What Is the Stupidest LE Callout That You've Personally Seen Or Participated In...?

[Business_Casual]

Who pays to fix the roof when the FD destroys it to remove a criminal?

[Det-Sog]

Early 90s. Guy was in a bar and had been drinking. Closing time. Pulls out his unlawfully carried new fangled Beretta 92 to impress the bartender. Thinks the safety is on where you can pull the trigger and nothing will happen... Bartender freaks as the guy points it at the side of his own head. Watch this... Don't worry, it wont go off.

BOOM!

[chuckman]

Early 90s. Guy was in a bar and had been drinking. Closing time. Pulls out his unlawfully carried new fangled Beretta 92 to impress the bartender. Thinks the safety is on where you can pull the trigger and nothing will happen... Bartender freaks as the guy points it at the side of his own head. Watch this... Don't worry, it wont go off.

BOOM!

Man, that is crazy. I can't imagine bearing witness to something like that. Similarly, I recall hearing a story from a guy working in Chicago, his company rented a floor like 80-something stories in one of their high-rises, a new build. The engineers/construction crew was giving a tour and someone asked about the quality of the windows at that height. One of the engineers/construction folks claimed it was super hardened safety glass blah blah blah, and ran and threw his weight against it, only for it to shatter and him falling to his death. Again, can't imagine actually seeing something like that.

[Firefly]

New Rule: If you wouldn’t do it without the super neato, Space Age high tech NASA approved Safety Measures in place then you don’t need to do them with them on.

I had to work a suicide where the guy was all about trying to get his wife to feel sorry for him and all this and all and made a big production. I still don’t think he meant to actually kill himself. I think he kept pushing the limit to goad her into some huge outpouring of love and sympathy. Well he was on a machine for two weeks and he effectively lobotomized himself with a .380. They took him off the machine and he lingered for a few more days and died.

The wife seriously didn’t care. Like she cried and hammed it up around everybody else but she didn’t care.

You can’t rely on someone else for your happiness. He should have divorced her, screwed every (legal) teenybopper he could and did something for himself.

I think the worst suicide I ever saw was a kid who shot himself with his dad’s favorite deer rifle because of some super trivial matter. But it had to be his dad’s favorite gun.

It wasn’t worst as in “most gory” or “most pitiful”. It was basically a kid wanted revenge and killed himself to teach his old man. This is why I shit on psychiatric people who are usually closeted pedophiles and date rapist pill poppers.

Therapy is for the healthy. Not the sick. They just dope them up. Try to rationalize why people do irrational things.

The world is violent and fast and cruel.
I would like to tell you that time and repetition has made me hardened and tougher.

No. No quite the opposite. When I was younger, it was easier to not care. Oh well. Not my problem.

Now, every little thing bothers me deeply. Homicide and suicide alike.

I suppose that’s why I am more reclusive than I used to be.

You really are gonna carry that weight. I’d love to give a few knee slappers but most people calling the police are either on dope or are 80 iq otherwise they wouldn’t be calling the police

[mark5pt56]

Funny, someone said that to an officer, officer handed him back a penny and told him he has a refund and therefore, not entitled to whine

It's worse than that, public servant. Now get out there and protect and serve. You work for me, I pay taxes.





But it takes a village. You are a member of the village are you not? Why would you arrest my chillun' when you could be helping them be knowing a better way? You just a mean ass popo.

[mark5pt56]

the most puzzling but not surprised one was a Domestic.

Well the boys show up, me shorty after and the son, daughter and mom are going at it. Finally get them apart and guess what they were fighting over?



Dad's .38 which was upstairs in his hand after he blew his brains out with it. Well guess what? --we get it now kids.

And that's not what they called in for.


That and the mom and sister (another call) cooking dinner while the son is swinging from the ceiling fan upstairs.

scary folks

[mark5pt56]

Who pays to fix the roof when the FD destroys it to remove a criminal?

homeowner.

The fun ones were when we would hit every window with barricade rounds and after entry remove every door. Call Risk Management on Monday sir/ma'am. They would not pay a dime. Funny thing was repeat papers on most saved work as the doors were not replaced. SGT. would always get pissed as to why we couldn't simply open doors, took to much time boss.

[tommyrott]

witnessed a shoplifter being arrested, deputy was removing items from their pockets out came a baggy with powdery substance. guy promptly started screaming that it was his meth and the deputy couldn't have it, the eye roll and head shake from the deputy spoke volumes

[Firefly]

A few things:
-In younger years, whenever someone said “I pay your salary” I would say “And I put up with your bullshit”. At least until I got some wall to wall counseling. Now I just act like they didn’t say anything. When you get to a certain point in your career, you can always just get in the car and leave. It hurts them more and violates no conduct. I had one person a while back when I was still somewhat more accessible to the public who went Full Metal Karen on me. I just started walking and calmly drove off. If it was important she will call back.

And the lack of caring is real. I was in my early 20s and saw this girl of 16 years naked and cutting herself open all over. No pain. No rape. No dope. Wasn’t bullied but wasn’t a prom queen. Wealthy parents. She wasn’t even trying to go “Ooh look I’m cutting. See how I cut!” She was just carving away with venous bleeding. It was horrible. She’d be in her 30s by now.

The parents were nonplussed but it still gives me the willies.

Or the “grown ass” kids. Who think, and are told by their single female parents, they are “grown”

Gradually, I began to hate them. The black single female parent.

They cuss their children and beat them. Then they tell their kids in stores that I will put them in jail or shoot them for something minor. Then they wanna play Johnny Cochran if you bring their son home at 0300.

I know why Jesus wept. Because none of us are worth it.
It’s enough to make you really bitter. A Sisyphean endeavor to be sure.

[Diamondback]

I know why Jesus wept. Because none of us are worth it.
It’s enough to make you really bitter. A Sisyphean endeavor to be sure.

Every day I ask myself what God sees in us that keeps him from reaching out and saying "Game Over, You ALL Lose"... but every so often I see something the other way that gives me an answer.