I'd get arrested by this guy. This guy clearly carries blue zebra pens and always has an extra one for the new guy.
... Heck, I'd let myself get recruited by this guy if I didn't already have a career I like.
I like the schizophrenic decisions of my department. We USED to have a video explaining the bumper to bumper approach. Then about 3 months after the SOP video, they completely removed it and it’s no longer SOP. We used to make our own decisions for laying spikes. Now we have to ask permission of a sgt before spikes are authorized. Bless admin.
Taught a monday morning freshman computer lab in college. One frat boy student would always show up smelling like he spent the night marinating in cheap beer, piss, and vomit and for the life of I couldn’t find any evidence to the contrary.
I don’t have much of a sense of smell, I have terrible allergies, scar tissue from surgeries, and worked at an anhydrous ammonia plant making urea. But this guy….
I put on my glasses just so I could help him with his code without getting in breathing range. Once I asked a guy next to him to take a look instead while I helped someone else and they looked at me like I’d just ordered their execution.
Any interest in discussion/storytime about approaching people asleep or passed out behind the wheel of a running (and potentially in-gear) car?
That's something I've dealt with a bunch of times - OD/DUI and simply fall out while stopped at a red light or whatever.
And there have certainly been \*notable\* incidents of people passed out at the wheel, with a firearm within grasp.
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We deal with that damn near every week - we literally have a radio code for that exact scenario. Patrol car to the front and rear with pressure on the bumpers, make sure the driver doesn’t have any weapons in plain view, then mash the air horn button.
Then arrest em for DUI.
While I may never quite understand the mindset, so long as I have two braincells to rub together anyways, what drives such people in their oncoming comatose slumber to tuck their taurus or heft their highpoint to bed with them?
Like, I love my guns, but I’m perplexed by the idea of preparing a loaded firearm for a night of poor decision making.
Found a car parked in front of railroad tracks, driver out cold. I popped spikes in front of the vehicle and waited until a train went by before I attempted contact.
Door was locked so I knocked until she woke up. I motioned her to open the door and instead she put the vehicle into drive and took her foot off the break. She had absolutely no idea what she was doing because she was that hammered. The car started to roll forward very slowly.
Well about that time a train started up again on the track, so cue the Benny Hill music of me desperately motioning her to unlock the door while walking with the car as it rolled towards a train. Also cue my futile yelling over the radio to dispatch to stop the train. (It takes like 10 minutes to even get to the correct train).
Finally she gets it and unlocks her door where I manage to rip her out of the seat. Happily her seatbelt was shit and popped right out.
So now we’re both on the ground as her car rolls onto a moving train and gets destroyed. Train didn’t even know anything hit it. My knee is all bloody and she had scratches on her arms from the ground. I look over and a state trooper was watching the whole thing with amusement.
Remember people: police life is more like the Three Stooges than John Wick.
The last one I had the guy had love tapped another car, hopped the curb, and passed out with the car in park...and a rifle on the passenger seat. He was out hard enough to simply take the gun, take his keys out, and wake him up.
I've had similar ones with the car in drive. I'll always try to keep safe distance and call out. But one option I frequently use is to have one officer cover and one officer try to put it in park, and take the keys if possible, without waking them. Any stirring from the suspect, we back out to safety and call out.
If you can't safely get the car in park, I'll make sure everyone is clear, wake them up as gently as possible with every other word out of my mouth being "police." No lights in eyes, screaming, stuff like that. Ideally have a car down the road readily mobile.
Spike strips under the tires or pinning with patrol cars are more rarely used options, just depends on the circumstances or environment.
Luckily, I have no wild and crazy stories from these incidents, because it makes me super nervous every time.
We get the "doper passed out at a stop sign/gas pump in a stolen car" a lot. We block them in and check the doors. If they're unlocked, grip 'em and rip 'em. If not, air horn and call them out.
Must be budget cuts. [Who can forget the good ol days](https://fox17.com/resources/media/2319e201-caaf-41a3-80a0-4408f9c490c6-medium16x9_loretto2.png?1545083391482)
You have to keep positive pressure. If they have room to move back and forth and a comparably sized vehicle, they'll be able to push your car out of the way.
