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If a custody is truly remorseful, after Miranda, have them write a signed statement.

 

 

 

Foot Pursuit

 

I chased down a gangster

with a want last week.

I am not proud of it.

 

He's thirteen.

He spat, cried, and raged

all the way to juvie.

 

 

The Commander of West

 

 

The Commander of West is retiring today.

 

I wish him well.

 

He was a sergeant when I was first South

 

His replacement will be the fourth

Commander I've had at West in 16 months.

 

 

Roll Call

 

 

Starting this week, A-Shift is transitioning to electronic rolls calls.

It's glitchy and hard to read.

 

 

Tasers

 

 

Except for trainees, tasers are now assigned to all of West's A-shift officers.

 

 

Ingenuity

 

 

To keep cool in his prowler, Big C tapes

a funnel to an AC vent, attaches

a tube to the funnel, and inserts

the other end under his vest.

 

Family Leave

 

My wife called me at work.

I was in the locker room, readying for roll call.

She'd been stung by a bee.

 

She's allergic.

 

She was out of breath and wheezy.

 

I put on my pants, ran to the sergeants' office, and explained.

Without hestitation, two, in unison, told me  "Go Home!"

 

I was home in twenty minutes from the time

of the call in rush hour traffic.

The meds she took knocked her out,

but she was fine.

I spent the night taking care of the family.

 

 

Work Out

 

Today, on duty, in the heat, I pushed

a broken down and blocking, 1996 Chevy

Corsica a quarter mile up a grade

to the next exit off the state highway.

 

 

Labor Day

 

 

Have a great holiday.

I'll be working.

I can't complain,

I had a great weekend.

 

 

Levels of Force

 

Talk 

Growl.

Fight.

Fight hard.

Fight to Survive.