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Entry 2: This incident takes us back in time about three weeks. I had just gone back to patrol from a two month stint working plain clothes and the first call I responded to was a kidnapping in progress at a McDonald's about 10 blocks from where I was driving around. Needless to say I flipped into high gear and went running, lights and sirens blaring, towards the McDonald's. Well, as is the case with all calls, the information...and thereby location of the kidnapping vehicle...was perpetually about 30 seconds behind real time. Finally after driving in what amounted to almost a big ol' circle over a distance of 10 or so miles one of our elements located the vehicle. Within twenty seconds there were about fifteen squad cars blocking all of northbound Forest Ln over 635. I hopped out, deployed my AR-15, and we started ordering the occupants out of the vehicle...first in English, and then succesfully in Spanish. Five guys come piling out of a Chevy Tahoe reaching for as much sky as they can grab! We got them all proned out on the ground and handcuffed and commenced to try to find out who had been kidnapped. (Funny thing was nobody was acting like a happy to be saved hostage) We got ahold of our complainant, the guy who called, and he said he didn't want to come to our location because he was scared of the guy driving the Tahoe. I guess the presence of 20 armed police officers didn't calm his fears. We sent a spanish speaking element to go to where he was located to get the scoop. Here's where things get fun. Turns out four of the five occupants in this Tahoe were actually relatives of the guy who called for police and the driver was a guy that our complainant had hired to smuggle his family members into the U.S. from Honduras by way of Mexico. Seems that when our complainant met with this guy to pay him for transporting them into America the guy decided he wanted to renegotiate their deal...by raising the price. Our complainant tells him he doesn't have anymore money so the other guy says "fine, I'll drive your family back to Mexico." So, of course, he dials 911 and his family members are now "kidnapping" victims. Thoroughly confused on what to do with this guys we called our local I.C.E. agent and he tells us to bring them all back to our police station. the I.C.E agent came and picked them all up and drove them off for deportation...our "kidnapper", the 4 "kidnapees", and the guy who dialed 911! Just as an aside to this particular story, please don't take this story as being in any way a commentary of immigration policy. Lord knows there is already a tiresome thread in this forum where it is being beaten like the proverbial dead horse. Next time: Car chases, creek beds, and I-time.

I fear you may be right. I went to a SLC playoff game last season, prior to the Mendoza firing, and the prevailing attitude was that our defense was horrible not because of Mendoza's ineptitude but rather because "you can't expect him to work miracles with the kind of talent he gets at North Texas". (direct quote) It doesn't help that Mendoza put this idea into the heads of anyone that would listen in Southlake either.

I do find it interesting that "dodge"fan only seems to come out of his hole when we mention the ponies.

Entry 1: Tonight I found myself posted at my favorite stop sign trap. It's on my beat, which is good for showing how "attentive" I am to my area, and it's a 4-way stop that just happens to be heavily traveled by drug sellers and buyers. Anyway, I was sitting there at about 8:45pm when I noticed a white van stop at the stop sign. The van proceeded through the intersection and the Camry behind him drove right along with him through the intersection without stopping (or even slowing down for that matter). I figure "Cool, easy ticket". So I stopped the car and approach the driver's side. Inside is a grandma looking lady and a bunch of loose papers and clothes. I ask for her DL and insurance and she obliges by giving me her DL...but says her insurance is expired. So I walk back to the car figuring I've got two for sure tickets. (I overlooked that she had a headlight out) Then I saw her date of birth. This lady was 51 years old. I actually started to feel kinda bad for pulling her over figuring that she was no doubt on her way home from her grandchild's house or something. Still, the law is the law. I got pretty much done with the tickets and was about to step out to have her sign when it occured to me to run her for warrants just in case...you never know, right? Lo and behold my MDT starting ringing like a fire alarm with all of the warrants that popped up. Garland wanted this lady. So did Mesquite. And so did the Dallas Sheriffs Office for...interference with police. So here I am now forced to put granny in jail. I got a female officer out there to search her, gotta go through the formality, and thought I'd be on my way to jail now to face the stares of my fellow officers and the "why'd you arrest a little old lady?" snickers. Five seconds into the search, though, my cover officer opens up this lady's wallet, leans it towards me and says "take a look." Inside of the coin pocket of this 51 year old lady's wallet are 8 loose crack rocks. Yep. Then she goes into her pockets and finds another larger crack rock in her left pants pocket. Wow, Emmitt, you're thinking...but it gets better. After handcuffing her and sitting her down in the squad car I now have to search her vehicle so I can have it towed. Not much of note really...like I said some loose papers and assorted clothing items. Oh yeah, and her 4th grade teacher's syllabus for the TAKS test! So someone's grandma got to go to jail for running a stop sign, no insurance, warrants out of Garland, warrants out of Mesquite, a warrant out of DSO, and 1.6 grams of crack cocaine...and the proverbial partridge in pear tree of a crack pipe in her purse. Next time: Me, my AR-15, and 5 Hondurans.

