A few weeks ago when my friend E was in her car accident, she waited over an hour for a cop to arrive. I found this incredibly fascinating because at the exact moment E was waiting, just two blocks away a convention of police officers were holding court in front of the 7-11 on 17th Street. Their convention time lasted from 4:45 p.m. until 6:45 p.m.
After the “redistricting” where they pulled the cops from the station at 17th & V and now dispatch them out of the 3rd district, I noticed all of a sudden that all prior bad cop behavior had ceased. No more harassing people at the dog park, no more blocking the roads, no more eating donuts, no more smoking in uniform. Except for their one buffoon, most of the rest seemed to shape up. Whether they issued the directive, “Beware, there is a nasty bitch around 17th Street who patrols the neighborhood with her camera and publishes your evidence of laziness and wasting of taxpayer money online” or if the changing of the guard did the trick, I’ll never know. But since the redistricting, it has been really nice to see the lazy bastards have stopped patronizing 7-11 for the duration of their entire shift.
I knew it wouldn’t last.
A riddle and some pictures for you.
How many cop cars does it take to park illegally for a meeting of the minds?
If you guessed four, you’re RIGHT!
And a follow up…how many cops does it take from those cars to stand around talking on a crisp Saturday night when just 40 feet away some of the biggest drug deals in Dupont are in progress?
Six!
Awesome!
I’m not anti-drug. I don’t give a shit what people do. But when I have to step around a guy snorting meth in the street and when I’ve told two of your boys that all the Bartenders from the Child Harold are now tending bar at a SPECIFIC LOCAL BAR on R Street, and that the crowd has changed significantly, I would think that oh, maybe you might do something about it.
“I’ll take a book of matches please.”
And my other issue? If you are holding us up to your laws, then you should obey them yourself. When you are obviously not working on police business during a shift, you shouldn’t be parking illegally and blocking roads. If any civilian did this, you would ticket them faster than it would take you to suck down a bear claw. So why is it okay for you boys?
Of course I realize, this is minor compared to the assholes we used to have in this neighborhood. I suppose I should be counting my blessings. They traded in all the ugly cops we used to have for some cute ones who even Sixes would fuck.
I could use someone packing heat.
You couldn’t mean THE TOWNHOUSE, COULD YOU? No! Say it isn’t so!?
A couple of years ago, my buddy came home to his Independence Avenue Row House on a Saturday night to find a dude in his house, helping himself to the small appliances and some watches. He called the District’s finest for some assistance. During the hour it took them to respond, the crook walked out the front door, past my buddy. As he was leaving, he made his fingers into a gun, pointed it at my friend’s forehead, and said “BANG!” No wonder they don’t want law-abiding citizens to have guns.
Ha, I remember Townhouse, good times, good times. Though there was that last time when Sixes disappeared on me while I was drunk and playing some Deer Hunting game with another drunk guy….
Wonder what this city is going to be like when the Supreme Court declares the cities gun laws Unconstitutional, and they will, I’ll bet anything, and I mean ANYTHING. Up where I live in Rich Middle Aged/Retireeville, I see a cop maybe twice a week. I do know that the cops in and around the Congressional Buildings are all pretty surly, scarier even considering they walk around with automatic rifles.
I called the cops when there was a creepy homeless man sleeping in my doorwell.
They said, “Sometimes they do that. Get over it.”
Boo! Not cool.
I swear the police force in Iraq is more useful than MPD!
I’d love to find out where the cop lives, the one who came to the scene of my accident (the accident that has caused my neck to STILL be in pain). If I do she can bet she’s gonna get a steaming pile of shit left outside her front door.
I know a man who, while on a business trip to the fair city of DC, was confronted by a bad guy at the door of his temporary living place, bad guy acted like he had a gun and wanted inside to plunder and friend was in fear so he unlocked the door. Bad guy in a big hurry, stepped inside the entryway, friend lagged behind and obtained a metal baseball bat that just happened to be inside the door.
Early the next morning another resident of the inn located an unconscious man with a very large lump and a very large cut on his head lying in the parking lot. The police were called. When friend left the inn about an hour later the coppers were still not there.
Now I’m assuming that’s still an open case. Which I have personal knowledge will never be cleared.
On a more personal note, I have noted that the farther West you go the less surly and the less fat the cops become.
Who is your friend and is he single?
nevermind…I don’t care if he’s single…who is he?
Where do I even start. UGH.
Moving back to the hood honey – be just blocks away.
The answer to the photo question isn’t Four, it’s Three! there is one cop car that looks (from the angle you took it) to be legally parked. That doesn’t mean it was, I can’t see if it was marked as bus stop, just that I don’t see anything Obvious, such as a fire hydrant. Many places like Dunkin’ Donuts Actively recruit a police presence- it lowers the Robbery rate (for them)
I face some of these same problems driving an Ambulance here in NYC- there really isn’t any place for you to park- you have to be in your response area (ours is enforced by satillite) You want to use the bathroom or grab a cup of coffee to keep sharp during your Double shift,and your nearest station is too far away I can’t speak for DC but in NYC, an ambluance covers an 8-10 precinct area.
As for Performance, I can’t comment as I don’t live there.