Take out the Trash

I am writing this because of the stereotypes that come with certain neighborhoods. I am going to be using some stereotypes and terms, but this is only to get the point across that you never can tell how someone is going to act in certain areas.

I recently went on a run for Domestic Violence (I hate this term or rather "run" because a child not listening to their parent is considered "domestic violence" to most people apparently, which is why we have to discipline their child. But that is a different story of how police are parents to not only children, but the parents as well in today's society) to a very nice neighborhood. We did the normal routine of listening to the victim, then we went up to the house to listen to the other person's side. As we did this, the step mother of the victim greeted us at the door then as we went to talk to the father, who we saw run into another room, she started going off. The father was no different, he tried to "buck up" on myself and my partner, but he wised up. We take the father out the front, while the step-mother runs out the back door and around the front of the house and starts yelling at the victim (mind you it is like 1130 at night). At this point you would expect nothing to happen, but window shades to open. Well as soon as she started her little ordeal people started coming out of their $400,000 homes like cockroaches. We easily had 30 people in their driveways watching and trying to intervene on everyone's behalf. If it wasn't for the scenery I would have thought I was back down in one of the worst neighborhoods in our city.

The point of this story is that you can take the trash out of the city, but you can't take the trash out of the people.

Shake it Out

I believe I have briefly mentioned this before, but it is extremely funny to me to see people (teenagers in particular) shaking when you pull them over. I find it humorous because when they shake you know they are never stopped by police and rarely do anything wrong. Another reason is because I can remember when I was a kid and how when I got pulled over it was the most embarrasing thing to me and in the back of my mind I'm thinking "My Dad is going to kill me." Most of the time I pull these type of people over I just give them a warning. Mainly because I don't have the heart to write them a ticket, but also because they are tax paying average day citizens that do what they are supposed to. It still makes me smile every time I go back to the car though.

Derby and Past Month

Well the Derby went smoothly for me. Other than the long hours and boredom, thing were great. I haven't been able to write due to time constraints, but I will pick out some stories and put them on here at the next available time.