[Chat] A stake-out on Guilford
Emil Volcheck
volcheck at acm.org
Mon Jan 19 17:35:21 EST 2004
So I happened to meet a woman police officer out in front of
3036 Guilford this afternoon. She was talking to a couple
interested in buying a house in C.V. (3036 belongs to
Darlene H. and is up for auction.) The officer said this
was a pretty safe neighborhood. "I spent three nights
on the corner this summer trying to get robbed" -- no luck.
She explained: she was undercover, just hanging out at the
corner of 31st and Guilford to see if she would get robbed.
("Do you remember a blonde hanging out on the corner
this summer waiting for a ride?" she said.)
She says neighbors were really nice. Folks kept offering to
help her. She said she was waiting for a ride. She said
people were offering to let her use their phone, offering
her cold drinks. She finally told one persistent neighbor
that she was undercover. The woman said "Oh, then I guess
I shouldn't stick around." The officer replied "Well, not
unless you want to get robbed with me."
She never got robbed! If only things were always that easy.
--Emil
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