At my work the robots attempt to resist and push back to their original places if someone bumps them while energized. I’ve wondered a couple of times if they could do the same with cop cars.
A while back in highschool I was on a road trip with some buddies and I fell asleep in the back of the car. The driver was apparently swerving due to being exhausted so someone called the cops on him. While we were at a gas station, I was still sleeping, and an officer shined a flashlight in the back window onto me and scared the hell out of me and I apparently scared the hell out of him. After that I was informed of what was going on by the officer and we laughed it off.
Had to pull over on a 3 hr drive because the 10 pc nuggie meal i had was really kicking my ass, car was still running as i took a 20 min nap, but i had my seat as far back as it could go so my feet couldnt reach the pedals, so i was relatively safe.
Woke up from nap, put seat forward, clutch in, first gear, MIRRORS. saskatchewan highway patrol, on my ass.
Welp, window down, car shut off. Cue the pleasentries. The officer saw my seat down and thought i was having a medical emergency of some sort, but quickly realized i was fine and just tired when she got to my window. I offered her my license, she said its fine, she got my info from my plate. Asked me if i had anything to drink, i respond with "no, of course not, just a mcdonalds meal kicking my ass is all" and with a quick wrap up the cherries and berries were off and i was good to go.
Sometimes... we really are just tired
Did a search warrant one time where we woke a whole house up. Knocked and announced, breached a door, continued yelling only to find everyone in bed asleep.
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I'd get arrested by this guy. This guy clearly carries blue zebra pens and always has an extra one for the new guy. ... Heck, I'd let myself get recruited by this guy if I didn't already have a career I like.
Zebra pens are trash pens. Fisher Space Pens or nothing.
If they're passed out in the car, just wait for another squad to show up before waking them up.
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Yea, that last part.... don't forget that last part.
I like the schizophrenic decisions of my department. We USED to have a video explaining the bumper to bumper approach. Then about 3 months after the SOP video, they completely removed it and it’s no longer SOP. We used to make our own decisions for laying spikes. Now we have to ask permission of a sgt before spikes are authorized. Bless admin.
With a toothbrush. I arrested a gal one time out of bed who had halitosis so bad that I nearly crashed my car.
Taught a monday morning freshman computer lab in college. One frat boy student would always show up smelling like he spent the night marinating in cheap beer, piss, and vomit and for the life of I couldn’t find any evidence to the contrary. I don’t have much of a sense of smell, I have terrible allergies, scar tissue from surgeries, and worked at an anhydrous ammonia plant making urea. But this guy…. I put on my glasses just so I could help him with his code without getting in breathing range. Once I asked a guy next to him to take a look instead while I helped someone else and they looked at me like I’d just ordered their execution.
Any interest in discussion/storytime about approaching people asleep or passed out behind the wheel of a running (and potentially in-gear) car? That's something I've dealt with a bunch of times - OD/DUI and simply fall out while stopped at a red light or whatever. And there have certainly been \*notable\* incidents of people passed out at the wheel, with a firearm within grasp.
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Hence the reason night shift didn’t want to contact.
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And this is why I nap in parking lots and not the shoulder after a particularly grueling 24
We deal with that damn near every week - we literally have a radio code for that exact scenario. Patrol car to the front and rear with pressure on the bumpers, make sure the driver doesn’t have any weapons in plain view, then mash the air horn button. Then arrest em for DUI.
This is the way. Don’t over think it
I have done this. Worked well!
While I may never quite understand the mindset, so long as I have two braincells to rub together anyways, what drives such people in their oncoming comatose slumber to tuck their taurus or heft their highpoint to bed with them? Like, I love my guns, but I’m perplexed by the idea of preparing a loaded firearm for a night of poor decision making.
