To all the Public Safety Professionals on here...

[Motorhead350]

...please share your most memorible experience on the force. Car chases, encounters with insane people, anything. I love these stories. :)

[FreddieH]

Here's one for you. In 1993 I was assigned to 2505 EPW (Emergency Patrol Wagon) in Philadelphia. Police Radio dispatched me and my partner to a house in the 600 blk. of Courtland St (possibly 624) for transportation of a 302 (Mental) patient. Upon arrival we entered the house in which two brothers live in. Both brothers had been known to us from prior 302 comittments.
The house was deemed inhabitable: the roof had partially collapsed, you could see the sky in some areas from the first floor of the two story row home. We were transporting for another Officer who was at the scene Officer Cosden. One of the brothers was lying on his back with his arms on his side and his forearms and hands toward the ceiling, the upper part of his legs ( hip to knee ) was straight up and the rest of his legs were in a horizotal position. one foot ,I believe it was the right one, was dangling from the ankle by a tendon or maybe skin. The other foot was missing from the ankle. I asked Officer Cosden what happened to his feet? Officer Cosden pointed to a white bucket that was about four or five feet from the end of the couch. The guy actually twisted his feet till they came off and closed off the blood vessels and arteries from the twisting. Me ond my partner Officer Irons went and looked in the bucket and the other foot was in the bucket. We had to lift him up and strap him to the Reaves stretcher. His skin was clammy or milky wet, there was no blood to be found nowhere and he had a slight quiver in his arms and legs. The bottom of his ankle looked to me like a ham hock. We transported him to Einstein Hospital's Trauma Center where he was in stable condition. The treating Doctor took pictures and called as many doctors that were in the hospital to come and see what we had. They had never seen or heard of such a thing, they were as shocked as we were.

I know that this sounds crazy but it is true.

[Egon Spengler]

What about firemen!?! We have good stories too! We have to deal with medical and s** like that too!!!

[TiTo35]

Well tell your story mr fireman...I dont see why he cant enjoy your stories too...Didnt mean to regulate the thread...:bows:

[Chatam/Marauder]

I'm not in to the whole story telling idea for tonight, but let me just say one thing to everyone reading this thread.
If it were'nt for Firemen, us Policemen would'nt have any heros...:beer:

Or, is it the other way around perhaps?

[Motorhead350]

Let's hear both. Anyone from Police and Firemen!

[hdwrenchtx]

most memorable often doesnt mean it's a good story... it often means picking up brain matter and skull fragments at a crime scene

[Motorhead350]

most memorable often doesnt mean it's a good story...

Well there is a reason why it's still in one's mind. If it's "Good" or not is subjective.

[sailsmen]

I am not a fireman or a policeman.

I have some great stories, some good and some sad.

[JBcarnut]

How about this: are any members of the Florida Highway Patrol members here? I'm thinking some of them who were issued those famous FHP Marauders would have some good stories about "Marauding patrol"! I wonder of any of those cars are still on duty?

[Raudermaster]

What about firemen!?! We have good stories too! We have to deal with medical and s** like that too!!!

Just don't tell us you know some people who pulled a Chuck and Larry. :lol:

[TheDonk]

>How about this: are any members of the Florida Highway Patrol members here?
> I wonder of any of those cars are still on duty?

AFAIK all but 1 of the MMs on the Patrol are still in service.
Most are over the 100K mark, but the intention is to refurb
them as necessary to keep them on the road.
So don't look for any used FHP MMs anytime soon.

[MM03MOK]

I changed to title to "Public Safety Professionals". I hope Dom doesn't mind....

[knine]

Mine happened off duty. I went to a party at a fellow Marauders house, ran into the craziest person, goofy as heck, I think his name was Dominick.;)

[Motorhead350]

I changed to title to "Public Safety Professionals". I hope Dom doesn't mind....

No problem it's more appealing. ;) That Dominick fellow sounds like an oddball. Come on guys we only had one real story so far!

[chicago_cop]

Let's hear both. Anyone from Police and Firemen!

Working the midnights in a det's car about 2am on a week end. Winter time. The streets thawed and froze again, and there were patches of Ice in the right lane. A Pontiac Fiero behind us floors it to pass on the right. I said to my partner. Watch this. What I did not expect is to see this Fiero shoot strait up in the air backwards like a rocket. Like 20ft up. Straight as if it boosters on it. I stopped the car and waited for the exploshion. He hit a heavy metal Chicago Mail box that somehow caused the car to launch backwards and missing 3 large trees. No exploshion. It just landed on its side, and the dumbell climbed out swearing his head off. I told him you should be dead. He agreed, and then was grateful for the way it ended. We pushed the car upright, and it started right up, and he drove away. Talk about a charmed life. God has mercy on dumbells. Been there.

