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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">We had been told to arrive at Northern
District station between 4 and 4:20 last Saturday. As one of the
first there, I got first choice of where to go, and of course I
picked Charles Village.<br>
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The officer I was with, whose first name is Mike, was told to
patrol an area of Barclay Street, basically 25th to 28th, and just
being there can be boring. Then, a call came about a robbery, and
we raced to the scene. It turned out that a man had taken his
girlfriend to one of the methadone clinics on Maryland Avenue and
had then robbed her purse. So even though the robber was not in
the vicinity of the scene, they knew his address and tag number.<br>
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There was a call about problems at the McDonalds, but it was under
control. Apparently, the establishment hires an off duty deputy
sheriff to handle problems.<br>
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I think there was one other call, but I do not remember what it
was.<br>
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A little before 6, at the McDonalds, I transferred to another car
for the ride back to the station. There, they had wraps and
pizza, and we heard a little more about Northern.<br>
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Many years ago, I read somewhere that the tv show that most
accurately portrayed what police do was <i>Adam 12</i>. The show
takes place in LA, and Adam 12 is the designation of the car with
its 2 officers. You could see that they spent a lot of time
driving around, and every so often they spotted something or got a
call. My impression is that that has not changed. But a lot of
police success is just being in the right place at the right time,
as I can definitely see in some of the court watch cases I have
followed. By patrolling, police can be in the right place at the
right time.<br>
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For example, after Stephen Pitcairn was murdered on 7/25/2010,
Kevin Cosby was sent out to get some money from Stephen Pitcairn's
credit card. After Cosby got the zip code he needed to use the
credit card, he was able to offer to 2 motorists to use the credit
card to pay for their gas in return for cash. He returned to the
apartment with cash and drugs and did not share them with his
girlfriend Tyrine Williams. Meanwhile, the driver of the paddy
wagon had been told to drive around the area of the murder. On
25th Street, Tyrine Williams flagged him down, pointed out her
boyfriend, and said: "There's the person who robbed the gas
station." While it took a while longer to capture Cosby (he ran
where a vehicle could not follow), that is what led homicide
detectives to the apartment on Maryland Avenue and to solving the
murder in much less than 24 hours.<br>
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And shortly after a house on my block was broken into fairly early
one morning and four bottles of wine were taken, police patrolling
Greenmount saw someone drinking wine. That burglary was solved
really quickly, and the burglar confessed.<br>
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Steve<br>
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On 7/19/12 11:39 AM, judy wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:50082A36.20708@verizon.net" type="cite">I envy
the folks who can deal with the Hazy,Hot and Humid weather. I
can't function if it is above 90. I have air conditioning but am
getting cabin fever. Steve-- more power to u that u went out in
over 95 degree weather for a ride along. Please tell us about it.
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Judy (sweating with ac on)
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