Went out riding again this weekend with my buddy the "big city" cop. For legal purposes I will not release any names, Officer or city, as you may have noticed. Anyhow he picked me up and we headed back to the district, we were doing some business checks of a main Blvd. that is known for hookers to hang out, when we pulled up a woman sitting at the bus stop kind of waved as we drove by, so I waved back at her and we pulled into the shopping center and observed her making eye contact with passing traffic and waving. She then spotted us sitting in the shopping center and she stood up and began waving again, we thought maybe she was little too friendly so we drove over and contacted her about what she was doing, of course she was just "waiting for the bus." Rule #1 in police work, EVERYBODY lies, and we were not buying her story, so we asked her who she was and she voluntarily gave up her ID, we ran it and found that she had previous contacts for prostitution. We went back and got her to admit she was out trying to make some cash, we advised her when the bus pulled up to get on it and get going, and she complied.
We went back on patrol and a few minutes later got a call to a nearby Wendy's where a man was involved in a traffic altercation with some self proclaimed local gang members who followed him into the parking lot and pointed a gun at him, they then wrote down his plate number in an attempt to intimidate him and told them they could find out where he lived and drove off. We took some initial suspect information and the other officer's showed up and we turned it over to them.
We went back on patrol a few blocks away and a vehicle rolled through a stop sign right in front of us, we flipped around and cornered him in parking lot where he was attempting to turn around, he was visiting from FL. The man driving the SUV had no drivers license and no insurance, we cited the driver for those offenses but not running the stop sign and advised him to park the car, he was from a residence that was nearby.
Next we went to a call off some neighbors fighting, possibly drunk, it turned out to be just yelling and threats mostly. We turned the case over to the district cars to settle, we are a command unit so we do not get dispatched to any calls or take reports.We also responded to a call of a suicidal woman with several other units. We arrived at the apartment complex and all squeezed into the elevator, the officers' went in and took some statements and talked with the woman, she was taken to the hospital on a mental health hold. We then responded to call downtown of a domestic outside a business, a man was yelling at his girlfriend and grabbed her arm, we were able to clear that pretty quickly, it was nothing really.
We were on patrol again we were in the left lane and a car was in the right lane, a man pulled out of a business drive right in front of the car in the right lane and they had to slam on the brakes and almost crashed into him, the car then got in the left lane and we got behind him to prepare to make a stop. When the light turned green he made a right turn from the left lane and we followed him and he drove back around the block into the alley he just came out of and we stopped him there. He was not drunk but was driving on a revoked license for alcohol offense.
We cited him for driving under revocation and ordered him to park the car.
Next were patrolling through a housing complex known for selling drugs and saw a car load of juveniles pulling out and they made a left turn without signaling so we stopped them for that to see what they were doing down there, presumably buying dope but we did not pursue the matter and let them go. Also earlier we stopped another juvenile for making a turn without signaling but it was nothing, though my buddy stated the driver was "playing for my team", not sure what that means, maybe he was an Indians baseball player or something.
Next we covered a district car that made a traffic stop on a car with five occupants, some appeared to be juveniles. Three males and two females, they were all pulled out of the vehicle and given the "Terry pat." The court case of Terry v. Ohio that gave Officers' the right to pat down people for weapons, so it has become known as a "Terry pat." The car was searched and did not turn up anything, however one of the females who was 27 years old claimed to have no ID. So my buddy started playing mind games with her, he said where you from, she said "Houston" so he asked her what neighborhood and she said "Breezewood." A few minutes later he told her he used to live in Houston and there was no such area, of course he did not live in Houston, but neither did she. He then told her she needed to come clean and take care of her past problems and not add anymore, she then revealed her name and that she was probably wanted for parole violations, we ran the name and she was wanted on a felony warrant for parole violations, so she was arrested and the rest were sent on their way.
We were then cruising another strip that is notorious for hookers' standing around,we had noticed this woman standing out their all night long, so we stopped and asked her what she was doing, she said "My foot is hurt and I can't walk, I'm waiting for someone to pick me up and take me the hospital." We knew she full of crap and told her to go home, she said she would. We went around the block and came back and she was hopping in a car, we flipped around and followed them into an apartment complex where she lived and lit them up, the driver and woman attempted to get out of the car and my buddy ordered them back in, when he approached the driver he was acting very froggy and kept trying to reach his hands under the seat, my buddy pulled his gun and ordered the man out of the car, he then did the pat down and cuffed the man and sat him on the bumper of the cruiser. I watched the suspect while he talked to the girl.
Initally she was trying to play like she just got him to give her a ride home like we told her, however the man had a fifty dollar bill that he was attempting to hide, which is why he had been placing his hands under the seat. Then a man and woman came outside one claiming to be the girl's mother and the other said that was his wife, the situtation started getting a little uncomfortable. We informed them that we were not stupid, we know what she was doing and they had best get out of the way, which they did.
When we checked the two suspects, the woman had prior contacts for prostituion and the man had prior contacts for picking up hookers, even though was still saying he was just giving her a ride home. The woman was cited for soliciting prostitution and released to her residence. The man was also cited and after we told him he was not going to jail, but he needed to come clean with the truth he admitted she had offered sex to him and he was intending on paying ten dollars for a blow job. We advised him to go back home and stay away from this area trying to pick up hookers.
We then got a call of a man who had been stabbed outside a residence while sitting in his pickup truck. We responded with several other Officers' and EMS, the man had a good slash in his arm but not life threatening, he was taken to the hospital. We secured the crime scene with tape because witnesses saw the suspects touch the mans truck, also the knife was later found at the scene, however due to the heavy rain at the time the evidence may be useless, the victims fled on foot and were not located at this time. We responded to one more call of 911 hang ups that involved screaming in the background, however we had no address because the calls were coming in from cell towers. We checked the area and one address but nobody answered and it seemed to be all quiet, so we left that one up to the district cars to handle.
We had dinner earlier in the evening at a very good local Mexican restaraunt and also made apit stop to district headquarters. We tried to get a picture of me standing next to a sign that said "Parking for Top Cop", which is the spot reserved for the Officer of the month or something, but the flash was too bright and the words didn't show up, thought it would make a cool photo though.
We called the night at 0100 instead of 0300 because of the rain,and my buddy had already worked some extra hours today on other events. Was still a great ride though, and I'm improving my skills on being able to keep track of where we are at all the time, and also observing what's going on around me. Looking forward to my next ride!
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