[Egon Spengler]

http://cms.firehouse.com/web/online/Photo-Stories/Holden--Massachusetts-Accident--Fire-/45$43705
The worst... most memorable night of my life... two teens trapped in a car that ran a red light and went right under a tanker truck... burned to death and guess who got to remove the bodies!! If you look at Mobil tanker trucks now... they have rails that protect the pipes under the tank... I think it was because of this accident because they never had them on there before... That was a bad night... Got on scene around 11pm and didn't leave until around 7:30am... Then I had to work at the fire station that morning... didn't sleep much that day... Sorry to depress everyone!

[Motorhead350]

The pictures or link didn't work. :confused:

[Egon Spengler]

http://cms.firehouse.com/web/online/Photo-Stories/Holden--Massachusetts-Accident--Fire-/45$43705

[FreddieH]

I agree with the Fireman being a Cops hero. I have been first to arrive on fire scenes where the fire and thick black smoke stopped you from entering a structure and when the firemen arrived on the scene and strategically entered the structure have come out with victims that were burned and/or not breathing and brought them back to life. Now that is a Cops Hero. They may be idle at times, but when that bell rings "They Go To Work". They always get a Salute from me.
This is not to discount Police work in which I did for a career, but when the "Heat Is On" :flamer: I would rather be a Cop.:uzi:

[Motorhead350]

Wow that looked like a mess.

[Egon Spengler]

Freddie... thanks for the support... Unfortunately there was no saving those kids... Hats off to police and EMS workers as well... We all have difficult stuff to deal with that effects our everyday lives and keeps us up at night... but you never hear any of us complain about our jobs... we enjoy them!! it is weird

[Hacklemerc]

Like all good stories this starts with... So there I was minding my own business when... the other night I had to respond to one of the local hospitals in reference to a suicidal female attempting to leave the hospital. I arrive on scene and go into the emergency waiting room and just followed the screams and sounds of a struggle. Judging from the looks on the people in the waiting room they had been witness to some of the battle that was raging in the back. I walk around the corner and I see two of the burly security guards restraining a naked woman, one guard on each arm. She had attempted to slit her wrists in a heroin enduced frenzy and somehow ended up at the hospital. Needless to say she was not pleased and wanted to leave the hospital. I watched the security guards wrestle with her for a bit, just enjoying the comical wonder of it all. Here I had two grown men, probably tipping the scales around 250 lbs a peice, barely maintaining control of a girl who was 5'5 and weighed 115 soaking wet. they managed to get her into a wheel chair and were in the process of strapping her in when all of a sudden... wham! she jumps up with all the fury and rage a whack job can produce and kicks one of the guards right in the face and the other dead square in the nads. By this time she had ripped the bandages off of her arms and was bleeding pretty profusely from the wrists. No way am I going to tangle with a bleeding nutjob, so I pulled my (at the risk of offending people) taser and drive stunned her right in the middle of the chest. It had little effect. The guards managed to get her back down in the chair and I ended up behind the chair with one hand on the handle of the wheelchair and one hand on my taser, my right leg was up against one of the back portions of the chair.... see where this is going... she then decided to unrinate and kick and bite and scream... I drive stunned her again... and the current arced thru her, to the chair, to my hand and out my leg... so the whole time I was tasing her, I was tasing myself. More officers showed up and we eventually got her strapped into a gurney and transported up to the detox floor. Where she promptly escaped from and had to be wrestled by security there. I think all told I tased "us" probably 3 times. Its kind of refreshing.. got the blood flowing.

Now I'm known as the guy that tased the naked chick, and beat up the salvation army bell ringer.. but alas, that is a tale for another day.

[Hacklemerc]

sorry for the repost... my laptop is a heap...

[Motorhead350]

wow that's something.

[kcsd823]

I was getting off-duty from a special assignment when a 'SHOTS FIRED' call comes across the radio.

A fellow deputy is running out of the office and I ask if they need any help and he points at his squad and says, "Get In!" As we were enroute, we were now advised that this is going to be a self inflicted gunshot wound and medical was getting dispatched. We are the second car to arrive and advised by medical that the subject is DOA. So focused on the job that I secure the entrance to ensure that the scene is disturbed as little as possible. After a couple minutes, one of the EMT's on scene advises me that I need to keep an eye on my fellow deputy that I rode to the scene with (Best Friend) because he was close to the subject that had killed himself. I asked who it was and found out it was a good friend of mine also. I had made such an effert to secure everything that I never noticed what house I was at. Deniel set in and once a auxiliary deputy was at the front door, I went inside and was stopped by my Sgt. He asked what I was doing inside and I stated that I believed that I knew the subject. He stated that "Yes, you know him but you really don't want to go in there. Its bad." I stated that I needed to go in there to have closure that it was really true and was allowed in.

