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In my last entry I spoke of a couple incidents involving domestic abuse and how I wanted to do more. Well, I got to digging and found out that the guy who hit him girlfriend with the paddle has active warrants out of 3 other cities, one of whom is willing to come all the way over here and get him. Sooooo, he going to be handled. In the other case, I knew there had to be something more I could do so I started researching the laws on it and come across exactly what I was looking for. Now, if I come upon another similar case, I can make an arrest, even if my shift commander or fellow officers disagree because I now know the statues and can prove the legality of it.

Last night I was finishing up a report on an incident earlier this week. I was called out to the emergency room at a local hospital to take report on a lady whose boyfriend had beat the living s**t out of her with a cricket paddle. After taking all the information I urged the lady to go to the station and file an affidavit against this guy so we could arrest him, but she swore up and down that he was gone for good. In all actuallity he skipped town long enough for the 12 hours to pass (by law we’ve got 12 hours to do a warrentless arrest for domestic battery type calls). Now that guy is back and the lady is again stuck in her home afraid to leave and not allowed to have contact with family or friends.

While I was completing the paperwork on this, a young man of 14 runs into the police department saying that his stepdad was beating his mom. We hurried back to his house (about 3 miles from the station) and spoke with the parties involved. But, because of the factors invovled, we were unable to arrest this guy either.

In cases like this I wish the law permitted more officer discretion or something. I often pray for these people after I leave the scene, but I wish there was more I could do.

Well, it finally happened. I got to chase down my first suspect… well, first two suspects I guess I should say. We had a call tonight of a disturbance in progress. Some guy (who we’ll call Clay) hit his girlfriend then fled the scene moments before officer’s arrival. When my shift commander got there he was told by the girlfriend which direction Clay went. The info was relayed to me and that’s the direction I headed.
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Just wanted to drop a note on here about some recent happenings at work. In November I managed to snag a dealer with 32 grams of weed. Last night I helped another officer chase down a guy who had tried to break into a department store. Then I went and picked up some small children (ages 8,6,2 and 2) from an apartment where they were left alone… unfortunately on that one, Human Services gave the kids back!

Also, I redesigned a site for a friend of mine. You can find it here. And I’ve got a new site in the works for the Arkansas Lawman magazine.

And, in addition to all that, I now have my own column in the Arkansas Lawman!!! It’s a tech column, of course, but it’s centered around law enforcement type stuff.