Police Chase to Home Base

You have your radio switched to channel one and you are in Code Ten (Code Ten is only for essential radio traffic on a given channel. Only officers responding to the crime may speak on this channel.)

“Police Chase to Home Base: Suspected vehicle approaching 37thSreet and L Street. Over and out.” you hear on your walkie-talkie set. Your eyes are alert because the chase is about 4 blocks away now. You have been waiting for 3 or 4 hours now and are defiantly ready for action – or at least a nice Grande Latté with Mocha Sprinkle. You hear static again and then,

“Police Chase to Home Base: Just went through White Swan Tunnel. Stay alert 746 with K-9. Over and out.” They just called your car so along with a yapping K-9 in the backseat; you start up the engine and hear the comforting whirr as the dashboard lights flash on. Suddenly you hear the scream of six or seven police units and you turn on your siren. You see the getaway car pass you at well over the speed limit of 50 miles per hour. You pull out of your hide-away off the side of the highway and get briefed over the two-way as you get onto the blacktop.

“Home Base to 746 with K-9: Come in.” You identify yourself and Home Base continues, “Home Base to K-9: This is a police chase.” [Here you roll your eyes. You know that it is a police chase.] “The getaway car is carrying the stolen goods of 5well-known jewelry stores along with ten 5lb blocks of Heroin and Marijuana-break”

“Go ahead.”

“Your job is to stay on his tail. REPEAT: STAY ON HIS TAIL! The other units are going to circle around and get him the other way so that he is surrounded-break”

“Go ahead.”

“ You will be on your own for about half an hour. Please make sure that you are looking at your review mirror because you must know when the other units branch off. You will report this and everything after-break”

“Go ahead.”

“ There will be one of our units remaining behind you and it will look identical to yours. Do you copy everything? Over and out.”

“746 with K-9 to Home Base: Yes, I copy everything. Over.” You look at the rearview mirror and see a spectacular show of the six police units branching off, three to each side, and the seventh car on your tail. You report:

“Our vehicles have just split. Over.”

You stay on his tail, weaving in between units that are stupid enough to not get out of your way. The getaway car stops very suddenly and the man gets out. You think this is odd and in your years of police work, no criminal has ever gotten out of his or her car to turn him or herself in. Then you see why he has gotten out of his car. You screech to a halt and look at his hand. There is a gun pointed right between your eyes. Well, you don’t know if it’s directly between your eyes, but you do know it’s in the general direction of you. You also know as a general rule that police officers like to have the persons in question approach them. You report this sudden turn of events to Home Base on impulse.

“746 with K-9 to Home Base: The getaway car has stopped at the intersection of West Cedar Lane and Darrel Street. Suspect has gotten out of the vehicle and is packin’ a gun. See if you can surround the vehicle. The adjacent street names are Aardvark Street on the left, Levin Street on the right. Get all units to these streets. The Suspect is not approaching this car. Over.”

Three seconds later, the Suspect lowers the gun and goes to his trunk. He takes out four bodies and lays them on top of each other as if to build a fire.

“Oh my god,” you stammer. “We have an 11-44: Four bodies. 11-41: Ambulance needed. I am in 999. The back up car booked out really fast. What’s the deal? Over.”

“We don’t know. All units have turned around and are heading back. You will continue to keep us posted. Over.”

“Got it. the Suspect is approaching this unit. Should I stay in or get out? Over.”

“Stay in and roll down the window. Get your gun ready and within reach. Over.”

“I need immediate back-up NOW. This is a 11-99 situation and I’m pretty sure I can’t handle this guy alone.”