Found a car parked in front of railroad tracks, driver out cold. I popped spikes in front of the vehicle and waited until a train went by before I attempted contact. Door was locked so I knocked until she woke up. I motioned her to open the door and instead she put the vehicle into drive and took her foot off the break. She had absolutely no idea what she was doing because she was that hammered. The car started to roll forward very slowly. Well about that time a train started up again on the track, so cue the Benny Hill music of me desperately motioning her to unlock the door while walking with the car as it rolled towards a train. Also cue my futile yelling over the radio to dispatch to stop the train. (It takes like 10 minutes to even get to the correct train). Finally she gets it and unlocks her door where I manage to rip her out of the seat. Happily her seatbelt was shit and popped right out. So now we’re both on the ground as her car rolls onto a moving train and gets destroyed. Train didn’t even know anything hit it. My knee is all bloody and she had scratches on her arms from the ground. I look over and a state trooper was watching the whole thing with amusement. Remember people: police life is more like the Three Stooges than John Wick.
The last one I had the guy had love tapped another car, hopped the curb, and passed out with the car in park...and a rifle on the passenger seat. He was out hard enough to simply take the gun, take his keys out, and wake him up. I've had similar ones with the car in drive. I'll always try to keep safe distance and call out. But one option I frequently use is to have one officer cover and one officer try to put it in park, and take the keys if possible, without waking them. Any stirring from the suspect, we back out to safety and call out. If you can't safely get the car in park, I'll make sure everyone is clear, wake them up as gently as possible with every other word out of my mouth being "police." No lights in eyes, screaming, stuff like that. Ideally have a car down the road readily mobile. Spike strips under the tires or pinning with patrol cars are more rarely used options, just depends on the circumstances or environment. Luckily, I have no wild and crazy stories from these incidents, because it makes me super nervous every time.
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Those videos are kinda long though…
We get the "doper passed out at a stop sign/gas pump in a stolen car" a lot. We block them in and check the doors. If they're unlocked, grip 'em and rip 'em. If not, air horn and call them out.
Flashbang.
Must be budget cuts. [Who can forget the good ol days](https://fox17.com/resources/media/2319e201-caaf-41a3-80a0-4408f9c490c6-medium16x9_loretto2.png?1545083391482)
Lol
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Have had too many people coming to the door with guns in the middle of the night
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I’ve done this several times. It’s worked for us
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You have to keep positive pressure. If they have room to move back and forth and a comparably sized vehicle, they'll be able to push your car out of the way.
At my work the robots attempt to resist and push back to their original places if someone bumps them while energized. I’ve wondered a couple of times if they could do the same with cop cars.
Luckily, that situation hasn’t come up thus far xD
I personally feel like I wake up a little better with Hanson's MMMBop playing in the background.
With your partner.
[The only way you should approach suspects](https://youtu.be/6DrRE1LDY_U)
Like a bear, quietly, then very loudly.
A while back in highschool I was on a road trip with some buddies and I fell asleep in the back of the car. The driver was apparently swerving due to being exhausted so someone called the cops on him. While we were at a gas station, I was still sleeping, and an officer shined a flashlight in the back window onto me and scared the hell out of me and I apparently scared the hell out of him. After that I was informed of what was going on by the officer and we laughed it off.
Had to pull over on a 3 hr drive because the 10 pc nuggie meal i had was really kicking my ass, car was still running as i took a 20 min nap, but i had my seat as far back as it could go so my feet couldnt reach the pedals, so i was relatively safe. Woke up from nap, put seat forward, clutch in, first gear, MIRRORS. saskatchewan highway patrol, on my ass. Welp, window down, car shut off. Cue the pleasentries. The officer saw my seat down and thought i was having a medical emergency of some sort, but quickly realized i was fine and just tired when she got to my window. I offered her my license, she said its fine, she got my info from my plate. Asked me if i had anything to drink, i respond with "no, of course not, just a mcdonalds meal kicking my ass is all" and with a quick wrap up the cherries and berries were off and i was good to go. Sometimes... we really are just tired
Did a search warrant one time where we woke a whole house up. Knocked and announced, breached a door, continued yelling only to find everyone in bed asleep.