Some traffic enforcement. I always forget that we have a LIDAR...similar to a radar gun but it shoots a laser. You have a much better range. There are some disadvantages but generally I like it much better. It just in a special part of the station and I seem to forget its there. I'm gonna try and use it more often. I caught a few speeders but didn't write hardly any tickets. I got one guy going something like 43 in a 25. It was an old timer. I walked up to the car and told him how fast he was going and he said "no way I was going that fast". He proceeded to buck and snort throwing his hands up in an animated fashion with catch phrases like "well fine just write me a ticket then". I didn't write him. I don't like doing what people expect. He seemed shocked and suddenly very thankful.
I switched spots cause I had the cool laser and went to a different part of the city. I got a gal goin like 48 in a 35. I asked her why she was goin so fast and she told me she was uh kinda like uh havin fun going down the hill. Those things are great to put in the narrative for obvious reasons. She didn't have her license on her...kind of a sign that something might be up but it was a newer car and I anticipated everything checking out. She told me her name and info and (enter song jingle sound from prices right when they loose the game buh buh..buh buhhhhhh) her license was suspended. Quite the driving record as well. It was a good arrest...I was stoked.
CPS call. CPS was concerned over a kid that got a scratch on his neck. Called cps, met him down at the school. Had him interview the kid. Really cool to watch those guys work. We received a little special training in the academy on how to talk to kids.....(you know bend down so you are on their level and treat them like a friend and not be a big mean cop). This cps guy was great though, for obvious reasons he's probably had some really good training. He went through a series of questions and exercises to put the child at ease and establish if the child knows the difference between telling the truth and what is a lie. The kind of thing that you know how to do but watching someone who does it for a living is like a true art form. I was very impressed.
Anyway...I'll spare you all the details but you can see how labor intensive it can get. Talk to cps, talk to the kid, talk to the teachers...get statements...go to the daycare, talk to the employees, get statements, make photocopies of their documentation, talk to mom etc etc etc. Anyway long story short the kid had kind of been acting up and they put him in time out on a couch and had to hold him there, he kept trying to spazz out and throw a fit and get up so they just held on to his shirt collar.....his thrashing about caused the scratch. It was hardly noticeable. Lots of work for just a scratch.
Collision...it was rainy toward the end of shift...this being preceded by dry weather spells slick roads and people being retarded. 2 cars going opposite eachother, one car trying to turn left on a green light (has to yield to oncoming traffic of course) thought he could make it...he thought wrong...got hit head on by oncoming traffic. He didn't have a good license or insurance...shocker. He got a big ticket.....a real big ticket.
Hit and run report. Why people don't call for the cops when things immediately happen I will not understand. A granny was backing up...hit the gas when trying to hit the brake......the building stopped her but she didn't realize she had hit the wall.....yeah right. I'll spare the details but thats the basics of it.
That was about it...took me to the end of my shift. I have alot of paper waiting for me to finish it all up at the station in the morning. I used to get stressed out and scramble to get it done before shift is over but its impossible on dayshift....it just keeps coming.
Came home....ran, ate a great dinner (thanks wifey) and now i'm off to bed. Rinse and repeat.
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