Tip of the week 8/12/99

Keeping your COOL!

The call came in like this…

“Juvenile caller on 911 reports an adult neighbor is choking his 15-year old friend in front of the location, only additional information is dispute was prompted by music the juvenile was playing, unknown if weapons are involved.”

I was stopped at a red light and my mind started working. What’s the big picture here? What would prompt an adult to get into a physical fight with a 15-year old? Was the adult intoxicated? Was it another disrespectful kid who pushed the adult over the edge by provoking him?

I arrived at the house to find three 15-year old kids sitting in front of a house. No adult was in sight. As I started to wonder if this was a prank call the kids approached me and said that the responsible had gone to his house across the street. As I looked in the direction of the house, this big guy, about 6 ft and 240 lbs began walking towards me.

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Sometimes I wonder why…

Sometimes when I see what goes on around me, I wonder why I became a cop 10 years ago.

When a car “blows” a stop sign deliberately, nearly causing an accident, and after stopping the driver, I get a foul mouth, a bad attitude, and am accused of being a racist cop, all before I even say a word.
That’s not why…

When I see a group of teens on a street corner throwing down their food wrappers, cans, and garbage right in front of me, and then throwing out belligerent obscenities when I have them pick up their garbage.
That’s not why…

When I go to a domestic violence call where the husband beat the crap out of his wife in front of the kids. I arrest the husband and arm the wife with all the information she needs to get out of the abusive situation, only for me to return to the residence over and over again for repeated domestic violence calls. All because the wife changes her mind months later, lying in court saying she fell, and she lets the abuser back in the house time and time again.
That’s not why I became a cop….

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