A question for you LEOs

[SilverBullet432]

Long story short, today i ran into a deputy sheriff buddy of mine at the mall, leaving the mall, i noticed several officers running after 2 kids who ran across the street into a neighborhood, they had stolen from a department store. I saw my buddy running towards two other officers, they looked dissapointed that they were getting away. Not even thinking, i drove up to them and asked if they wanted a ride across the street, all 3 of them jumped in my truck and we went looking for the lil bastards, im not a cop, i just wanted to help. Sure enough, one of them was walking down the street real nervously. They signaled for me to stop i stopped by the kid and they all hopped out and arrested him, his buddy was long gone. The thing is, im worried that this kid got a good look at my truck and im worried about retaliation now. My question is: how do you LEOs deal with the thought of someone you busted coming back for revenge? Its now on my thoughts and im worried about this kid shooting my truck or me or my family. I am positive he did not have time to even look at my truck good, his face was in total shock as the officers got out and busted his ass, they thanked me and walked off with him, talking on their radios.

[DragonDoc]

I'm not a LEO but I bet the kid thinks you are. He will probably not mess with you or your family. Take appropriate measures if you feel otherwise.

[SilverBullet432]

Im hoping he does, there are alot of undercover officers that roam the mall.

[Alaskapopo]

Long story short, today i ran into a deputy sheriff buddy of mine at the mall, leaving the mall, i noticed several officers running after 2 kids who ran across the street into a neighborhood, they had stolen from a department store. I saw my buddy running towards two other officers, they looked dissapointed that they were getting away. Not even thinking, i drove up to them and asked if they wanted a ride across the street, all 3 of them jumped in my truck and we went looking for the lil bastards, im not a cop, i just wanted to help. Sure enough, one of them was walking down the street real nervously. They signaled for me to stop i stopped by the kid and they all hopped out and arrested him, his buddy was long gone. The thing is, im worried that this kid got a good look at my truck and im worried about retaliation now. My question is: how do you LEOs deal with the thought of someone you busted coming back for revenge? Its now on my thoughts and im worried about this kid shooting my truck or me or my family. I am positive he did not have time to even look at my truck good, his face was in total shock as the officers got out and busted his ass, they thanked me and walked off with him, talking on their radios.

I am in a small town and everyone knows where I live and I have never had an issue with revenge. Treat everyone with respect and don't make things personal and generally you will not have problems. But I do always carry a gun with me.
Pat

[theblackknight]

Treat everyone with respect and don't make things personal and generally you will not have problems.
Pat

There it is right there.

[SilverBullet432]

I dont know who the kid was, but im sure hes real pissed off right now, i can almost be certain hes not new to the game though.

[C-grunt]

Is there any reason why he would recognize your truck over any other? Plus he probably had a bunch of other stuff on his mind at the time.

[SilverBullet432]

Is there any reason why he would recognize your truck over any other? Plus he probably had a bunch of other stuff on his mind at the time.

I have a sticker on my rear window, other then that theres a ton of trucks like mine in town, and yea. I am a little calmer now, but i'll tell you what, my adrenaline sure was pumping! I had never been in a situation like that.

[T2C]

This is a minor offense and I can't speak for the officers involved.

If a citizen assisted me in the apprehension of a serious offender and the subject tried to retaliate against the citizen, after a period of time the suspect would only be focused on me and completely forget about the citizen who assisted.

[SilverBullet432]

True, true, its not like a was helping chase a freakin serial killer or something lol! But still, last year some kids stole a truck from a gas station, rammed a LGS, stole various guns, then robbed a target a day later, they were all 16 at the time. One of them spent 6 months in juvvi, he recently got out, then he attempted to rob the same store that got robbed today, he assaulted an officer, and ran down the same block we went down. He was caught and will be spending a few years in county, hes only 17.