Patrol centre

'Hold on, let's let the two deputies get up here and then we will approach'

*As the deputies arrive they approach the passenger side and I approach the driver side*

'They look scared ****less'

*I mumble to myself as I handcuff the driver and walk him back to our unit*

'Their all yours Nathan'

*I pull up and kill the siren, and hop out and walk up behind Dave.*

'You got them covered here?'

'Yes sir, deputies will approach the passenger, you want to approach the driver side with me or do you want Nathan to?'

*I look out of the corner of my eye and notice the deputies walking up*

'You two go ahead, I'll clear the car as you go up.'

'Alright, ready when you are Nathan'

* I look over at the deputies

'Yall ready to move up?

'Yeah'

*I get ready for Nathans go*

'ok'

*I start walking up behind the subject, I holster my weapon & reach for my cuffs, I kneel down placing 1 knee into the suspects back & grabbing the arm, as I am swinging his arm backwards to his lower back I slip 1 wrist into the cuffs & waiting for dave to place the other hand into the cuff*

'alright dave your turn'

'The deputies are getting the passenger'

'We are getting the driver'

*After the deputies get the passenger secured they bring us her ID's*

'Nathan I will watch him if you want to run their info.'

I walk into the Tec building and go to the receptionist's desk. 'Steve Morrigan, Traffic Division. I've been tasked a pair of technicians and a cherry picker by the District Commissioner.'

She nods and types a few things into the computer. 'i've got the work order here, if you can just sign off on that digital pad, you'll be all set.' I sign my name and she prints me a copy. 'The technicians are in the bay running final checks on the vehicle. You should be all set.'

I thank her and head out to the service bay. I see a couple guys checking the air cylinders on a crew cab cherry picker. As I walk up, one of them offers me his hand. 'I'm Jon Suarez, Senior technician. This is Dominic James.' The younger technician flashes me a peace sign. There's an obvious 10 years between the two. 'We're fueled up and ready to go.'

I look at the truck and hop into the back with my laptop. 'Let's do it.' Jon takes shotgun and Dominic fires up the diesel engine. We pull out of the bay and head through the complex to the interpass. I open my computer and type in the locations of the failures we've had so far. 'is there a common conduit running to the two incidents we've had?'

Jon types the addresses into his own EAT, in aspecialized program. A few conduits light up green. 'Kind of.' He looks back to me a moment. 'Problem
is, they're in separate control districts. Basically, there are a number of control sub-boxes that all gather from the separate streets and meet up into power conduits. We're gonna have to check that main line. It should be right up here.'

we pull up to a ground box with a wire running up to a transformer. 'If it's affecting both districts, it's coming from this box, Dominic calls back as he puts the truck in park and turns on his ambers and director bar. We all get out and they throw on heavy rubber gloves, passing me a pair as well. We also don rubber boots to help prevent shock. Dominic takes out a pole as Jon starts inspecting the cable visually. He uses the pole as a key and opens the cover from a 10 foot distance.

Jon returns and stars gesturing toward the block of circuits. 'See that series of LEDs that are flashing rapidly? Those are diagnostic lights. We have a reader that analyzes the code it's putting out.' Jon pulls out what looks like a large calculator and points it at the lights.

((Continued from above))

Jon looks at the reader's screen, then back to me. 'There's a flaw detection on step-down #1. It's running high. That could be the issue. I can replace it, but we'll have to put the system on reserve supply.' I nod solemnly. A step transformer doesn't often have this sort of issue.

'Jon, what would have fused the wires to the step-down like that?'

'Well Steve,' he explains, 'If there's been a power surge, the wires may have gotten a lot of excess heat.' He points up at the trash can shaped transformer on the pole. 'While the box down here is running reserve, and Dom replaces the Step-down, I'm gonna go up there and Check it out.'

I nod. 'I should let the Commissioner know what we found.' I pull out my phone and dial COPA, then punch in DC's extension. 'So far we've found a short in the box that's putting heavy current through to the signals. We're also looking into the possibility of another short up on the pole. We'll be running the power off a back up generator, but there's no certainty how long this will take.'

