My wife's brother is a Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy and I was able to go along with him last night on his shift from ~7:30pm to ~7 am. There was domestic violence, a stabbing, car chase through the desert, slutty 16yo's, and a guy nearly drank himself to death just to name a few calls.
It was a great experience. Gives me even more respect for the work our law-enforcement officers do.
I got to go everywhere. I held my flashlight on the passenger side on stops and I got to use the spotlight on the SUV many times looking for stuff. It was up close and personal the whole night. :hand10:
I've taken lots of ridealongs over the years. Depending on the person, they either stay in the car or I'll let them accompany me on stops and other things.
If they are a geek, they stay in the car.
He must have had a little confidence in you to let you out like that. Did their policy prevent you from carrying your piece concealed?
He has every confidence in me. I'm 6'2 and at an athletic weight of 190lbs (lost 10lbs recently from this damn heat) and can handle myself pretty well; and I'm a better shot that my BIL. :hand5: I left my piece in my truck at the station but he showed me how to release the M4 just in case. :image035:
I'd really like to do it again. In fact when I called today and thanked him again, I told him I'd go anytime he's able to take me but they can only do 1 ride-along every so often I guess so I'll wait my turn.
+1 to HOTGUNS. See if they have a Reserve Officer Program. It is a great way to make a difference in your community while having a lot of fun.
Did you also get to see the other side of police work? The part that Cops or the other reality TV shows never show. The time spent writing reports. However, the 90 seconds of "fun" is sometimes worth the time consuming task of report writing.
My uncle is a local officer. I need to talk to him about doing a ride-a-long, I've been talking about and wanting to go on one with him ever since I knew what one was, lol.
Glad to hear you had a good time. I assume I wouldn't be able to carry my 'little buddy'.
Wich makes me wonder, if SHTF and I assist the officer I'm riding with, can there be legal ramifications against me?
Sure. There are always legal ramifications for every action that you take...even for the officer.
With that being said, many states have laws that cover citizens assisting LEO's and acting under their direction.
Since all of the states are different, you need to find out exactly how your state covers it.
I just did one with my local (Bloomington) PD. Had a decent time. Our calls ranged from report of a stolen wallet, a bar fight, report of a man with an assault rifle at the State Farm corporate headquarters (false alarm; turned out to be a dude with a breaker bar. We talked to the complainant and saw the survelance footage; I'd have probably thought the same), report of a stabbing (also a false call), and a fight at the local walmart. It was good stuff. Mind you, this was second shift on a thursday. The FTO I was with let me step out on all the calls except the State Farm incident, for obvious reasons. I am also a hiring candidate with BPD, so that may have helped things along as far as me getting to step out with the officer.
I went on 4 ride a longs last summer and it was a blast. Got to ride with the Worcester County Sheriffs Dept, Ocean City Police Dept x2, and the Maryland State Police in about a weeks time. There was never a dull moment and one call with the state police had us pushing a good 130mph across the county to a shots fired call. Going to try and ride again when I go back to Maryland in a few weeks.
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