No matter what someone has done, you can count that they will usually tell you frantically "I'm not a criminal!!" or "I'm not a bad person!"
20) People only consider you "a nice deputy" until you take some kind of action against them, or don't tell them what they want to hear.
21) Some people just need their ass beat.
22) Best words you'll ever hear or say "I have the reportee/complaintant in custody"
23) Hell hath no fury as the brothers and sisters of a downed officer.
24) Cop funerals hurt more than you can ever imagine, especially if the person lying in the casket you are guarding is the one you've worked the streets with.
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| Almost got away with it... |
[14 Jan 2008|11:52am] |
Drug smugglers using official Texas vehicles
Despite prosecution by Sutton, fake state trucks still being found
Posted: October 20, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Fake Texas Department of Transportation vehicle used to haul drugsSince 2005, federal and state law enforcement officials have known drug smugglers were using fake Texas Department of Transportation vehicles to haul their cargo all over the Lone Star State.
But, more than two years later, and despite a major prosecution of the 11 people involved in the scam by Johnny Sutton of the U.S. attorney's office – the official known for handing two Border Patrol agents jail sentences of more than 10 years apiece – the fraudulent trucks are still being found carrying their illicit loads.
In August, Texas state troopers found one of the fake trucks in East Texas carrying 1,000 pounds of marijuana.
The truck had a TxDOT logo on the door, but reflective stripes on the side of the vehicle were slightly different from official trucks.
Now, more than two years later after 11 people were sentenced in helping with the scam, Texas DOT is putting its employees on alert statewide.
In July 2006, U.S. Attorney Sutton announced the sentencing of 11 on mail fraud charges connected with the drug trafficking operation. However, none of those convicted received sentences like Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, the two Border Patrol agents still serving their sentences of 11 and 12 years each in an incident involving their attempted apprehension of a drug smuggler.
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The longest jail sentence handed out in the fake DOT trucks case was 27 months. Many of those convicted only paid fines.
The case of Ramos and Compean has stirred a national controversy, and their stiff sentence has placed Sutton in the political crosshairs.
Drugs discovered in fake Texas Department of Transportation truck
Last week, President Bush's spokeswoman, Dana Perino, brushed off a request from Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., for the Bush administration to review the their case.
Rohrabacher had made the request, arguing that for 10 months Ramos and Compean have been in conditions more severe than experienced by terrorists held by the U.S. at the Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The congressman also said he has written to Manhattan federal trial judge Michael Mukasey, Bush's nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, demanding that upon confirmation Mukasey conduct an unbiased review of the agents' prosecution.
Ramos and Compean received sentences of 11 and 12 years respectively for their actions in the shooting and wounding of Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, a Mexican illegal who was fleeing across the Mexican border and resisting arrest after having smuggled 750 pounds of marijuana into the U.S.
Fake Texas Department of Transportation vehicle used to haul drugs
In a fact sheet comparison of Gitmo Camp 4, the medium-security terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, and the solitary confinement experienced by Ramos and Compean under the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Rohrabacher claims the former border agents' spend 23 hours per day in their cells, with only one hour permitted outdoors per day.
Camp 4 Gitmo detainees, according to the fact sheet, are allowed to live in a communal setting that permits up to nine hours per day in outside exercise and recreational facilities that included covered picnic tables and ping-pong tables, as well as access to soccer fields and volleyball courts. Ramos and Compean began serving their federal prison sentences on Jan. 17, while their cases were yet under appeal.
more pics under cut....
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| Holy CRAP! .60!!! |
[18 Dec 2007|08:31pm] |
| Drunk driver had unusually high BAC |
| Posted: 5:55 PM Dec 18, 2007
Last Updated: 7:05 PM Dec 18, 2007
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| | It's a case that has some police shocked. A LaPorte Indiana man died last weekend after drinking and driving. The man's blood alcohol level was higher than most officials have ever seen, .602. 28-year old Michael Garner's pick-up truck collided with an Amtrak train on County Road 500 in Pinola. That's just west of LaPorte. Over the phone, Garner's father tells Newscenter 16 that his son was apparently drinking at home that night. The family learned of their son's death the morning after it happened. They declined to say much more about the incident. John Sullivan, LaPorte County Chief Deputy Coroner, says he ran Garner's blood alcohol level a couple of times because he couldn't believe the numbers. Police say Garner drove at least seven miles, through snowy weather, before crashing into the Amtrak passenger train. Officials say the train tried to stop, but couldn't with such little notice. Fortunately, no one on that train was injured in this accident. Sullivan says he's surprised Garner didn't succumb to acute alcohol poisoning before getting behind the wheel. He says this should be a lesson to everyone about the extreme dangers of mixing alcohol and the road. “It's the highest one I've ever recorded. At the hospital lab, they also said they couldn't recall one that high. Anywhere from .3 on up on the blood alcohol percentage, it changes your ability to react, your reasoning and just your general ability to function,” says Sullivan. “I’ve seen them high, but never in the 6's, several in the 5's, but over 40 years-- this is the highest one I recall hearing or seeing,” says LaPorte County Sheriff Mike Mollenhauer. Garner does have a history with drinking and driving. He was charged with an OWI in 1999. In 2001, he was also charged twice for OWI. During one of those stops, he was also charged with driving on a suspended license. | |
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[17 Dec 2007|06:49pm] |
Hello, everyone.
