i did another ride along last night w/ officer b. it started out in the squad room with the serg doing briefing. there was a person on day shift who had threatened suicide by cop so she was informing the night guys on what the deal was. appearently they have a very large rifle so i decided to chim in "can i wear a vest tonight?" (referring to a bullet-proof vest) and the serg goes "well i dont know where the extra vest got to" "the CSO was wearing it yesterday, its probably in her locker since she didnt put it back in your office." serg looks at me "no, you cant wear the vest." (then i think i growled at her, or at least gave her a mean look. lol) then officer h said "that vest wouldnt help you none with the size of gun they've got anyway." then after they finished briefing and serg was about to leave she looks at my driver, points at me and says "she doesnt get a vest. you guys be careful and keep her safe. make sure you show her how to unlock the guns and use the AR." (im thinking 'saweet'! lol). so we get going and officer b showed me how to use the gun and stuff, which was pretty cool. all i has to do was hit the gun lock button on the control panel, pull it out, cock it, and pull the trigger. though she did tell me to make sure i dont shoot her, just the bad person. lol. but guess what? we never even actually got a call on them so nothing even became of it. (at least last night, might be a different story later on down the road).

our first stop was someone they had some pc (probable cause) on and wanted to make an arrest. we drove to the vacinity of the house, turned off the headlights as we were driving up and parked around the corner. i had to wait on the corner of the street while officers b and h went to go make the arrest. i was so excited!! then they came back about 30 seconds later cuz no one was home. major, major bummer. so we actually spent quite a bit of the night trying to figure out where this character was, they obviously knew the cops were after em so they laying low for a while.

now ill tell the story of the duii (driving under the influence of intoxicants). we were out on one side of town conversing with officer h when dispatch comes over the radio "drunk driver at such and such street" both cars hit the gas and were driving to the other side of town. dispatch had a person following the drunk driver so they were updating the location as the person was making turns. i think we were doing about 50+ in a 25 mph zone. hehe (but not too many people out on the road that late at night). officer h got behind the car first and pulled it over. i got to go up to his car and watch him conduct the FST (field sobriety test) on the driver while officer b stayed back at her car. well, turns out the driver was pretty freaking old! like - on the verge of 80 - old! and officer h only got to do the 'follow my pen with your eyes and dont move your head' deal on the driver. he asked if they wanted to do the 'walk the line' portion but driver declined due to just getting new hips not too long ago! lmao! so he put those pretty silver bracelets on em and took em to jail. i got to go with officer h on that part just so i could see how the rest of the proceedings go and that was pretty cool. although i didnt get to stay with him when we got to jail, i had to go to the control center and watch on a camera. but it was a good experience none the less.

i did pick up a new nickname last night. officer be so sincerely called me 'spanky' lol. (and she also called me some other things, too. but that ones the coolest ) well, all in all it was a pretty awesome night. i'll keep you guys updated on my next ones. but right now im still really tired so im gonna go take a nap. g'night