This is an idea that I've had for a while now and I'm finally getting around to it. In my line of work I see a great many crazy things that the average person just wouldn't believe. I thought "Hey, why not share the interesting stuff with the Mean Green Nation?" I thought it would be entertaining, and in many cases educational, to let you all know just what really goes on inside of a squad car and at jail. I had put it off but I hit a milestone recently...the 200 year mark. People I put in jail have now hit the cumulative 200 years prison time plateau. So, this is will be my running "diary" of sorts to share my zany misadventures...provided you all care enough to hear about them. So long as this thread doesn't get hijacked or become bogged down in the politics I will try so so so hard not to get into I'll continue to post from time to time more stuff. Believe me, I could preach about what human nature is REALLY like but I'll spare both the bleeding hearts and the tough on crime zealots. Think of this as "COPS" in written form without the hillbilly officers and horrible camera work. All names have been changed to protect the guilty...if I arrested them they're guilty, trust me.

So let's see...he owes $400,000. 2mil - 400,000 would leave him 1.6mil or roughly $400,000 per win this upcoming season. SMU got quite the steal!

Not attempting to be argumentative but in short...you don't know what you're talking about. First of all, the notion that the corruption of S. American governments somehow seeps into their people and they bring it stateside is nothing short of xenophobic crap. As I've already stated, it's not about cultural differences it's about money. The great majority of those who immigrate do so for better paying jobs and an educational system that is not third world. That they don't pay taxes and take advantage of our healthcare system is more a product of their willingness to take what we give for free and far far far far far far far less a product of their inborn hispanic corruptness. I mean seriously? Can ANY of you tell me that if there was a department store located across the street from you that offered plasma screen tv's on credit with no ID required you wouldn't go get one? It's the same concept with all of the things we "hand out". Please, check the racist notions at the door. Second, and it's a wonder more people don't grasp this point effectively, it's not the "immigrants" that plague our nation...it's the immigrants children. First generation Mexicans come to America in search of jobs and to escape the corruption of their government. It's not until they have children who are AMERICANIZED, and know nothing other than the freebie culture we cling so tightly to, that we start to see the felony counts rack up. I've never once arrested the 35 year old Mexican immigrant construction worker for burglary, robbery, or dope...but I've locked his son or daughter up a few times. It's no wonder our immigration policy is a joke. Like prescribing aspirin for cancer we'd rather scapegoat a symptom or two than treat the disease. That disease, in our capitalistic society, is the free-market money making system we allow to drive policy decisions. Now, before anyone hurts their knees jerking wildly and calls me a commie, go back and re-read my original post.

Read more slowly next time...he was referring to the last line of Duck_Mav's post, the one about how they will have a new basketball venue before we get a football stadium. Playmaker was basically saying, sarcastically, thanks to our athletic department which has yet to deliver on the promise of a stadium.

I wonder what the pay rate differential is. Ladies and gents this is not an immigration issue, it's not a white vs. hispanic issue either. It's a green issue. So long as our country allows employers in ANY field to hire illegal immigrants or recent immigrants who are legal, for a lower wage, the problems will continue. People aren't coming over to America in droves for the apple pie or the statue of liberty...they're coming for the jobs. Make it more costly than beneficial for business owners to hire non-Americans and you won't need to worry about the immigration issues.

XBOX 360 is indeed McFadden.

Was Byerly in the room?

That's why it's called March Madness. In basketball (unlike in football) you get down to business between the lines and the last team standing is the victor. Best of luck to the Arlington version of UT...can't say the same for the Austin one.

Trains and aquariums are nice and all but I want to do some real sight seeing. Anyone got directions to the fifth ward?

And ask Jay Bilas to show you the impressive Va Tech resume he so clearly thinks they have...

Even though the seeding wouldn't bear it out I think WKU has the better chance to pull off an upset. Drake is perimeter oriented team, much like TSU only better at it, so they could fall victim to the "live by the 3, die by the 3" curse. Additionally I think WKU is just plain a better team that South Alabama...though their two match-ups would say otherwise. I think South Alabama may just have a team makeup that gives the toppers fits.

There you go asking people to be a part of their own solution instead of blaming others again...when will you ever learn? The welfare mothers of America DO NOT approve!!

The last ULM bus trip I took was NOT a pleasant experience on the way home.

I'm in (pending Lera and the new 1 month old's approval) with all my tailgating stuff in tow. HoustonEagle, where do they usually allow the visitors to set up?

I think AB funneled him towards you.

I'm in.

Having stood next to and conversed with Vito several times last season I have always been of the impression that he views NT as "just lil' ol North Texas." Almost as if it's not really necessary to get too excited about anything that goes on around here, good or bad, because in the grand scheme of things it's "just lil' ol' North Texas." Combine this with the stand outside the gates and wait for us to walk by for interviews treatment and you get what amounts to a breeding ground for taking your pot shots when you can...and make no mistake, given our record from last season the opportunities are there. I have never thought that spinning things down the middle was "blowing smoke" or "being a homer." The way he writes things up is no more necessary, or helpful, though than the way our own athletic department puts things forth though. Just wait, there will be an article soon about how "North Texas also has an exciting road game against the LSU Tigers! Last time the two teams played North Texas lost 4,000 to 0!!!"

And spot on.

I founded "Put in the white boys..."

I have now seen both sides of the coin. The result of enough sex in your life is a new baby girl. The result of not enough sex in your life is posts like this.