Had an interesting night last night. Long story short, my truck was stolen with 2 guns in it, brushed off by NOPD, truck later recovered with help from Tulane police department.
I'm hanging out with some coworkers near Carrollton/St. Charles yesterday right after work. I was done by 7, go to truck to leave and it's gone. Figure I may have forgotten where I parked, so walked the block just to make sure. So it's stolen, I see 2 NOPD a block away stopping some college kids for BS stuff. Ask for assistance, tell them truck stolen with firearms in it and get the brush off, told to call impound lot that it was probably towed. Call impound, not towed. They tell me they can't help me. I tell them I want a ranking officer on the scene immediatly. They don't call it in. So I dial 911, give location/situation, when the officers hear me say I want a ranking officer on the scene they jump in their car. Dispatch tells me to get their badge/car number, as I approach car to ask them (windows are down), they take off, turn immediately, I had to jump to avoid being hit (was at a corner) so I couldnt get car number. So dispatch tells me "it could be some time" before anyone comes out because there were some stabbings in the area, lots of officers there looking for suspect, that come first.
So I call a family member on the job for advice, tell him the situation, I know he's got friends/extended family in NOPD. He happens to be friends with the commander of the 2nd district where I'm at, but says nothing can really be done unless I have gun serial numbers, etc.. So he comes to get me so I can go home and get all that and go back to NOPD and take care of it. Some Tulane officers patrolling area stop and hang out with me till he shows up. My family member pulls up in his JP car, they BS a bit b/c he used to be a Tulane officer. Halfway home Tulane calls him on cell, they find my truck ditched a few blocks from where I parked, nothing taken and it's not wrecked. Must have changed mind very quickly or something. So we go back to get truck. Go through truck to make sure guns are there, they were never touched, probably never saw them hidden.
Sad thing is I called 911 at about 1920, at 2145 NOPD still never showed up. So many thanks to the Tulane police department. The officer that came out was early 30's, IRR, we BS'd about guns the whole time until my ride got there.
Rant over.
I'm hanging out with some coworkers near Carrollton/St. Charles yesterday right after work. I was done by 7, go to truck to leave and it's gone. Figure I may have forgotten where I parked, so walked the block just to make sure. So it's stolen, I see 2 NOPD a block away stopping some college kids for BS stuff. Ask for assistance, tell them truck stolen with firearms in it and get the brush off, told to call impound lot that it was probably towed. Call impound, not towed. They tell me they can't help me. I tell them I want a ranking officer on the scene immediatly. They don't call it in. So I dial 911, give location/situation, when the officers hear me say I want a ranking officer on the scene they jump in their car. Dispatch tells me to get their badge/car number, as I approach car to ask them (windows are down), they take off, turn immediately, I had to jump to avoid being hit (was at a corner) so I couldnt get car number. So dispatch tells me "it could be some time" before anyone comes out because there were some stabbings in the area, lots of officers there looking for suspect, that come first.
So I call a family member on the job for advice, tell him the situation, I know he's got friends/extended family in NOPD. He happens to be friends with the commander of the 2nd district where I'm at, but says nothing can really be done unless I have gun serial numbers, etc.. So he comes to get me so I can go home and get all that and go back to NOPD and take care of it. Some Tulane officers patrolling area stop and hang out with me till he shows up. My family member pulls up in his JP car, they BS a bit b/c he used to be a Tulane officer. Halfway home Tulane calls him on cell, they find my truck ditched a few blocks from where I parked, nothing taken and it's not wrecked. Must have changed mind very quickly or something. So we go back to get truck. Go through truck to make sure guns are there, they were never touched, probably never saw them hidden.
Sad thing is I called 911 at about 1920, at 2145 NOPD still never showed up. So many thanks to the Tulane police department. The officer that came out was early 30's, IRR, we BS'd about guns the whole time until my ride got there.
Rant over.
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