Well, I know it has been a while. I didn't know how exhausting this job was gonna be. Life hasn't been too exciting. All the things that were crazy to me in the beginning are just everyday occurrences now and I don't even think about them.
Back at the end of May, I was sent to assist the south bureau on a disturbance with shots fired. They decided they had enough people there. As I was leaving I saw a suspicious Cadillac stopped on Hydraulic picking someone up across the street from the disturbance. I did a traffic stop on the vehicle. Kasey Weidner, who was in my class and who works out of the north bureau, was my back up. I got the ID on the driver and she got info on the passenger. As we were in my patrol car running them and writing our tickets, the passenger exits the vehicle and decides to take a jog. We ran south on Hydraulic behind a house and into an alley. Kasey got to point her tazer, but we weren't close enough to get him. I jumped the fence and chased him down the alley. This is the point where my head was saying "we are gonna get this guy and hopefully taze him for making me run". However, my legs said "all you have fed me was a peanut butter and jelly samwich today". So, my legs gave out and I went flying on the rock alley. I must have landed on my left side because after someone finally located him at 2nd and Kansas I noticed I had bled all over myself. That was also the first day to wear my brand new soft uniform. I also noticed my shoulder starting to hurt. The city is real picky about workers comp stuff, so I reported it so it wouldn't bite my ass later.
So, my Sgt. had to come to my scene. Then we had to go to the hospital. Luckily, the officer who got to take my report is a cool guy. Of course, he was making up stories about me in the fetal position with my thumb in my mouth yelling for mama. Anyway, after some good drugs, I got to go home early. I went to the dr the next day and he put me on light duty. So, for the next week I was stuck working the desk at the station. I was only on light duty for week. Basically I just bruised my shoulder. No big deal. I also had to get a tetanus shot. Those suck. I do have some good scars on my left elbow to remind me of the event.
The rest of June was pretty calm. I did have to work the 4th of July. It sounded like a war zone in town. I just drove around my beat and watched the show. It was actually a pretty uneventfully night. The next night, Sunday, however, was crazy for me. I picked up Justin around midnight so he could ride with me. We were stalking a suspicious car into College Hill when we turned south off of 2nd which only goes west, when we saw a car coming toward us. So I turned around and stopped this car. It ended up being a 17 year old who blew a .16. He went to JIAC. As we were sitting in the BAT van, Justin looked toward 1st street and heard a loud noise. I didn't hear it so I didn't think much of it. Then, as we were wrapping up that traffic stop a citizen informed me that someone hit a wall at 1st and Bleckley (just south of where we were) and ran off. He had located the vehicle about 5 blocks over. So, we followed the debris to 1st and Old Manor where we found the wrecked out car. I realized the driver was drunk. This guy blew a .308. this is the 2nd highest BAC I have ever seen. He went to the big boy jail.
That's about as exciting as life gets for now. I'll try to stay on top of my updates. Tomorrow is officially my 1yr anniversary with the police department. One of the girls in the class is hosting a pool party. It should be fun and it will be nice to socialize a bit.
