The challenges of emergency calls

 I took one of the most childish calls that did not involve a kid and never wrote about it.  There was an argument over cigarettes and how one person in a group home for people who are deemed unable to live alone are court ordered to reside.  The fight was over one of the residents purchasing tobacco supplies and the other rolling the cigarettes with the roller device.  The problem I guess was the caller was unable to roll their own due to disability or what have you and had purchased the supplies to have a neighbor assist.  The neighbor in turn decided to take all the resulting smokes and not share.  This absolutely resulted in a 911 call, which was simply handled by officers calling the staff of the facility and telling them it was an internal issue as the situation was a civil agreement between the two and nothing illegal.    I just have to think about the way people struggle to realize that the police are not needed for every instance. ...

 This shift started out like the rest, but it started out from zero to 100 in minutes.   The non emergency line was ringing and then the 911 started ringing.  The 911 caller wanted an officer response because he was being told by a neighbor he shouldn't be driving his vehicle and needed to park it because he was drunk.  All the while he was slurring his words and sounding very drunk.  The officers had already been going to the location due to another call reporting the argument.   The officers cleared and then not 10 minutes later another call reporting they were arguing again.   The drunk decided it was smart to still be upset and go kick the door of the neighbor who told him he shouldn't be driving.  The door assault resulted in damage to the door.  And then the neighbor reveals to the officers that the drunk had left his young daughter at home while he left to go drink earlier.    I have came to the realization peo...