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A
LESSON IN
COMPLACENCY
NJLawman.com
Thursday,
July 15, 2004 12:00 a.m.
You’re in the last hours of a boring
midnight shift when the radio sounds, “Headquarters to Unit blah, blah, blah, respond to headquarters for someone turning themselves in on a
warrant.”
Off you go. You think to yourself, “It’s
now 6:00 a.m. At least it will keep me
off the road til the end of
the shift.”
When you arrive at the station you learn that the
“walk-in arrest’ is a female who's acting a bit bizarre.
You shuffle her back to the processing room
where you begin on the paperwork. Hopefully you can get her in and out
so you can start winding down.
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Once you complete the initial processing, you
start escorting her back to a secure area to get her ready for the trip to the
county jail.
On the way back she pulls a handgun.
This is a true story and valuable lesson in complacency. It occurred in the
last week of June in Charlotte, North Carolina. When the woman pulled the gun,
she threatened to kill herself. Fortunately, the deputies wrestled it away from
her, and no one was hurt.
How many times could this have happened to
you? Do you thoroughly search everyone who turns themselves in on an
outstanding warrant? If you do, good.
If not, read this story again.
NJLawman.com
NJLawman.com
Thursday,
July 15, 2004 12:00 a.m.
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