Just curious if anyone remembers the very first arrest they ever did and how it went? Was it nerve-wracking for you? Did it go well? I figured some would remember their first ever arrest, but maybe others would just consider it like any other arrest?
Do you remember how your first arrest went?
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My first arrest was highly anxiety inducing and I felt like I was doing everything wrong. The cuffs were too tight and I was too keyed up and on high alert about the whole thing but then I got to jail and ohhh wrong subreddit
My first arrest was when I was with my FTO and we spotted an attempted murder suspect walking out of a store a few days after the initial incident. We jumped out of the cruiser and held him at gun point. His eyes kept darting back and forth between us and he complied with our commands and gave up. He was armed with a pistol with one bullet. I’m willing to bet if there was one of us he would’ve tried something. Took him into custody and was a very memorable first.
It went so poorly. Kid bolted out the door of a house we surrounded and I had my gun in my hand so I wasn’t allowed to tackle him by policy, fell, got tore up, eventually caught him hiding in the bed of a truck.
My first arrest was the first day I was driving during FTO. Was a very drunk college co-ed. Found her at 6am driving in circles around a KFC because she couldn’t find her way out of the parking lot. She apparently sat at the closed drive-thru window for about a half an hour trying to get some original recipe. She offered to provide a sexual act in exchange for chicken during her FST’s.
While I don’t remember my first arrest, for some reason I remember a few names of arrestees from 30 years ago. They were not even memorable arrests. No idea why. One of my most uncomfortable arrests was while still a rookie working on a day shift overtime detail with three other officers and a supervisor. I made a traffic stop and got a hit tone on the driver who had a warrant which I don’t remember what for. Anyway, the guy was older, probably in his 60’s, and his nose was basically gone and he reeked of decay. Pretty sure he had cancer or something and all I wanted to do was let him go. I called the supervisor and explained the situation and asked if I could cut him loose, and was told absolutely not. Had to tow his car and take him to the lockup. I felt awful about that one but understood that a warrant takes away any discretion.
First arrest in FTO, the guy gave the victim his phone number and told her to call him or else he was going to kill her. And he was nearby and wore distinct clothing that made it easy to track him down. So that was pretty much a wrap. I thought I’d be nervous but I was just dumbfounded and was more curious than anything at this master criminal.
First one out of FTO was for a guy fucking a tree. Pants down, balls deep in a tree right on the corner in the middle of the day with hundreds of people watching. Was super nervous for that one because obvious mental health issue, but he super cooperative and went willingly to jail.
We got a call about a possible domestic. His wife was having an episode and threatening to throw herself in the river. The husband was trying to stop her. We arrived on the scene and recognized the couple from previous incidents (I just got into this detachment, so I didn’t know who’s who yet). Anyway, the husband grabs the wife, and she full-on punches him in the face. We go to arrest her, and the husband tries to intervene by placing himself between the arresting officer (my partner) and his wife, physically trying to prevent the arrest. I pull him off and shove him away while my partner does their thing. The husband then comes at me with his fist raised, and I pull my taser, verbally letting him know now isn’t the time to mess around. He walks away, and we continue arrest his wife while a backup officer goes to talk to the husband.
We found out later that they had a one year old son at home.
I’ve told the story before, but my first arrest on my first day was a lady calling me “Casper, that ghost bitch” after she got arrested for drunkenly shooting a gun in the air.
First arrest was like 2 hours into the shift on day one. Guy was a tweaker with a history for violence that violated his mother’s restraining order against him. The mother was a hoarder(legit trash packed floor to ceiling, with pathways kinda beaten through it to walk room to room.) dude was thankfully not violent towards us that day and the arrest was about as smooth as could be. The most anxiety inducing part was being in that house.
DUI. I remember the guy did 9 turns on the walk and turn.
Can’t say I do but it was also back in the later 70’s. Wish I could remember it.
It was a DV. The husband in his 60’s and the wife in her 40’s. Both were absolutely obliterated drunk and She bopped the husband on the head with his cane. She gave him a pretty good gash in his head with pretty good amount of bleeding and he went to the hospital.
I then went to put her in cuffs and she fought, so we had to carry a very drunk 40 year old lady down 2 flights of stairs. She was all sweaty and I mostly remember her musty gross smell.
I don’t remember my first arrest. I do remember on day 3, I responded to a structure fire that turned out to be a body set on fire. She was kidnapped the day before and the case ended up being a kidnapping + torture + arson + homicide. One suspect got life plus 50, the other got life plus 60.
