Nov. 2024. Blues Vol 40 No. 11

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his probation. The funny thing is, there was only a 0 bond on the petty theft charge. He probably would’ve been released immediately if he could pay it. The even funnier thing is that warrant was no longer even in NCIC the next day. Meaning it probably wouldn’t have even been good. He would’ve been handcuffed, the warrant verified, and if no good, released immediately. The next day Jim’s lady friend called asking for HER ID. Sorry lady, it was mailed to the DMV. But she confirmed that the address Jim so kindly provided was a good one. A couple hours later, the officers from whom Jim fled paid him a visit. Now Jim is in jail serving the remainder of his previously suspended 180 days for the probation violation, plus whatever the new charges bring. Jim is dumb. Don’t be like Jim. “CAN YOU SEND A DRUG DOG TO MY HOUSE?” “YOU WANT ME TO BRING MAX?” “YEA, MAX IS AWESOME” I’m someone that is ok with living with in rough neighborhoods, a few years ago I was considering renting a property that had literally been raided for being crack house. Landlord fixed it up a bit, I liked it, price was good, cause no one wanted it, I said to the landlord “I’ll rent this house if you let me run a K9 unit through here” he goes “Drug dog?” I go “Yea, I want the cops to bring a drug dog in here, that way we can be sure no drugs are left behind” landlord was actually super excited about that prospect and said absolutely if I can get a K9 unit to search the house just let him know when and he’ll unlock the door and let the dog have fun. I have a family friend in the local police department, he’s a part of their K9 unit and his dog is trained for drugs”Hey Tom, got a weird request’ he goes “whats that?” “Can bring a drug dog to my house?” “You want me to bring max?” “Yea! Max is awesome” So he brought max, called the landlord, got a time, my buddy comes over with his dog. Landlord is actually really happy, he had asked a drug dog to be run through the house before but he didn’t get anywhere. My buddy was also pretty happy cause he was getting bored with some of the training spots they use, and this was new to Max. Which I guess is a good thing for the dog? Anyway, Max did find some drugs, we found some crack cocaine (small amount), like under a oz I think it was someone personal stash. Landlord was a bit concerned, but my buddy told him since they knew this house was raided, they figure the drugs are from the tenants and not the land lord. My buddy did his paperwork for the crack he found, I played with Max, and they left. Signed the lease, moved in a few weeks later. Wasn’t the nicest place, but a 2 bedroom 1 bath for 0 with a fenced in yard has its perks. It was pretty cool watching Max work. STRANGEST HOT PURSUIT EVER My brother is a cop and he loves to retell this story because its his strangest pursuit story ever. He pulls over a car for expired tags, finds out the suspect has warrants, tries to start an arrest, suspect takes off. My brother gets in his car and goes after him. Suspect takes a hard right turn into a dirt road and his car ends up flipping. The suspect crawls out and begins running down the dirt road. My brother is following him in his squad car. Here is the thing Both sides of this long dirt road have razor wire to keep the farmers cattle from getting out. So imagine this, you are in your squad car a Ford Explorer. Its summer, its hot, your in your in AC car and your following a suspect who is running from you on foot no one is around, what do you do? Well my brother decided he’d simply sit in his car and follow this guy. He knew the road was like 5 miles long and all of those 5 miles had razor wire. So he knew the suspect had a choice 1. Keep running down a road followed by a police car 2. Jump the fence and get cut up (in which case the Ford Explorer my brother was in would be more then in capable of doing a bit of off reading) 3. Give up About a 1.5 miles the suspect stopped, turned around, stuck his hands up and collapsed from exhaustion. My brother got out of the car, arrested the suspect, propped him on the side of the Explorer and gave him some water as back up arrived. By the time back up arrived they asked “What happened” and my brother explained it and everyone laughed their asses off. On the way to the police station my brother said “You know you ran a lot farther then I thought you would” the suspect said “fuck you” and my brother chuckled and said “You where getting close to 2 miles” 120 The Blues - November ‘24

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