As many of you who are on my friends list already know, I quit smoking in March after 24 years.
I've always been a fast runner, so foot chases didn't last long for me and I never had to be much of a distance runner. I set a goal for myself of running a marathon within one year and am registered for the Disney Marathon in a little less than a month.
I'm training with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training, and in return, I'm raising funds that go toward blood cancer research and treatment, as well as to help patients and their families as they undergo the treatment process.
This past weekend, I ran our longest training run before my event. It was 20 miles and I honestly felt like a damn truck hit me. My team ran in honor of a fellow police officer with whom I have been friends since 1991.
He was diagnosed early this year and underwent treatment during the summer. He's hoping to return to his patrol squad in the spring. His wife actually came out join Team in Training and was going to enter the Disney half-marathon as a walker, but the time commitment proved to be more than she could handle as she was also taking care of four very active kids. During our first training run (2 miles), my friend walked with her. When she attended a shoe clinic afterward, he sat in their minivan trying to desparately to catch his breath in the air conditioning.
This was a man I frequently joined in foot pursuits and neither of us lost very many of them. To watch him battling with the exhaustion from walking two miles was heartbreaking.
I'm approaching the end of my fundraising period (next week) and realize that the Society will charge my credit card for any shortage below my minimum. I'm still about $600 short and decided to post here in case anyone is willing to make a donation, regardless of size. Part of the reason that I've not reached my minimum yet (though I'm far ahead of most of the team, unfortunately) is that I'm frankly not a fan of asking for money. Sadly, this is an integral part of fundraising.
If any of you would care to help me out, I need donations, even if they are only small ones. Every little bit counts. It's a chance to do something really good for Leukemia/Lymphoma research and to help patients and their families. It's also something that is very important to me. My fiancée ran last year in honor of her grandfather, who passed away last week. We're both running this year in memory of him.
So, get a charitable donation in before the end of the year, regardless of how big. It's tax-deductible and you'll be doing a really, really good thing. If you know someone else who may want or be willing to donate, please pass this post (or my site URL) along. I need all the help I can get.
http://www.active.com/donate/tntnofl/davidcarr
Thanks, and be safe. I wish you all happy holidays.
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| Inner Monologue Of A Beat Cop - What are they thinking? |
[11 Sep 2007|03:35pm] |
I held over for the graveyard team last night, making for a nice little 15 hour shift. It's nice to do though, becasue it helps me remember the difference between the shifts. Come 0100, most of the cars are off the road. Come 0200, the radio is silent. Come 0300, there isn't a call in the city, the streets are empty, and the city belongs to me.
Then at 0415 in the morning, two calls show up.
Call #1 - A furniture truck is parked in a residential neighborhood. Called in by an "anonymous person."
Call #2 - Down the street from the truck listed above, there is a pickup towing a boat, that has not moved in 4 days. Also called in by an anonymous person.
Yeah. I'm not kidding. Those were actually the calls. So the beat officer and I got to talking. How exactly does one come to calling the police at 0415, to report to parked vehicles. We hypothesized the following:
"Hmm, I've already seen this episode of Rosanne. I think I'll call the cops instead."
"(Yawn) Well, It's 0415. I think I'll make some coffee, and call the police about some completely random shit."
"Hey! I actually found the end of the internet. Crazy. Where's the number to the police department."
"Well, I tried drinking myself happy again, and that didn't work. I think I'll piss off other people."
and finally:
"If I keep the cops busy chasing parked cars, they wont hear the screams of help coming form my basement."
I seriously would love to close out the call No enforcement actions taken. Because, honestly, I just don't fucking care.
Just once.
