Here is an incident that happened to an officer on my job this past Saturday. Ever Police Department has their version of Officer Tackleberry from Police Academy and the one on my job has a special nickname but for the BBS I’ll refer to him as JD. JD is almost a 20 year veteran and still a buff, he’s got more items on his gun belt than Batman has on his utility belt and he lives, eats, breathes police work. JD however is not as ambitious as Tackleberry. Anyways he was patrolling a shopping mall in his sector (Probably looking to see the sights) and noticed a car in a handicap zone with no sticker. He signs himself out on a traffic stop on the MDC (Mobile Data, Computer), gets out, inspects the vehicle, runs data (Registration check, etc.) on it, and decides to write the summonses (Probably the first one in over a year). Well he starts to write the summons and the owner now approaches him. The owner of the vehicle is trying to talk to him and in a rather load tone of voice and JD is telling him to calm down. The subject continues to talk in a loud tone and JD calls for backup stating “The subject appears agitated and may possibly be on intoxicated – his speech is totally incoherent.” A couple of seconds go by and there is a second radio transmission “He’s making furtive hand gestures now – he’s becoming belligerent!” Next thing you know we hear “Subject 10-32” over the radio which means the subject has been arrested. The individual is transported to Police Headquarters where JD embarrassingly learns the subject is not intoxicated, he was not trying to fight the officer, and he is handicapped because he is DEAF!
