Training

Sorry ya'll been at training all this week...death by power point....I did get to run the EVOC driving course so that was fun!!! Anyway hope all is well with you all! Nothing to report!

Back to work in a few days

Just a small note

So the other night I had an 18 month old infant death...I really dont feel like talking about it too much guys. It was about as bad as it gets...heartbreaking. I'm just keepin this one for me guys sorry.

Suspended Hat Trick!

Was a really slow night....I had one call all night. Not great for the blog but sometimes its nice to just have an average slow night. I went to one followup call....this guy has been having his tools repeatedly ripped off from his shed. He said he found one of the stolen tools behind the shed....hmmmm so I guess it was a nice burglar who returns things when they are done...of course he wanted it dusted for prints....everyone wants things dusted for prints....I understand but its frustrating with all these CSI shows....apparently we have a portable DNA testing machine and an electron microscope in the car...contrary to popular belief its pretty hard to get good prints off of things....not to mention if you actually do find a good print it goes off to the crime lab...the only one in the state...I think they may be a little more pressed to find murderers and rapists me thinks! Ah well I dusted it for prints more or less to make them happy and show that I tried doing something....

I got three suspended drivers tonight. That is awesome...I love getting suspended drivers cause their license usually gets suspended when they dont go to court or pay their fines...its a criminal offense to drive on a suspended license so its a good catch for me! I'm usually happy if I get 1 in an entire shift. The last one was by this really nice new car....usually you only get good suspended's from crappy cars....i had to double check it a few times cause I just could not believe that this particular car would have a suspended driver....worked out well.

That was about it aside from your usual barking dog and run of the mill calls.

plodding on ladies and gents.....plodding on.

So you thought you had a bad day

So yesterday morning I was leaving shift and I heard the tones go out on the radio. Anytime you hear that you know its gonna be a pretty good call.....I wasnt involved but its a good story none the less.......

So the guys get there and there is a dude on the ground. He had apparently shot himself in the leg with his Beretta 9mm. It was a really bad bloody mess according to co-workers...well he survives. Apparently he had shot himself around 3am but couldnt get through to 911 till about 6am because due to the shock he was calling 611...

I get into work last night and I get dispatched to collision. Its a pretty bad one...a lately plowed into a parked trailer connected to a large suv....she apparently had become distracted by reaching for her phone and forgot to turn with the road. The trailer belongeed to a nice old couple who had just packed up their rare mode-T coupe before heading to Arizona for the winter. Talk about a downer.......so here is the kicker. The driver of the offending vehicle was the wife of the guy that shot himself just 12 hours Prior!!!! Talk about a bad day. Is days like that when you just have to wonder ...what next?.

3 suspended drivers tonight...yep I got the hat trick. Other than that it was pretty slow.

Animal Control

So unfortunately there is no animal control in our city past around 5pm so for the most part patrol officers have to take care of humane complaints now.....

The first call I got out of the gate was a hit dog by a car. I got on scene and the poor little fella was hit bad by a car. He was in the grass dying. He was agonal breathing which is not a good thing. I was worried to approach him because you never know what you are going to get...they could be protective and bite you. Luckily I was able to scoop him up. He was still breathing in the car but by the time I got to the animal hospital he passed away....it was sad pulling the big dog out of the car....I can only hope that he didn't suffer too much pain...I can handle alot of nasty things when it comes to people but I'm a softie for dogs. Really bummed me out.

Then I got dispatched to a similar thing but it was an injured cat....I showed up and there was the little guy in the bushes...his paw was completely mangled and he couldnt hardly move....I tried getting closer to pick it up and combat wounded crawled into the bushes through a patch of thorn stickers..............I wasnt able scoop him up and it just sucked going after that dog call....bummer

Steak Knife to the throat

Ok I said I would get back and post about what happened so it basically went down like this......a couple of brothers went out partying at a bar drinking way to much. The older brother has been taking care of the younger brother who just cant seem to catch any luck. The typical broke no job story. So as they are drinking the younger brother starts feeling sorry for himself and when they get back home he does what any logical person would do........grab a steak knife in a cry for help and slices his neck wide open. We got there and they were both outside...the one guy was gasping for air and his brother was understandably shook up. The guy floppking all about the ground in pain....lotta blood but I think it was mainly superficial....what a crazy one!

where to begin

Well I don't know where to begin....the past few weeks have been slow apparently just to save up the business for last night....I have to get to bed cause I have to switch out of my graveyard schedule and be up at 10:30am today which is in about 3 hours so I can attend a wedding....lame...not the wedding but the getting up part! Sucky

I will come back in a few days and post about the night later but it ended with a guy stabbing himself in the neck with a steak knife!!! Good times!