'Shut down the intersection then, there is a traffic control box that allows you to kill the power to the intersection, and while the guys are fixing it, you just play traffic cop, and keep traffic flowing nicely.'

*After we get the subjects back to our units one of the deputies and myself go up to the car and begin to search it*

"PC-8 to COPA: Be advised we have two subjects in custody at this time, will advise further"

*Searching the car we find a little bit of pot*

'This must be why they ran, it ain't even enough to worry about'

*I walk back to the subjects*

'Is this all you had?'

'Yes sir'

'Alright, well just stay there for a few minutes'

*I walk back over to the unit and stick my head in*

'Have you got a return on them yet? And, might go ahead and start a tow for the car'

*I look at Libor*

'Sir, you can go ahead and clear the TSD unit and us will transport in a few'

"Understood Lafferty, please report to headquarters when cleared. I need to see you and your rookie"

((I'll fix it then, this was like a substation box that routed power to a large portion of the city.))

I man the controls on the cherry picker to position Jon and they both get to work. The systems are replaced without much effort, and we pack everything back up. 'This could have gone badly,' Jon says as Dominic pulls us into traffic to head back to the complex. 'Looks like the city is safe for another day.'

we pull in to the Tec building and I wave as I walk back to my Impala and head toward the COPA building to report the fix.

"10-4 Sir"

*I stick my head back in the unit*

'See what you did Nathan you got us into trouble'

*I say laughing while I walk back up to where the deputies have the subjects*

"Pc-6 clearing."

(Sorry, out party hopping the last few nights.)

*Nathan comes back that the driver a Nathan Glascow has outstanding warrants for burglary and the female is clean*

'Alright, lets kick her loose and take him in to custody'

*The deputies remove the cuffs from the female and she turns out to be Mandie Glascow, so we let her take the car and be on her way*

*The deputies get in their car and head out while I get in the passenger seat and Nathan hops into the driver seat after putting Nathan in the back and we drive to the jail*

*After we arrive at the jail and turn him over to the officers we head to Burke's office before we fill out our report*

*When we arrive at COPA we walk in the front door*

*I get back in my unit and drive toward the chinese district*

*When I arrive I get out of my unit I put my hat on and key up my handheld*

"PC-8 to COPA: I will be out on handheld in the chinese district"

*I begin to walk around the block talking to people here and there*

"1158 to 1117, let me know if you need anything, I will be just down a couple of blocks"

*I start driving around the chinese district running radar*

*I pull up to the intersection of Longs Lane & Chinese District & stop *

I notice a female walking down the street start stumbling & stopping every few steps,

*I get out of the patrol car & walk up to her*

'mam, are you alright?'

elderly female: 'I am not feeling well, I am a diabetic & I have not eaten yet.'

'ok, why don't we just have a seat here in the passenger side of my patrol car'

elderly female: 'ok'

*I open my passenger door & reach in & unlock the back doors*

*I open the rear door to my patrol car & lean in & grab my blood sugar machine from my gear bag*

'mam do you know how to use 1 of these?'

elderly female: 'yes'

*I hand her the machine & she checks her blood sugar, it reads 78*

'ok well I have a granola bar in my bag if you want it or I can call for an ambulance to come get you & take you to the hospital, which do you prefer?'

elderly female: 'lets try the granola bar first, I cant afford a ambulance ride to the hospital'

'ok'

*I reach in & grab the granola bar & give it to her*

*I reach up & key up my mic*

"PC-3 dispatch, put me out at chinese district rd & Longs Lane on a subject check of elderly female having blood sugar problems, at this time no ems required"

*I hear Nathan check out and decide to head that way*

"PC-8 will be enroute to PC-3's location"

*I get in my unit and drive to Nathan's location*

"PC-8 is out with three"

*I walk up to Nathan*

'Hey, long time no see. How is everything going?'

