Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Feb 09 2005
One Of Their Own, But Not Really
LAPD Wife reminds us of the good sense to call local law enforcement if you come home and find your door standing wide open or if other things seem unexpectedly out of place. Her story reminded me of a case we followed up in the San Jose area when we lived in Santa Clara County. It seems that an alarm kept going off in one particular neighborhood, and one particular cop kept getting to the scene first and declaring it a false alarm. Unfortunately, it turned out that he was entering the home and stealing from the inhabitants, who were conveniently never at home when the alarm sounded. Someone finally got wise to the pattern and he got caught by members of his own force. It was unfortunate, because the crooked cop's actions did not truly reflect the goodness of the area police officers in general.
posted at: 12:48 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
LAPD Wife reminds us of the good sense to call local law enforcement if you come home and find your door standing wide open or if other things seem unexpectedly out of place. Her story reminded me of a case we followed up in the San Jose area when we lived in Santa Clara County. It seems that an alarm kept going off in one particular neighborhood, and one particular cop kept getting to the scene first and declaring it a false alarm. Unfortunately, it turned out that he was entering the home and stealing from the inhabitants, who were conveniently never at home when the alarm sounded. Someone finally got wise to the pattern and he got caught by members of his own force. It was unfortunate, because the crooked cop's actions did not truly reflect the goodness of the area police officers in general.
posted at: 12:48 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