Strangely, I wasn’t scared, but was super alert during the whole thing. Adrenalin was running lol
The idiot came sauntering up to 5 of us standing outside waiting to get the full description from the caller. I hear the description, point at the guy and ask, “that him?” Caller days yep, we grab him, find a knife on him that he’d threatened caller with and after running him found out he was in violation of his parole. Just genius.
Felony posession, legend drug. One guy said they had known each other since highschool the other told me they met on Craigslist 2 hours before. Absolute shit show. The words furtive movement netted me the win in court.
First arrest was a juvenile for stealing socks at Walmart. They reaaaaaaally wanted him charged. First adult arrest was on a traffic stop. Driving had a comical amount of weed (back when it was illegal) in several Tupperware containers. He was actually super chill about that whole thing and I’m glad he ended up getting probation, if I’m being honest.
My first arrest was for DV after a guy struck his niece. I was with my FTO who was a lazy old timer who stopped caring a long time ago.
I’m 5’10” / 200lbs. This suspect was easily 6’4″ / 260lbs and had forearms the size of my biceps. I sheepishly told him he was under arrest and the look in his eyes scared the shit out of me. But then it suddenly fell away, he turned around, and was 100% compliant.
The cuffs only went to one click. I’m grateful to this day I didn’t have to fight that dude.
My first arrest was a dude with the exact same first and last name as me…..middle initial was the same too.
My first was with my FTO. She’s a good deputy but tiny little thing. I remember well because dispatch kept rattling off his extensive history including multiple Frank’s, Aslt on Leo, active warrants and restrictions, know to be armed and I kept thinking F***, were going to fight and it’s 1vs 1 with my FTO, who was 5′ 110 lbs getting in the way.
Luckily my Sgt. who was on the Swat team showed up. Made my day! The suspect was actually really cool with us.
First arrest was almost my last. Partner and I while working a special assignment noticed a car leaving a club in which we heard loud screams. Traffic stop conducted in the median, pull everyone out to the rear. Sarge shows up, another backup officer comes out. Out of no where a pickup comes flying straight at us in the median, I’m trying to figure out which way to jump. No idea to this day how the truck did not hit the first car we stopped, With in less then an inch I was almost hit, Sarge jumps almost on the roof of my car, my partner whose running IDs is trying to move to the passenger side. We let the original people go, and start chasing the truck. Get the truck to finally stop, make the arrest. Guy was drunk with another six pack behind the seat. Almost killed 4 officers along with 3 civilians.
My first arrest was for simple battery. The guy was cooperative but I was still shaking from the anxiety of it all. While I was putting the cuffs on he just turned and asked “first time, huh?”
Im currently in fto but my first arrest was pretty dumb and it was on the first day i started. Two teens stole a golf cart and someone saw them pushing it up a hill lol
My first day on the road, I got called for an ungovernable juvenile who wanted to fight.
Arm bar, leg sweep, and juvenile detention.
I’m not sure if I’m remembering correctly, but I’m pretty sure it was a DUI while in FTO. In a high crime city where people don’t like the cops, for context. Basically, two neighbors were beefing with each other all day. It started out with a shooting. I guess to intimidate his neighbor while arguing, this guy pulled out a pistol and started blasting shots into the air. No proof of who did it during the initial investigation. No arrests were made. Later, the neighbor calls in that my DUI suspect was drinking all day and was sitting in his pickup truck in front of their residences. We go there. The guy was cool with us, but also being a bit of an asshole, but not towards us. Just shit talking his neighbor, and telling us he’ll beat the DUI charges. We end up arresting him. He starts telling me how he used to be a “stick up boy” when he was young. We go through the process and release him from custody later. 10 minutes go by, and we get another call for another shooting at their residences. Same thing as earlier, shots fired into the air. No proof, no arrests.
Search incident to arrest for the DUI, and the guy had about $10k in cash in his pockets. It was the first time I realized these assholes have more money than I’ll ever have. Definitely gave me a new perspective on people living in poverty while still having a fuck ton of money.
My first “official “ was getting called to a scene expecting to just mark/tag/ and enter some property for another unit who had an arrest and the Sgt. on scene said the whole scene was mine. From mirandizing to taking him to jail, to writing the report on an arrest i technically didn’t do. The arrestee was a transgender HIV positive heroin/meth who burglarized someones home. After all that I got to M/T/E the property which was two shopping carts full of junk and smelled.
Sgt was not happy how my FTO and I wrote the report because it called him out.
At the end of the day it was just to make the rooks life hard.
FTOs, treat your rookies the right way. They will be your peer very shortly.