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| Night as a cop.... [Stretching the BR theme] | | | Author: | | | IP: | XXXX | | Date: | 10/04/99 11:10 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 2, Max: 8, Min: 7
Lifetime Rating for [IceBerG]: 6.5600 |   | Okay, this isn't really a true battle report in the common sense. It is however a report of the battles going on in the streets of America. What follows is a transcript of my night with my friend who happens to be a cop.
Well I was going to spend a lot of time on the html, but since this isn't a true BR, I won't. ;-p
The day started off with my friend driving me to the station and brought me into the briefing room. There I met the other members of his squad and it was determined he would partner with Kim. Kim is about 5'8", she is 23 years old and is very attractive. She rides a CBI 900 and seems pretty cool. With that decided we also learned what area we would be patrolling and that we get the Ford Explorer. The Explorer is a Moon-Fri, pencil-pushing, sergeants car. We got to use it because it does not have a wall separating me from the officers.
Stop #1
Our first stop was a typical burglar alarm on a warehouse. We arrived, secured the area, and got to walk the place. *Blah, this isn't much fun*. Once secured, we left.
Stop #2
We made this stop after running a plate that had been suspended. Turns out this guy had a warrant for dealing and was a illegal alien <- Go figure, in Phx, AZ. He was arrested and we took the plate. Wasn't his car anyway, the owner showed up in a 4-door Yukon. Um, think he also deals drugs?
Stop #3
As we're driving down the road a car runs through a stop. We pull him over and it turns out it's some 17 year old kid. He has no insurance, license, registration, title, and numerous other things. Along with all that, he admits to having a stolen amp in the trunk. He gets quite a few tickets, but gets a lot of slack too. He only got 6 tickets when there were over 12 he could have received. In the officers words, "Man, I feel bad for the kid."
The day picks up
Stop #4
As we stop to do some more paperwork (damn there's a lot) we observe two people come out of an ally. One, approximately 35 and a 16 year old. The older man crosses the street and the 16 year old approaches the car. He asks about curfew and leaves. Once past us, he meets back up with the older man. My friend (Lane) makes a comment about the older guy avoiding us and says, "Something's up with that". We turn around and catch up to these guys in an apartment complex. As we approach, Lane rolls the window down and asks the older man to approach us. At first he ignores, then turns around and stops. As Lane asks the guy to come to the car, the man begins backing up and asking what for. As he's backing up, he is also removing a bag from his shoulder. The chase is on The guy jams at that point. My friend and the officer bail and I am stuck in the back seat. I climb over the seat and find the officers returning with the guy. He made it about 100 feet before my friend, and ex-state track guy catches him. My friend was able to catch the guy, through him up against a stucco wall and in the process the guy got a nice little bumb on his head. <--- Please don't try this at home. Police REALLY get pissed when they have to chase someone. After some background checks, it's determined this guy has 5 priors for burglary, but no warrants. After quite a verbal thrashing, the officers let him go. I was later told that the warrant system can be backed up to 3 months, so it's quite possible this guy had one on him.
Stop #5
This was some minor traffic accident. One person had a warrant so we took him downtown to the jail house. We tried everything to help this guy because he was really cool about everything, but in the end, he had to be booked in. Sad part about this, it was the "Fishing w/o a license" warrant that turned out to be what got him arrested.
Stop #6
As we're returning to our area to grab some food, we make our next stop. We're traveling down the freeway at about 70 mph. This car passes us.... well... just short of flying. We catch up to them and determine they're traveling at about 92 mph. My friend tells me that this is probably the 3rd speeding ticket he has given out in his 3 1/2 years.
It hits the fan
Stop #7
Well we're on our way to grab some food, we're all VERY hungry at this point. Unfortunately we get a call, it's a minor accident involving a car and bike. As we get close to the scene, Kim (The lady officer) reads a plate. It turns out to be a stolen plate. We switch plans and start to follow this car. It's a 90's step-side GMC. He turns down a residential and speeds up. <--- I'd say about 35-40. He then gets to a T and makes a left. Well, lets say, he FLEW around the left. He slides a little and ends up going over the curb. The chase is on.... he then turns off his lights. The next turn he takes he was going 40+ and almost spun out. He slid almost into someone's yard and we called off our following... it was getting too dangerous. This guy was obviously not going to just pull over. Lane (officer #1) was relaying all of the info and we continued to hear officers spotting the truck. No one could get behind this guy. He was traveling 80+ down busy main streets. Blowing through red lights and driving like a maniac. Lane radios for a copter and one soon is on the scene. The copter asks for some cars to get there, he says there is still no one near. He then radios that the truck had stopped to let two passengers out and continues on. He's on a side street and blows through a main street at 80 ignoring the red light. As he continues on the residential street, he finds a cop car coming the other way. He attempts to go around, but blows the passenger tires as he goes up to curb. unable to control the truck further, he hits a palm tree traveling at about 40 mph. The officers he was trying to avoid, get out and get on each side of the car. The officer on the driver's side attempts to open the door at which point the driver closes the door and locks it. The driver has his head between his knees and looks up at the officer on the passenger side. The officer sees that the man is trying to think of what to do. Two more officers arrive on the scene and approach the truck. They take out the driver's side window. As they reach in and grab the driver's shoulder, a shot is fired and the driver slumps as a gun falls to the floor. The officers drag him out of the car and away from the gun. At this point we get to the scene and I get within 8 feet of the soon to be deceased. There's a bit of blood, but not as much as I would think. He is a dirty looking person. Tats up and down his arms with various "White Pride" comments. His hair is nappy and dirty, and he is thin. He lays there, mouth agape and ankles crossed not moving. Lane gets a little closer than me and later tells me he was still gurgling. The most likely reason for the blood (Or lack thereof) is probably because there's a lot of internal bleeding. After hearing the shot went from mouth and out the side of his head, I understand. Most of the blood probably filled his lungs.
We had to stay on scene for 4 + hours while the detectives investigated the whole thing. All the paperwork, interviews, and general policy verifying was just bullcrap. We later learned that the people he dropped off had been taken into custody and advised the officers they were told, "I am not going back to prison alive. I'll kill them and myself before that happens". It's just a damn good thing he a) Didn't kill anyone on the road. Even without someone visibly behind him, he was still VERY reckless. b) He didn't force the cops to kill him and c) there wasn't a shoot out.
We ended the night at around 3:45 AM. This is normal for an officer. The shift started at 1:00PM, there were no breaks/food, and ended 14+ hours later. Just a typical day in the life of a Maryvale Precinct, Phoenix AZ, officer.
Things I learned:
#1 - Don't run. - I knew this, but it will really piss
the cops off more.
#2 - There is so much damn paperwork. They have to account
for every minute of the day--along with all the
other paperwork.
#3 - One fatality can take 1/2 the precinct away from
calls. Two major incidents can make 911 calls
PILE UP!!
#4 - There is SO much to know as a cop.
#5 - Damn that radio is hard to understand with all of the
codes.
Well those who stuck through this whole report I hope you liked it. As I said, it's not really a battle report. However, I could make a case in court and probably slip it through some loop-hole. HEHE!!!
Chow~!
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