A young African-American probationer came in for his monthly meeting; quite cheerful and nonchalent. We went through the routine proceedures and just before receiving his next appointment date, he was told that he would need to provide a urine sample for drug analysis. From there, things went downhill.
First, he said he couldn't go - then he had to be at work. He was told that he would be required to provide the sample before leaving the office and if he failed to comply within a designated period of time, it was a mandatory probation violation.
At last he agreed to comply, and not to any surprise, failed for THC marijuana. When questioned about the sample he stated firmly that he had not been smoking and had a "justifyable reason as to why it was in his system.
His words were, " It's the stuff they put in my suntan lotion".
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Roadblock Ahead
It was a relatively slow 11-7 shift and two of our reserve officers came out to get in some street time and lend a helping hand. Sgt. Edwards had been with the reserve unit for several years; dedicated and professional, he would be an excellent full time officer.
One of the regular duties was to conduct building checks at all of the area pharmacies, physician offices, schools and a large number of other areas and this is where the reserve units really helped a great deal. It gave the full time officers more freedom to watch of other criminal activity.
Edwards and partner were just finishing a building check just off the main drag when one of the units requested assistance with a traffic stop. The reserve officers scrambled to their unit and started to respond. The plan was to take a shortcut through one of the parking lots which would enable them to avoid a lenthy red light. The problem was, they were not aware that the business owner was in the process of installing a chain link fence - the rails were the only thing in place at the time.
With Edwards behind the wheel, the cruiser missed the upright but came to a screeching halt when the horizontal 2 inch bar chewed up the hood from front to back and created a maze of spider web cracks across the windshield.
One of the regular duties was to conduct building checks at all of the area pharmacies, physician offices, schools and a large number of other areas and this is where the reserve units really helped a great deal. It gave the full time officers more freedom to watch of other criminal activity.
Edwards and partner were just finishing a building check just off the main drag when one of the units requested assistance with a traffic stop. The reserve officers scrambled to their unit and started to respond. The plan was to take a shortcut through one of the parking lots which would enable them to avoid a lenthy red light. The problem was, they were not aware that the business owner was in the process of installing a chain link fence - the rails were the only thing in place at the time.
With Edwards behind the wheel, the cruiser missed the upright but came to a screeching halt when the horizontal 2 inch bar chewed up the hood from front to back and created a maze of spider web cracks across the windshield.
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