“I THEREFORE COMMAND YOU, IN HER MAJESTY’S NAME, TO BRING FORTHWITH THE SAID PERSON BEFORE ME.” Those words just seem to be music to my ears lately. We’ve been working on a new project, rounding up wanted persons throughout our assignment area. I never realized how much fun it is hunting humans and after a while, it becomes addictive. As my partner and I have come to realize after a few months, you tend to learn a few tricks that lead to some good catches. (Like him or not, you also realize that Dog the Bounty Hunter has some great tactics). Its funny, but we mostly rely on the offender’s family to help us find him or her. So far though, we’ve found the most useful person to our hunt is the ‘ex’. It’s amazing how much useful information can be revealed with a few inquiries and they usually have a few interests in having us catch their old husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend.
Hunting wanted persons also usually leads to some wierd encounters with people. Most people we’ve arrested are criminals who never went to court — but rarely are they those who are somewhat paranoid about police contact. The ones that do become paranoid are the real interesting ones to catch — especially when you see what lengths they’ve gone to avoid getting caught. Going after warrants is also very unpredicable, much like doing traffic stops: as you never know what you’re going to run into next. Last week, we ran into a strange backwoods family of a sex offender, a female who almost had a heart attack upon her arrest and a sickly guy with a terrible infection (whom we decided to ship to the hospital instead of jail).
In two weeks, we were able to catch 10 people on over 50 outstanding warrants. Based on some computer checks, it looks like we’ll never run out of people to find with well over ten thousands warrants in our city. Its like an endless supply of fun!
Tags: apprehension, warrants