*I look at the patrol car pull up behind my patrol car, & see a stranger get out of the driver side of the car*

'hello sir, yes in deed long time no see'

'well I was sitting here in my patrol car talking on the phone & noticed this lady walking down the side walk coming at me & she would take a couple of steps & stop for a couple of secs, so I decided to check on her, her blood sugar is 78 she does not want to go to hospital & she has not eaten so she thinks that is what is wrong with her, I went ahead & got 1 of my granola bars that I had in my bag & gave it to her to see i this brings her blood sugar up some if it doesn't I guess we will be calling for ems'

'how you been?'

'Oh, i've been doing good.'

*I turn the volume on my handheld down a little bit*

'I'm thinking i'm going to get some chinese food after this. What do you think?'

*I look over at the lady and notice she is still eating the granola bar*

*I start up the patrol car and cruise around*

"Booth in Spare Unit-1 is on patrol advise if there are any calls pending"

*I hear Booth check in service and walk over to my EAT and type a terminal message to him*

**PC-8 to SU-1: Were in the chinese district on a public assist, were planning on stopping by a chinese restraunt for food. Feel free to join us**

*I then continue to watch the lady finish the granola bar and look at Nathan*

"Booth copies, I'm enroute to the restaurant now"

*I pull a U turn and start heading to the Chinese food place*

"Traffic 1 is available for callout." I pull out of the complex and head toward Phoxlind, hoping I don't find more signal outages.

"8 to TU-1: Traffic for SU-1 goes for you as well, we should be clear here in just a minute"

*I then walk back to my unit and get in the drivers seat, as the lady begins to walk away*

"8 to COPA: I'm back available"

*I wait for Nathan to get in his car, then I begin to drive toward the restraunt*

"10-4 I'm 2 blocks out"

*I stop at the intersection all clear so I continue driving as I find a parking spot right outside the chinese food place so I park there, step out and throw on my cap and walk in*

"Copy that, 8."

I mark myself as on break on my EAT and head toward the Chinese district. A few minutes later, I pull in and grab my portable in case there's a call out.

*I get back into my patrol car & shut the door, reach for the mic & key up*

"PC-3 dispatch, I am 10-8 available"

I follow lafferty to the chinese resturant to meet the other officers for dinner break

*I walk in and notice where Booth and Morrigan are sitting*

'Hey, guys how are yall?'

*I go up and get my food off of the bar and return and start eating*

I look up from my Cherry Coke and smile. 'Congratulations, by the way, Corporal. The promotion was well deserved.'

I glance over at the bar, seeing all sorts of fresh food. 'Couldn't have picked a more tempting place. I'm a fan of the food here, for certain.'

'Thanks Steve, now we just got to get people in Traffic and get you moved up.'

*I take a drink of my coke*

'I love chinese food, by the way have you heard anymore on those traffic lights?'

*I begin to eat my food*

*I park my patrol car & follow Lafferty inside , I order a pepsi & sit down at the table*

'I am not eating, I will just sit here & enjoy the conversation & my pepsi, cause you know we are all in for a busy night & someone has to chase down the bad guy's' as I chuckle....

'Yeah, I will let yall run and I will just follow in my car'

*I say with a chuckle*

'How about that boat fire?'

my phone rings

'excuse me guys it is the better half, I will be back in a couple of mins'

*I stand up & walk to the counter pay for my drink & walk outside*

I shake my head. 'Nothing big there. We had some electrical equipment that overheated. I'm getting a little nervous though. You been watching the news at all? At least one more has gone dark since Tec fixed the controllers. At this point... It could be more than what we thought at first.' I look around uneasily. 'I should grab some more food.' I walk over to the bar and fill my plate up before I return.'

*I walk outside on the cell phone & look at the end of the block where the stop light is at*

I chuckle

*I key up the mic*

"1158 to 1152, you have another signal ligt out down to the south of the resturant"

I grumble and look over at the other two. 'If I'm not back in 5 minutes, I'll pay whoever covers my bill back plus 5 bucks for tip.' I stand up and pull my keyring off my belt

I jog to the end of the block and open the control box. Sure enough, the breaker is tripped. I flip it back shut and the light returns to operation. "DC from 1152 portable, be advised signal failure has not been rectified."

