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I will always be Captain Imperefecto because I lead an imperfect life.
The muggy evening, just after twilight, settled the scent of the bad guy who was running from the crime scene. The smell of his body hovered over the ground where it patiently waited until I was able to summon the police K9 dog to find the bad guy who was on the loose.
Moments before hand, a young robbery suspect entered a local conveninence store, brandished a shot gun at a startled convenience store clerk. and robbed the store. The sight of staring down the barrel of a shot gun frighten the clerk into a shock which gave the bad guy exactly what he wanted- total cooperation.
Funny how the fear of death makes someone automatically do exactly as they’re told.
“Put the money in the bag and get you ass on the fucking ground,” the gun totting bad guy shouted.
Without hesitation that clerk complied with the demands of the robber and after handing him the bag of money he threw himself to the ground giving himself up to the bad guy. He wanted to limit any time spent with the robber who, at any moment, could turn into a cold blooded killer.
“Count to 100t,” he said in a cool psychopathic manner, “if I see any cops before I get away, I’ll come back and blast your ass.”
After the robber got his bounty and his threats were casted towards the submissive clerk, he turned and calmly walked out the door. But as soon as he stepped outside, he took a full scale run just beyond the front entrance, behind the store, disappearing in the heavy wooded area.
When the clerk heard the door buzzer stop sounding the piercing sound, indicating the door had shut, he took a chance and immediately got off the ground and dialed the police.
“POLICE!” the excited clerk shouted. normally he spoke with a heavy accent but for one moment he spoke in fluent, clear English. Maybe it was out of excitement, but mostly from fear. He told the dispatcher a shotgun welding man just held him up and took the stores money.
I was on my way to an early dinner when I received the dispatched call of a robbery that just took place.
“Shit, always when I’m about to eat,” I announce to no one in-particular.
I drove my police car with blue lights and sirens activated and maneuver my way there at a safe speed, while the dispatcher gives the description of the robber over the radio. I hear that he has a shot gun and its pretty much all I needed to know.
I drive up to the store and my eye catches the frantic clerk who is waving his arms like an over zealous referee at a sporting event. I stop my car right before I almost ran him over. Neither one of us flinched. When I stepped outside my police car he ran to me right away.
“Officer! Officer!” he shouts, “The son of bitch, run that way!” He points in a northern direction. I mark my spot visually, where the K9 officer will begin his track with his dog. The mark is like an X on a pirates treasure map. The dog needs a good tracking point in order to get hot on his trail. If anyone should walk into the general area that it may throw off the dogs track.
I do my best to calm down my clerk. I mean he was just cool and calm when he was robbed while calling, 9-1-1. I need him calm so I can get more information out of him to assist other police units who our arriving to the area. I don't want too many cops on this scene. They will be better served on the edges of the gerneral area where the bad guy might be lurking. Until I calm this clerk down its just a guess on where I'll place them. I'll start the net out big and adjust the police units as the clerk divulges more information to me. In the meantime I'll place my guys where I think they're needed most. “I need 1 police unit on the corner of Fry Way.” I calmly tell responding units. “Place another police unit on East and 52nd Terrace.”
These are my beginning pieces to a large perimeter. The perimeter is like a large net to keep the bad guy contained in a certain area. I only hope that it’s going up in the right areas.
“Place a patrol car at, Canal and 22nd”
“Canal and Senator Place”
“Strawberry Lane and 52nd Street”
After a few more areas I think I have a good containment of all possible exits. I have all directions covered and now we hold until the police dog and police helicopter arrive. Once they arrive the real adventure will begin.
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