I was told that when I walked out, I was white as a ghost. He had drank too much that night and fought with his girlfriend at a wedding reception. His friend had drove him home not knowing his state of mind and followed just a couple of feet behind him as he entered, walked directly to his gun closet, pulled his duty weapon and shot himself in the head.

I went to my first, original firearms training with him, had several other classes with him and worked with him quite often since we were in towns right next to each other. It just had to be him for my first dead person call, damn the luck!:shake: No-one will fully understand exactly what was going thrugh his mind that night. My heart still goes out to his family, girlfriend and other friends. So sad........................... .............................. ......:alone:

[Motorhead350]

Bummer dude. :eek:

[kcsd823]

Did I ruin this thread for everyone now?:help::alone:

[Hacklemerc]

Did I ruin this thread for everyone now?:help::alone:
Nope, just nothing good happening...
If you want I can tell you about my encounter with a Salvation Army Bellringer that was drunker than all get out and acting a fool in front of a grocery store.

Not the nicest bellringer..

[Egon Spengler]

Did I ruin this thread for everyone now?:help::alone:

I thought that I had ruined the thread... I guess we both did!!

[magindat]

Nope no ruinage IMO. Dom asked for stories and these are those. I find it enlightening to learn the trials of those who serve the public. It engenders respect and admiration. Each time I look on the face of the officer who pulled me over, these stories are in the back of my mind. What has this guy gone through? I'll cut HIM a break with some respect. As such, I usually get a break as well. Respect is a 2-way street. Everyone should know what you Ladies and Gentlemen go through.

I enjoy the stories, be they intense, sad, exciting, or funny.

Please. Keep them coming!

[Marauderman]

I wrote a long story just now and edited it and tried to post it--but got disconnected cause it I was apparently logged on so long typing it without doing anything else it cut me off--therefore you all lose another great story --of which I have several--cause I am not about to write another and get cut off again and waste the whole story again---.......

[Egon Spengler]

Write your stories in Word and then copy and paste... Don't forget to save!!!

[magindat]

I wrote a long story just now and edited it and tried to post it--but got disconnected cause it I was apparently logged on so long typing it without doing anything else it cut me off--therefore you all lose another great story --of which I have several--cause I am not about to write another and get cut off again and waste the whole story again---.......

Come on, Tom!!!

[Egon Spengler]

Me Tom? or is marauderman a Tom too!?!?! I have a good story that is long so I am going to save it for a snowy day... OH WAIT!!! IT IS SNOWING!!! (But I am at work) shhhhhh

[magindat]

Marauderman is Tom, too!!!

[Marauderman]

Write your stories in Word and then copy and paste... Don't forget to save!!!

Oh---so thats the ticket--Thanks------Will give that one a try----- Tom

[Egon Spengler]

You are so very welcome---- Tom

[Marauderman]

Here goes--Seemed it worked---

While in Fire Rescue in the ‘70s in Prince William County, northern Va., we were dispatched to a call for an auto accident at 7PM in the darkness near State Route 29/211 and Rt.234. Upon arrival we could not locate any wreck….we decided to travel the roads in each direction in search of—which was the norm then cause no one knew locations well back then…..anyway….we later found the wreck facing us in the ditch right side of the road …..to set the scenario, 29/211 was a two lane road then and just pass the intersection with 234 it went up hill and down the other side quite rapidly-----like a long horseshoe upside down….so we fine an occupant pinned inside the vehicle with front of the vehicle smashed inward…..I am ordered to lay flares out behind and in front of us up over the hill in the other direction…….I do this and on the way back from over the hill in the opposite direction I hear a moaning and hissing sound in the darkness----I walk over to the opposite side of the road and find another car with front in smashed inward with another occupant pinned inside as well…… I hurriedly run back over the hill and down to the initial wreck and inform my other members…..who call for additional assistance…..meanwhile the local county police finally arrive and position their cars( 2) half on and half off the shoulder /road area……apparently what happen is the cars hit head-on at the top of the hill spun 90 degrees and slid backwards down the opposite side of the road ending up on the lower side of the hill in opposite directions…..so as we are attending to the injured preparing them for transport ….we hear off in the distance sirens and see flashing lights coming our way………ya see, the county line for the next county was about ¼ mile down from where I found the second wreck……..ok –back to story---so here we are and there are at least two police cars screaming towards us not knowing what they are about to get into……we of course have a pile of lights flashing and flares ---so you can imagine what they must be thinking….as the suspect car they were chasing comes toward us –he flies pass in a zigzag motion just missing the two cop doors left open…..and yes, you guessed it---those pursuit cops hit them beauties knocking those doors off one at a time each flying over our heads ….luckily no one got injuries…and then our two cop jump into their cars without doors and speed away after them………we finally clear the scene and before we can get back to the station we get a call for another wreck with a lot of cop cars around….some of which our dispatched tell us are without doors …from which we laugh –from knowing where all that happened---turns out that was a drunk driver who was not injured—seems drunks don’t break –just bend and straighten back out----limber drunk they say---oh and the cops---well they wanted our support to back them that the suspect driver did-in their cars so they would not get into trouble---no in-car camera back then….otherwise they would have been in some real office trouble….so we kept it in house—seemed the brotherly thing to do—watch each others back…..in hope they help us some day---- and that is one of many stories……… Tom.

