I've have a question/situation that has been bothering me and im not sure if it's policy or just a lack of desire by the officers involved/dirty.
Right now during the "slow season" we agents find that there is more time to cruise around and see what the other law enforcement entities are getting into. A few weeks ago i was driving around and i saw a large number of PD officers setting up a perimeter around a small canyon that runs between homes in our area. Maybe about 4 football fields long, and 2 wide. I pulled up and asked what the situation was and how i could help. The officers informed me that the driver from a car chase had bailed and ran into this canyon. The officers wanted to know if our bird was up to help. Of course our bird is never up, but i offered to check the area out with my Palm IR (like a handheld FLIR). The whole time i noticed the other officers were standing on the sidewalk shinning their flashlights into the brush. In my experience just shinning your flashlight towards brush doesnt make people come out, and you usually wont find much either. I couldnt find anything giving off substantial body heat.
I called for another agent to come assist. Took out my M-4 and we jumped into the canyon. It only took about a few minutes to pick up this guy's trail through the high grass. Which led up to the homes, and then follow his toe digs that ran along the homes until he jumped into a backyard. Of course i made my way back to the officers and informed them of what we saw to which some smirking a-hole responds "point to a canyon and you guys just cant help jumping in huh?" Needless to say i took a bit of offense and decided to pull out after that. Not really sure if they caught the guy after that or not.
Anyways my question... Is there a reason as to why the pd would rather setup a perimeter and wait instead of going into the canyon after this guy? Is it policy after a chase? Oh and following this guy's sign could have been done by anyone with eyes and a light. They had more then enough manpower to jump in this canyon themselves. Possibly didnt want to get dirty. NO IM NOT STILL BITTER!!! ok maybe a little.
Right now during the "slow season" we agents find that there is more time to cruise around and see what the other law enforcement entities are getting into. A few weeks ago i was driving around and i saw a large number of PD officers setting up a perimeter around a small canyon that runs between homes in our area. Maybe about 4 football fields long, and 2 wide. I pulled up and asked what the situation was and how i could help. The officers informed me that the driver from a car chase had bailed and ran into this canyon. The officers wanted to know if our bird was up to help. Of course our bird is never up, but i offered to check the area out with my Palm IR (like a handheld FLIR). The whole time i noticed the other officers were standing on the sidewalk shinning their flashlights into the brush. In my experience just shinning your flashlight towards brush doesnt make people come out, and you usually wont find much either. I couldnt find anything giving off substantial body heat.
I called for another agent to come assist. Took out my M-4 and we jumped into the canyon. It only took about a few minutes to pick up this guy's trail through the high grass. Which led up to the homes, and then follow his toe digs that ran along the homes until he jumped into a backyard. Of course i made my way back to the officers and informed them of what we saw to which some smirking a-hole responds "point to a canyon and you guys just cant help jumping in huh?" Needless to say i took a bit of offense and decided to pull out after that. Not really sure if they caught the guy after that or not.
Anyways my question... Is there a reason as to why the pd would rather setup a perimeter and wait instead of going into the canyon after this guy? Is it policy after a chase? Oh and following this guy's sign could have been done by anyone with eyes and a light. They had more then enough manpower to jump in this canyon themselves. Possibly didnt want to get dirty. NO IM NOT STILL BITTER!!! ok maybe a little.
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