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[10 Aug 2007|10:05pm] |
A Florida police officer who crashed his car into a convenience store when his cowboy boot slipped off the brake said Wednesday he was embarrassed and not opposed to a new department ban on the smooth-soled footwear.
Full article
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| Best Public Intoxication affidavit ever |
[28 Jul 2007|10:47am] |
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This is an actual probable cause for a public intox arrest..
>INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
> FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
> CASE REPORT: 07-0104431 - 0000
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>INCIDENT: 584 PUBLIC INTOXICATION
>INVOLVEMENT: SUBPOENA OFFICER #1
>LOCATION: E 62ND ST /N COLLEGE AV
>GEO ZONE: 259011 AREA: MND BEAT: ND52
>OCCURRED: 07/08/2007 03:26 TO 07/08/2007 04:00
>ARRESTS: 1 INJURED: 0 DEAD: 0 VEHICLE TOWED: 0
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>PERSON: 1
>PERSON INVOLVEMENT: ARR ARRESTED
>PERSON NAME: MCGRATH,JAMES A
>RACE: W WHITE SEX: M MALE
>DATE OF BIRTH: 01/22/1982 AGE: 25
>ADDRESS: 8318 BENT OAK DR
>CITY, STATE, ZIP: INDIANAPOLIS IN 46236
>HOME PHONE: (317)826-0710
>DATE OF ARREST: 07/08/2007
>ARREST LOCATION: E 62ND ST /N COLLEGE AV, INDIANAPOLIS
>CHARGE: 07.1-0005-0001-0003 PUBLIC INTOXICATION/MB
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>NARRATIVE:
>ON 07/08/07, AT APPROXIMATELY 0326 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING
>NORTHBOUND IN THE 6100 BLOCK OF N. COLLEGE AVE. IN MY FULLY
>MARKED IMPD POLICE VEHICLE AND IN FULL UNIFORM. I HAD MY WINDOWS
>ROLLED DOWN. I HEARD A MALE VOICE CALLING FOR A PIG, HE WAS
>SAYING "SUEY, PIGGY, PIGGY" I LOOKED OVER AND OBSERVED THREE
>WHITE MALES AND A WHITE FEMALE WALKING SOUTHBOUND ON THE EAST
>SIDE OF N. COLLEGE AVE. ONE OF THE WHITE MALES WEARING BLUE
>JEANS AND A LIGHT COLORED BUTTONED UP SHIRT LOOKED DIRECTLY AT
>ME WITH RED GLASSY BLOODSHOT EYES AND SAID, "SUEY PIGGY, PIGGY."
>I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE MAN HAD LOST HIS PIG AND THAT IT MIGHT
>HAVE BEEN ROAMING AROUND IN THE BROAD RIPPLE AREA SO I DECIDED
>TO STOP AND ASSIST HIM, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DEVASTATING A LOST OF
>PET CAN BE.I IDENTIFIED THE WHITE MALE SUBJECT FROM AN INDIANA
>DRIVER'S LICENSE AS JAMES ADAM MCGRATH, DOB 1/22/82. WHILE I WAS
>SPEAKING WITH MR. MCGRATH ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE LOST PIG, I SMELLED
>A STRONG ODOR COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON
>HIS BREATH AND PERSON. HIS SPEECH WAS ALSO SLIGHTLY SLURRED. I
>PLACED MR. MCGRATH UNDER ARREST FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND HE
>WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE APC BY A MARION COUNTY JAIL WAGON.I
>SEARCHED THE ENTIRE BROAD RIPPLE AREA AND UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT
>ABLE TO LOCATE ANY LOST PIGS. I HOPE I FIND IT BEFORE THE GUY AT
>DICKS BODACIS BARBECUE DOES.ALL OF THE ABOVE OCCURRED IN MARION
>COUNTY, INDIANAPOLIS , INDIANA .
>OFFICER: X0807 SICKELS,CHRISTOPHER L IMPD
>OPERATOR: 07/08/2007 06:12 28010 BURNETT,SUELLEN IMPD
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| It couldnt happen here |
[28 Jul 2007|10:11am] |
Stupidity happens everywhere I guess.
Would-be robber at TCU unfazed by Glon's presence.
JOSHUA STOWE
Tribune Staff Writer
SOUTH BEND, IN -- As he approached Teachers Credit Union, the man later told police, all he could think about was how to pay for his drug habit.
The thought so consumed him that he walked past Cpl. Ron Glon's police cruiser that was parked outside the bank, at 735 Lincoln Way West, entered the building and demanded cash from a teller.
