So there I was, running tags trying to find something since the day was slow. I ran a tag on a car and discovered it had no insurance. I pull the vehicle over and sure enough, the vehicle did not have insurance on it since back in February. The driver asked me if she could get on the phone on the spot and put insurance on it. Now, the law in my state actually prohibits that, stating since the vehicle was on a city street at some point without insurance it must be impounded.
I informed the lady she could not do so and immediately requested a supervisor. I called my lieutenant on the phone and he said he wouldn't be opposed to giving her the opportunity to but if that the wrecker got there before it reflected on the state system-tough luck. I told the driver and she got to work on the phone. Well the wrecker showed up 12 minutes later and I asked the lady if she had insurance and she told me to run the tag. I ran the tag and it still showed up "no valid insurance". I told the lady that unfortunately I needed her to step out of the vehicle and gather her belongings. She refused to get out (with her two kids in the car) and demanded my supervisor to come out. My lieutenant arrived on scene and ordered her out of the car. He told her that normally we do not even extend the courtesy of the opportunity to try and get her a chance to put insurance on the car and by law we really shouldn't have. She threw a fit stating 12 minutes wasn't enough and completely ignored what we were saying. The lady was cited for the no insurance which is an EXPENSIVE ticket in my state and her car was impounded. She gathered my name and my lieutenant's name and vowed to complain against us. It wouldn't have been the first time that I've heard that and surely won't be the last.
I was training a rookie officer 9 days out of the academy when we responded to the parking lot of the shopping mall on my beat for a vehicle accident. Accidents on private property mean there's nobody who will get cited and nobody is technically at fault. You don't need a license, seatbelt, insurance, or a license plate, hence why people typically learn to drive in parking lots...and that brings me to this story. This guy was learning to drive in his friend's sister's car when he panicked while turning and hit the gas as opposed to the break and SLAMMED into another car. Both cars were still drivable but the poor guy was so shook up and worried. I have no idea how hard the guy must have slammed on the gas to cause that much damage. Lucky for him he couldn't get a ticket and start off his driving record on a bad note. However, him getting insurance might be a little tricky going forward....
Now this next little tidbit in my life on the streets is a thorn in my side since about December. I have a couple living in a house on my beat. The male fell down 6 flights of an empty elevator shaft and is paralyzed from the waist down. The wife, in my personal opinion, is only with him to drain his accounts and abuses him. She refuses to let him speak to anyone and when she leaves the house she takes away his phone and locks him inside of the house with burglar bars on it. She always calls about him inviting his "mistress" over and wants me to remove her from the home (which I cannot do since he a resident and the husband has invited the guest over. I have to have a crime to remove the person). She called again and I told her once again it was a civil matter if she called 911 again over the same thing I would arrest her for abuse of 911. I should mention all of this happened with her refusing to open the door for me.
While I'm speaking to her through the closed door, I can hear the husband yelling from inside the house for her to open the door so he can speak to me. She refuses and slams the door shut.
I walk back to my car and the "mistress" dials his number and gets me on the phone with him. As I'm talking about whatever he wanted to fill me in on he starts screaming and I can hear a tussle: "Stop! Stop! Get your hands off me! Stop!" and then the phone drops. I'm doing my best to get him back on the phone and finally he does stating his wife attacked him to prevent him from talking to the police. I was able to have another officer sweet talk our way into the house where we arrested the wife for domestic battery. In my state, if you're arrested for domestic violence you don't get a bond for 48 hours. The husband told me he was going to take advantage of the 2 days to get his divorce finalized. I really hope he does.
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