Sunday, May 25, 2008

911 What Are You Reporting


A brief introduction. We have a large homeless camp that moves about every 3 months to a new location in the county. Usually they set up on the property of a local church. As you might expect this migration is not always looked upon favorably by the nearby residents. In an effort to alleviate their fears the camp attempts to police themselves to keep the Riff Raff out. To this end they will frequently call us with the name and birth date of a new arrival to the camp and ask to run a warrant check. I changed the last name of the warrant subject.

911, what are you reporting?
This is "Tent City 4", I'd like to run a warrant check.
OK, what is the name of the subject?
Jesus (he pronounced it like the Son of God) Hernandez, born mm/dd/yyyy
I ran the name and then told the caller that "Jesus is clear of warrants and free of sin. But, Jesus (Spanish pronunciation) Hernandez has 2 misdemeanor warrants with his name on them and we'll get someone over there as soon as we can to pick him up.

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