So last week was pretty eventful around the country with everything that was happening in Baltimore. You can be mile away and still get the same animosity from certain people for things you were not involved in.
On Sunday, I backed up my partner on a dispute call at a gas station on her beat. We get there and this guy won $500 on a scratch off ticket. He was upset and could not understand that the gas station did not have $500 on hand to give him to claim his prize....so he called 911. This particular guy does nothing all day but drink beer and buy lotto tickets. We were able to talk and calm the guy down and let him know that if he came back in a few hours they would be able to pay him his money. I can guarantee this money will just go towards beer and lotto tickets. Oh the things I would do with $500 cash....
Monday I got a chance to put my child victim skills to use. We received a call about a 7 year old boy who was molested by his father. Typically in these types of calls we do not speak to the children as what they experience are traumatic events. It takes a trained person in my state to interview the child in a forensic interview where the environment is extremely child friendly. We arrive on scene and the mother is hysterical. We try to ask her what happened and she insists we talk to her son. I try to explain to her that we need her as the adult to explain to us what happened. She started to break down in tears as she stated she was in the room as the boy's father was groping and basically masturbating the son under the covers. We called for an ambulance who escorted the mother and her three kids to the hospital for evaluation and the interview with detectives. I asked the mother if I could go inside of the apartment to get pictures of the crime scene and she refused. I contacted the detective and told them the mother refused and I was told to secure the entrance of the apartment for a search warrant. I ended up waiting two hours before the detective told me I was ok.
Tuesday, I got sent to a late call a few minutes before I was supposed to go home. An elderly female at a senior high-rise called 911 to say over $4,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from her apartment. This particular female is wheelchair bound and has a nurse come in every day to help take care of her and dress her for the day. She stated this was the only person who came in her apartment. I asked her when the last time she saw her jewelry was and she told me two months ago....I felt bad but this was more than likely a case of dementia and it was changed to a lost property call.
Wednesday, I responded to a call on my beat at the mall. A lady stated she received a phone call from someone claiming to be a magazine company. She gave them her name, date of birth, social security number, and telephone number. About an hour or two after giving her this information she started receiving text message alerts from the bank stating her account was being accessed. They people managed to take almost $300 out of her prepaid card account where her tax refund was put into. I would NEVER ever give personal information to anyone over the phone unless you initiate the call and know exactly who you're talking to. In today's day and age you just have to be smart about that stuff.
Thursday (my Friday for the week), I went to a call on my beat at the grocery store. An elderly man was in a heated verbal dispute with a younger gentleman. He told me he was sitting on a motorized scooter at the entrance to the store when the guy came up and started yelling at him that he didn't need to be on the scooter. The younger male tried to get the scooter away from the elderly male to use for his grandmother. The guy felt scared so he started calling 911. I talked to the security officer at the store who stated the elderly man blew the argument out of proportion and it was really a big deal over nothing.
Oh the things people call 911 for..... While finishing this up, I received information that A New York Police Officer shot in the head during a suspicious persons encounter on Saturday has died. He was 25 years old with 4 years and 10 months of service. Rest In Peace brother: Police Officer Brian Moore.
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