"This is a robbery," he told her. "I don't plan on hurting anybody. Give me all your $20s, $50s and $100s."
The teller turned to Glon, who was several seats away behind the counter, clad in his South Bend Police Department uniform.
She relayed the message to him, and the officer, who handles bank security when he's off-duty, promptly queried the would-be robber.
Was he really planning to rob the bank? Glon demanded.
Yes, the man replied.
Did he know that he could be arrested, charged and imprisoned for such an offense? Glon asked.
Yes, the man said, but it was better than being dead. His drug dealers had told him he'd die if he didn't pay up, and they were waiting for him in a car outside.
Glon arrested the 49-year-old man, who was taken to the county jail, where he remained Friday afternoon.
"It's actually funny," Glon said later, as he chuckled about the encounter. "You talk about dumb criminal things, but ..."
Jokes aside, Glon said, police are investigating the man's claims about threatening drug dealers. Officers were reviewing a bank video surveillance tape on Friday to see if they could spot their car.
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| Officer deaths are up. Pattern or anomaly? |
[25 Jul 2007|12:02pm] |
Officer deaths are up. Pattern or anomaly?
By Dave Smith
Lead Street Survival Seminar Instructor If you just got back from a long vacation and haven't heard the news yet, law enforcement is having a terrible year. Deaths are up 39% over last year and officers killed by assaults are on course to reach the terrible numbers we saw thirty years ago. Just look at the year-to-date as of the morning of July 24th from the Officer Down Memorial Page (www.odmp.org) Website: Total Line of Duty Deaths: 103
Accidental: 1
Aircraft accident: 2
Automobile accident: 31
Boating accident: 1
Bomb: 2
Drowned: 3
Exposure to toxins: 1
Gunfire: 40
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 4
Weather/Natural disaster: 2
By Month:
January: 10
February: 12
March: 16
April: 19
May: 22
June: 15
July: 9 Average Tour: 10 years, 1 month Average Age: 37 By Gender:
Female: 1
Male: 102 What we see at first blush is greater numbers in many categories and a few in categories we normally don't see many officers killed in, such as drowning [for more on drowning prevention read Taking the plunge: Water safety that could save your life] and weather disasters. 2007 will be a bad year no matter what the remaining months bring since the year-to- date numbers are so tragic. But what does this mean to you as you get ready to go on duty today, tonight, or are reading this from the terminal in you patrol vehicle? Preparation not Paranoia The simple truth about officers killed and assaulted statistics is they are ambiguous until compared over a long period of time. It is simply too early to tell if we are seeing some sociological trend such as the criminologists' long predicted "Super-Predator" plague finally hitting society or a simple statistical run of random events going against the officers involved to a disproportionate extent; kind of like someone throwing six "sevens" in a row in a game of craps. Statistically this shouldn't happen but it does. Risk is a statistical reality as well and every time you speed to a call, make a traffic stop, search a building, get into a physical confrontation or an armed one you are gambling on winning. We stack the odds by training both our skills and our mind to give us the edge. Regardless of what the reason for this year numbers are we shouldn't be driving around worried. Worrying is negative visualization, you would be driving around mentally practicing losing! We should be driving around with our memories refreshed that is this truly a dangerous job we need to be mentally rehearsing each potential crisis or risk we might face. Studies show what we think we "blueprint" and we need to keep it positive and focused on the immediate threats we might face. Condition Yellow, a broad external awareness, that we constantly reinforce in the Street Survival Seminar, is simply the act of focusing on the "now." When we get a "routine" call we should immediate visualize any potential risk or threat we might face from accidents en route to assailants in waiting upon our arrival. This peaks our mind to not only deal with whatever we mentally rehearse for but also allows us to deal creatively with a novel threat and keeps us focused on the singular goal of every critical incident...winning! One thing this terrible year should do is put to rest the debate about survival training. There are still many critics who believe the profession spends too much time preparing for the very rare life and death incidents and too little time dealing with liability and "customer service!" I have always been amazed at how many hours of training from day one in the academy on are spent on what might be described as "preventing a beef or lawsuit" classes. I am not saying these aren't important, but when I read someone wants these expanded even more and officer "winning" training reduced because it makes us too aggressive I am always amazed. One of our very real concerns is the phenomena of "liability hesitation" where an officer hesitates that one second because the mind is dealing with the fear of administrative actions or civil or criminal liability. This is minimized by realistic training designed to reinforce the General Orders of an agency and laws of the State...again, preparation not paranoia. I do agree that if any profession deserved to be paranoid it is ours since someone is really out to get us! But all paranoia does is destroy performance and stress us. We are the hunters and we chose that path. The one striking statistic that this year reinforces is the 8 to 12 year liability window. The average tenure of the officers killed this year is 10 years and one month, age 37. This is exactly the optimum time for routine to have deteriorated your performance. Remember, routine de-trains you; lulls you, lies to you that the world is full of "yes" people and false alarms. Good training is a great antidote for these effects but remember the rule of being a winner: you don't wait for others to train and prepare you, you prepare yourself! Carefully reread the data for this year so far and get your mind right. Has routine affected your mindset and skills? Dedicate yourself to not only seeing if you have developed any bad habits but attend to your brother and sister officers as well and warn them if they are getting slopping in their survival habits. Finally, I don't know if we are just experiencing an exceptionally terrible years or a pattern for years to come. Regardless, use this sad year to make you better, more prepared and harder to kill...and never forget the fallen whose sacrifice is made more hallowed by your continuing to win in their memory. Stay safe and WIN!
