Raindogblue

Priority

 

 

At roll call, per the sgt, on any call,

our first priority is to make order out of chaos. 

 

 

 

Court

 

Today's court is set over until late May.

 

 

KCSO

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chargeable

 

Dispatch infos a holding alarm. It's eight blocks away.

I put myself on the call and roll that way.

I pull up two houses away. 

I know the house. The owner is 1234.

All the windows and doors are barred.

The fence gates are locked. The house is secure.

As I walk back to my car, Dispatch updates the call.

The alarm company wants to cancel. 

 

Too late. I'm here. It's chargeable. 

 

 

 

T Stop

 

Before sunset, I've stopped at a four-way.

I start to roll, when I hear an engine. I look left to see

an SUV speeding, the woman behind the wheel singing.

She sees the stop light too late, and then, me. 

 

She mouths, "Oh .... darn," and pulls

over before I turn to follow her. 

 

I'm afraid I'm going to have to write you for that. 

 

She smiles and says, "I deserve it."

 

She couldn't find her current insurance card.

The DMV doesn't have it on file. 

 

She's friendly, so I walk up with my tough book MDT,

google her insurance company, and have her pull up her policy.

It's valid, so I hand her the cite, and send her on her way. 

 

 

 

 

Court

 

 

Yesterday's set over is today's plea.

 

 

 

Court

 

Today's trial for the car jacking Craig's list "girlfriend" has been set over until tomorrow.

 

 

Wreck

Tonight, on the Avenue, a woman was driving

home. She looked into the backseat to check

on her sleeping children and hit

a parked car at 35 miles per  hour. 

Everyone walked away.

Both airbags deployed.

The children were in car seats. 

 

 

 

As a Reminder

Per the Lt, at roll call,

"Generally, in a child custody dispute,

we do not intercede." 

It is a civil matter.

Pants on Fire

 

Prowling the Breakers, I spotted

a small fire on a dead-end street.

Three hipsters were tending it.

 

What's going on?

 

The male says, "Well officer,

you see I had this pair of pants

and they fit atricously.

They couldn't be saved.

They were so bad they did not deserve

to be donated to the Goodwill,

so I burned them. It had to be done.

It's kinda of joke."

 

Put it out. Go get a hose.

 

"Right."

 

Let's never do this again.

 

"You're right. I won't." 

 

I stayed until the fire was dead and drenched.