10 Years in the Making

This is not a normal vacation for me..... This vacation is 10 years in the making.

In the Police world I guess like most jobs you pick your vacation based on seniority, and you are only allowed a certain amount of members off at a time. So in the area of the city I work there tends to be a lot of senior members, they are all avoiding the drunk bar goers of downtown...lol

So the reason I say this vacation is 10 years in the making is that this was the first time in my career that I was able to pick pretty much whatever date I wanted in the summer. Most years when it came around to me I would be lucky to get something at the start or end of summer.

I picked this week off as I was planning to go to The Crossfit Games with some of my friends from the gym, but having our 3rd baby and selling our house there was just too much to do.

This vacation started off with a 24 hour marathon, I worked my last night shift and then had to go to court in the morning right after shift. I was hoping the matter would be over and done with quick but I ended up not getting on the stand until 3:30pm in the afternoon, by the time I left court and got home it had been over 24 hours since I woke up the day previous to head to work. That messed me up for the next day as well.

I made it to the Crossfit Box yesterday and got in a good workout, workouts have been made tougher by the heat wave we are having here in Atlantic Canada. But I made it through it and tate ( my little guy ) made fun of me for the puddle of sweat I left behind.

Well that's a quick update, I plan on getting this blog up and running again, I hope you all enjoy

Kenny

Mercedes AMG vs NYPD Officer

Have you seen this video? The Mercedes vs The NYPD Officer?

Top Canadian Police Guns of 2018

Here's a video showing the Canadian Police services stats for their guns in 2018.

Bullet Proof Police Cars

So this past weekend I was in New York City, it was a early Christmas gift for my wife, since we have not been since we had kids.

When walking through Times square I noticed the The NYPD Police vehicles had bullet proof glass in the front windows. This may be normal for a tactical vehicle but not for a general patrol vehicle.

I learned that in 2016 they made 60 NYPD Patrol vehicles with bullet proof windows and door panels, and they plan on expanding on that number, here's a quick video about it.

Police Superstitions

Do you have any Superstitions? Here's one of mine...

Busy Night In The City

Lots of snow here today, perfect weather for playoff Football!!

Well Last night was a interesting night in the City....

It was a Saturday night in a always busy city so I expected some fun. It was funny by the end of the night we had our portables on our channel and the wagon radio was tuned into the other station were all the calls were taking place.

For a Saturday night we only had the a few calls, a couple noise complaints and a drunk male and that would be it.  I really shouldn't be complaining but I was looking forward to a busy night. One of the other divisions was off the hook, they took two of our units, and 3 from another division.

But I guess there was one bonus, I was home in bed on time ;)

Links to two of the stories below.

Stabbing in Dartmouth
Shooting on Datmouth side

The Hardest Part.....

Last Night wasn't as busy as I expected being a Friday night shift, the weather was messy and I think it kept people inside and quiet.

We jumped in the wagon at the start of shift and signed in and within seconds we were dispatched on a call that seemed very Innocent at the start, we figured we'd be in and out in no time.

But..... Like many calls you attend they turn into something totally different then you expect or what was written on the call.

By the time we walked out to the wagon I felt sick, disgusted and alittle confused.  On this job there is nothing worse then dealing with calls that involve children and how are sick society treats them. I guess it's the fact that children can't defend themselves and their so Innocent, and sometimes you feel helpless and just wish you pull on your superman cape and do something....

We did up that report and forwarded to the proper section for more investigation and off we were, but the call kinda lingers with you the rest of the night.

After midnight we ended up downtown, because the downtown units were backed up, so the wagon to the rescue...... We picked up a few drunks which is always interesting and then headed home,,,, Back to it again tonight!

K