[Egon Spengler]

Good Story Tom.. Here is another one of mine... (more funny than tragic this time)... We got dispatched to a police chase ending in a wreck on a back road in my town... my engine company got orders to be the second rig in and to block the road and assist the first due with extrication... we got the guy out of the vehicle and into the ambulance and as they were treating the patient in the ambulance we saw the cops on scene listen to their radios intently... asked one of them what was going on and he said that there was a chase coming into town from the bordering town... well wouldn't you know it, he turns down the back road that we were on and WOAH! big fire truck blocking the road... when the cops went up to his window he said "wow you guys are good!" thinking that it was planned... two pursuits ending in the exact same location... a very interesting night!!

[magindat]

Wow! That was worth re-typing! Thanx!

[Marauderman]

Here is another one---

While heading home from work at Fire Rescue in Northern Va. Manassas Va. area, in the early 70’s I was traveling state route 234…..Just pass the intersection with st.rt.29/211, rt 234 takes a shape turn to my left…...this is or was a two lane road and of course double yellow line thru the curve……well as I approach and began to go thru the curve a girl in a VW makes the turn too fast and just barely missed my left rear – I look up in the mirror and see she is trying to correct and bring the car under control but can’t do it in time and hits the embankment at an angle causing that little car to bounce back out in the roadway and roll over 6- 8 times in the middle and end up on its wheels in far right hand ditch. I see all this in my rear view mirror as I said and it seemed like it was in slow motion……..anyway. I quickly make a U-turn and get back to her wreck.

I run up to her and she is sitting half way in the middle of the car…..another car comes by and stops and I tell them to go phone for help--- (back then no cell phones)….so with help supposedly on it way—I tell her I am coming inside the car to help stabilizer her from injuring herself anymore,. so I climb in thru the broken out rear window……..now my back is practically against the back window and BOTH of my hands/arms are over her shoulders holding her where she landed to keep her from falling down under the dash……when all of a sudden …I hear this very unfriendly growl!!!!!! This got louder and louder….its the car operator’s dog!!! And a big one at that—which had been knocked out and was hidden under some blankets she had in the back seat before the wreck—thus why I didn’t see it….so………..this dog comes alive and doesn’t like me in his car much less next to him….and all the while I’m thinking---here I am—hands /arms tied to her up front—and this dog showing its teeth at me inches from my face and back………..when finally the driver comes out of unconscious and realizes the dog is threatening me---and tells the dog to stop—which thankfully the dog obeys……….but I still am warm with feeling of in deference down my leg………and we finally get rescue to take the dog out first and then we extract her –she never stopped thanking me for being their so quickly----I just told her how thankful I was that her dog obeyed commands…….and that was another incident long remembered…………Tom

[Marauderman]

Here is another one of my (unusual) events

While on duty at Fire Rescuer in Northern Va., Manassas Va. it was winter and heavily snowing one night and a call came of a house fire only a block away—hard to believe—but true…. of course we got there in a minute and found heavy smoke coming out the front---it doesn’t take fire but seconds to multiply 50 times its size over and over—anyway—me and another member go in first for search and rescue—up the stairs we go—it was about 9 pm at night---other member are attending to the fire on the couch in the living room and eventually bring the whole thing out side in the front yard and hose it down….meanwhile me and my buddy couldn’t seemly find anything…except for one thing--------seemed what appeared to be a little boy at first at glance atop of the stairs as we entered turned out to be a large parrot bird—Amazon type---so I grabbed it and held it on my arm –all the time it was chocking from the smoke and making all kinds of attempts to bite me thru my heavy fire clothing –especially thru my face mask-----he didn’t like that space suit of mind at all—

