My Ride Along Experience

My ride along with the police was quite the experience. I was paired with a very nice deputy who had a lot of experience and common sense.

The first call we went out on was to pick up a bag of medical supplies from a construction worker who found it on his job site. This was cool since I got to see the evidence room and how things were tracked and marked. This particular item was marked for destruction.

The next call was for a loose dog, but we never made it to that call the Humane Society came and picked it up. Why do people bother the police for silly things like loose dogs? Just catch it yourself if you’re so worried about it.

The deputy drove me all around the “hood” and showed me drug houses, homes he dragged dead bodies out of, the home where the woman who used to live there believed she was abducted by aliens and would call the police daily because she could foresee crimes in other states before they happened because of the alien implant in her head….

Next call was for a runaway from a boys home. The 13 year old boy was walking down the road and refusing to return to the home. He was a big kid for 13, looked more like 16. He tried to act so tough but he had tears in his eyes. Poor kid.

We made a traffic stop for an expired registration tag. Lady said she just came back from California where she was taking care of her sick father and hadn’t had a chance to renew it. The deputy didn’t give her a ticket. Lesson learned is if you get pulled over think up a good excuse and you probably won’t get a ticket! LOL

Next call was from some stupid woman who just was released from the hospital because her boyfriend or husband beat her up and he wanted to meet her in the park and she wasn’t sure if she should go or not. Hello?? He just beat the crap out of you and your actually thinking of meeting him??? The police said they wouldn’t babysit the meeting but if she did go that was up to her. How stupid can people be? Not sure if she did go but another call was placed for a disturbance in the same area of said park, but we didn’t go there so not sure if it was the same lady or not. We got dispatched to find the runaway kid and another kid again. I told the deputy if that was me I’d be calling him to come pick up the body of the guy because I would have killed him the first time he tried to beat me up. LOL

On our way back to the boys home to take the report for the runaways there was a motorcycle accident on Highway 24 that happened right in front of us. The guy was traveling eastbound and lost control and hit a guardrail which launched him off his bike and into the road on the westbound side. His leg was a mess and he was unconscious at first. I stayed by the guys side while the deputy called for help and directed traffic so no one else got hurt. The guy came too and started moaning. Then some nurses in the traffic came to help while we waited for the paramedics. I was praying for the guy the moment I saw him. Poor guy was really messed up. Paramedics came and called for flight for life. They worked fast to prep him for transport and got an IV started and gave him pain meds. I helped the paramedics by ripping tape and handing them stuff out of their bags. A few minutes after flight for life showed up the guy died. The paramedics believed he bled to death from a severed femoral artery. It was so sad because the guy was awake and asking for people. He seemed like such a fighter and I thought he was going to make it. I looked at his facebook account and realized the people he was asking for were his kids. He was more worried about his kids than himself. So sad.

After that we still had to go to the boys home and take that report. The woman in charge was so upset she was crying because she had heard about the accident and was terrified that it was those kids because they were last seen walking on that road. I felt so bad for her but we reassured her it was not those kids. It was good to see that she really cares about the boys in her care. If only the boys would realize she is trying to help them and listen to her rather than run away or play the system. While we were still there, a state trooper found the boys and brought them back. The boys had seen the accident and decided they wanted to go back. I hope they turn out ok and listen to those at the home trying to help them become productive individuals rather than end up as gang members and criminals as they are on that path already. It was really hard to see those kids and know that they can do better and most probably don’t realize how much better off they would be if they just tried to better themselves and their situation.

By the time we finished at the boys home, it was nearing the end of the shift. We grabbed some Mc D’s and went to the police station so the deputy could fill out his reports for the night. By the end of the night I was physically and emotionally drained. The deputy said it was a typical night. I commend him for having to deal with that on a daily basis!

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