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| Things Cops Know ........... |
[17 Jul 2007|11:34pm] |
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Things Cops Know ...........
- The running speed of a Belgian Malinois (a dog) is at least twice that of the
average out of shape tweaker. If you are going to attempt to outrun one,
please calculate the "Rate x Time = Distance" formula ahead of time if you
want to avoid getting bit.
- If they say they "just met" another person, then they are close friends
who just commited a crime and don't want to be implicated with
aforementioned friend.
-Anyone who goes out of their way to acknowledge you is hiding something.
Anyone who goes out of their way to ignore you is hiding something. (very true)
- If you get called to a 911 hangup and a guy answers the door with a 9
month old child in his arms and says "Oh, the baby must have accidentally
dialed it", he means he was just involved in a domestic that he doesn't
want you to know about. Sometimes the same guy has a $25k felony warrant
as well.
- If you borrowed a BMW from a friend it's not unreasonable to expect you
to know your friends last name.
- If you rob a gas station you're only going to get $20, but I get to see
a large K-9 dog use your arm as a chew toy. For all I care you can keep
the $20.
- If I can see a 12 year old in your house finishing a beer bong I don't
need a warrant.
- If they tell you they borrowed the jacket or pants from a friend, just before you search it, they've got something, and it's still gonna be their jacket or pants.
- We get coffee breaks too, and sometimes we run into stores and do some
shopping during them.
- Any person who absolutely cannot sit still or hold a relevant
conversation to pertaining subject, and does not mention desperate need of
the lavatory, is either: 1) illegally transporting something 2) under the
influence or 3) posessing some felony warrant out for them.
- If I ask you the day or month you were born and you have to think about
it I don't believe your answer. ( people, you would not belive how often this happens)
- If the company you entertain includes crack, meth, and/or heroin users I
may act like a professional when you call me for the burglary report but
I'm secretly laughing my ass off at the poetic justice of the situation. (how true, sorry folks)
- Speaking to me and starting your phrase with, "Screw you, you can't
do..." will quickly make you the victim of your own ignorance.
- EVERYONE lies. The bad guys lie to try to get out of trouble, the
victims lie to make their plight sound worse and/or to make the bad guy
look worse. The truth is usually somewhere in between.
- Nobody in the history of the world has ever had "just a couple of beers"
and then ended up in contact with law enforcement under circumstances
where the amount of alcohol they have consumed is a factor.
(Corollary: Everyone has exactly "two beers" before being involved in an accident.)
- I know ALL my cousin's last names. Especially the ones that I know well
enough to borrow their car. So should you. Unless they aren't really your
cousin.
- "I get a check" is not the answer that tells me you are a solid citizen
when I ask you where you work.
- No bathroom, ANYWHERE, in any house, is large enough to fit everyone who was in the house when the shooting happened. If you tell me you were
peeing outside when I point that out, you better be able to show me a wet
spot.
- If you look right then left more than once while talking to my face, you
are about to wear handcuffs or sit in the back seat of my unit, I do not
like foot pursuits.
- If I ask you "is there anything in the car that's illegal" and you say
"not that I know of" or "there shouldn't be".....I get very excited..it's
like Christmas morning, and boy is that fun!!!
- If you go to jail for domestic assault.......and your wife moves out while you are in jail; this is not a breaking and entering; she just took her shit and left; get over it; it is a civil matter.....and we are not going to go get it for you!
-additionally.....if you are married and own the same property....it belongs to both of you.......car included.......so ......No you cannot report it stolen.....and no we aren't going to get it back for you
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