So I come out of the house rescuing an Amazon parrot to the cheers of neighbors clapping….from which I’m trying to play it down cause that’s not what I expected nor felt what I was going after….it took awhile (time) for that one rescue to wear off from the other members in the firehouse—birdman, for starters, and it when on and on after that-you can only imagine…hey tweety bird, etc,,,polly want a cracker----that’s enough---…

[Marauderman]

This story is a sad one –but it does enlighten others what Fire Rescue and police see every day on the job-----

While on duty in Fire Rescue in Manassas, Va, northern Va,--‘70s--:

4:30 AM the call comes in of auto accident interstate 66 west bound from st.rt.234.

Upon arrival we see a number of Troopers along the side of the road so we park behind one…. As we exit our vehicle a Trooper come up to us and says “ no hurry guys, the fellow is DOA……and actually we’re going to need several pieces of sheets –you got any?”

This was my first DOA on the interstate ---what I didn’t expect was to end up having to pick up the subject in pieces from off the roadway----that was a bit to deal with….so we covered as many pieces as we could –we had to wait till the corner said the person was “dead” before we could transport—something that was obvious but yet required at the time---wasn’t a case of throwing the body on the stretcher and heading off to save time knowing the person was DOA---couldn’t do that this case----that’s another story anyway-

So the Troopers could not find out why the man was standing in the middle of the interstate when the tractor and trailer hit him squarely in the middle leaving his ankles only in his shoes at the beginning of the impact……until daylight came---then it all came to light-pun intended-----

Seems this fine young man about 31 yrs old had been working very late and was traveling home from work in D.C. and apparently fallen asleep…went off the interstate , rolling down an embankment and rolled over several times going thru a fence and landing up in a farmers field way off from the interstate. When he came to he must have walked/crawled back to the interstate and climbed up the side of the hill to the interstate and walked out onto the road thinking he was apparently on the side of the road and started to wave his hands—according to the truck driver—all he saw at the last second was a guy waving middle of the road ---it was too late then----the truck driver had to be sedated to calm him down --

Sad, but true-

[Marauderman]

Back to Back ---_Erie

Stupid training officer prank-

Its exactly one week since my first DOA on the interstate—same weekday same time—4:30 Am—a call of another wreck on the interstate—just opposite direction this time----

We arrive and find a single car has impacted the overhead bridge supporting concrete column abutment on the right shoulder of the road. The vehicle was a VW and had one occupant—an older man of approx 52 years. He too, per the Trooper was DOA and could not be moved until the coroner said so—so we covered him and waited.

At this time my partner was the training officer and since I was still considered to be on training he wanted to have some fun …so he said I needed to check the victims eyes for visual effects against flash light---I be young and stupid at the time—didn’t think twice –DUH—the guy is already dead---so I go over to the front of the car—training officer says –left up his head and check his eyes----not thinking---that his head already thru the windshield—duh—must be damaged already—reach in to pull back his head to see his eyes---and BOOM! Good thing gloves were being worn—I reach in to lift his head and he was scalped to the skull from the accident!!! Stupid training officer got his humor off –and I learned quickly----good thing the Trooper wasn’t around---

[Richy04]

My story is rather easy to explain but the horror will stay with me forever. I lost 7 friends in one day. That day was 9-11-2001

I had been there 3 weeks and ended up with pneumonia (http://pneumonia) and had to pull out. My health has deteriorated somewhat and I expect alot of people to get sick from the after effects..

I have some pics on Flickr, check them out if you want....... I had to take them for our records as the collapse spanned as far south as our facility.

http://www.flickr.com/welcome/7944286/652264/

[MM03MOK]

I wrote a long story just now and edited it and tried to post it--but got disconnected cause it I was apparently logged on so long typing it without doing anything else it cut me off--therefore you all lose another great story --of which I have several--cause I am not about to write another and get cut off again and waste the whole story again---.......
Tom - make sure you click on "remember me" when you sign into the website here. The cookie set on your computer by doing that, keeps you logged in. If you don't do that and are idle for 20 minutes, the website software logs you out.

[Marauderman]

Tom - make sure you click on "remember me" when you sign into the website here. The cookie set on your computer by doing that, keeps you logged in. If you don't do that and are idle for 20 minutes, the website software logs you out.

Thanks--I found it easier to copy and paste from word---seems to work ok ---got that help from earlier post--thanks again-Tom

[Motorhead350]

Wow seems like we have quite a few stories here.

[kcsd823]

I am glad to see that this isn't over. I will post a couple more when I get a little time in the next few days.

Interesting stories Fella's.