How many of you all get involved in things off duty?
I try to avoid enforcement stuff, like it absolutely would need to be life or death for me to get involved.
I ask cause today on my way home from dropping my kid off, stopped at (what turned into) a fatal motorcycle TC. Strange enough another coworker of mine was there (off duty as well) and we both did CPR on the guy.
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Enforcement? No fuckin chance unless there’s some killing going on. Anyone who does needs to chill and find a hobby.
What you stopped for and did, is just being a good person. I’m sure others were standing around filming like fuck wits before yall showed up.
Call and relay information 99% of the time. Death or serious bodily harm, I’m not letting someone innocent get hurt and policy says we a duty to act whether our jurisdiction or not.
My one exception is if I have my wife & kids 0% chance I will get involved with anything policy or not.
Once every few years I’ll end up in the middle someone’s meth induced episode. Several coworkers have been late because they responded to TAs. My department’s policy is if there appears to be an identifiable victim then intervene to minimize bodily harm and notify the primary agency. Once the primary agency shows up you disengage, give your statement and notify our on duty sergeant with the case number from the other agency.
If it’s 2 jackasses getting in a fight over the last roll of toilet paper at Costco, you’re just a professional witness.
Enforcement, no. That is what calling dispatch is for unless there is violence in progress.
I did break up a domestic once when a guy was bitch slapping his female companion in a Waffle House parking lot once.