I walk back into the restaurant after all of 5 minutes and incline my head to the others. 'So yeah... whatever is going on with them, it's drivin' me nuts. I'm running out of ideas'

'Yeah, I can understand that. Well, I guess with PPD being at the fire we might have to pick up some calls for them.'

*I finish off my plate and my coke*

'Well, I guess i'm going to head back out guys. I will see yall later'

*I stand up and walk up to the register and pay my ticket and walk out to my unit*

"PC-8 to COPA: I am back in the unit"

*I toss my hat onto the passenger seat and head toward union street*

*As i'm driving on union street I notice a car fail to stop at a stop sign*

"PC-8 to COPA: I will be out on a stop with a Black Ford Excursion LPN: 159 EEF, be out at 25 Union Street"

*I flip on my lights and stop behind the Excursion, I angle my car for protection*

*I hang up the cell phone & walk back inside & sit down*

'sorry about that man I walk outside & the lights were off then came back on then off again & that is the way it stayed'

numerical pager starts to beep, beep,beep,beep,beep

*I check my pager*

'damn it subopena to court right now, Lafferty I will catch up with you later, looks like I am off to court'

*I get up take another final drink from my pepsi & walk out the door, get into my patrol car & head for court*

*I put my hat on as I step out of my unit and look to see if traffic is clear*

*I begin to make my approach and as I near the rear doors I feel to make sure that they are secure and walk up to the drivers side door*

'Evening Sir, i'm Corporal Lafferty with the ERT-PD. The reason I stopped you is you ran a stop sign, may I see your License, Registration, and Proof of Insurance please.'

'Sure thing'

*He hands me his information*

'Alright, thank you sir. I will be back with you in a few.

*I walk back to my unit and get in and pull up my EAT to run his information*

'No problem Nate, it was a smart move.'
I nod in agreement with Dave. 'It's gonna be a long night.' I pay my tab and head out to the car to get back to it.

"Traffic 1 patrolling, available for callout."

I pull out to the south and see the line of traffic from the dock incident backing up. I pull through the other side of the road past them with lights only and pull off about halfway up. I pull out my keys and step out. I walk over to the light and switch it manually to divert traffic around through the side streets.

As I'm finishing up, I hear Dr. Kaizer's callout for the MCU and close the control box. I hop into the car and fly to the base, code 3.

I arrive at the courthouse

*I place my patrol car in park & step out & shut the door. I start walking up to the courthouse & I key up my mic*

"1158 dispatch, be advised I am 10-6 for court, off the air if needed hit my pager"

*I walk in & by pass the courthouse checkpoint, & walk up to the back side of the check point to see where I am needed*

'Hello Sir Officer McIntyre badge # 1158, I recieved a page to come to court for a subopena'

Checkpoint officer: 'Ok, they originally they wanted you but the subject went ahead & pled guilty to the fines, so you are not needed anymore'

'Ok, well I guess I will see you later than'

*I start to walk back to my patrol car, as I step outside I notice a male grabbing a small child & forcing her into his car & the mother too*

screaming & fighting

*I start to run over there & key up my mic as well*

"1158 dispatch put me out at the courthouse on a physical domestic in progress send me 2 additional cars code 3"

*I run over to the male & start getting into a scuffle with him*

female grabs her child & starts to hold on to her

"Traffic 1 is clear from escort and returning to patrol."

I pull off to the side as I clear the traffic and end up on Boader Road. I sit a moment and breathe a sigh of relief. 'This is gonna be a long night,' I tell myself.

*I hear Nathan call for assistance, and rush back up to the car*

'Here is your stuff back sir, just be careful and have a good night'

*I run back to my unit and take off toward Nathans location*

"PC-8 is enroute to assist PC-3"

*I turn on my siren and kill it as I pull up to the scene*

"PC-8 is on scene."

*I rush up to Nathan*

"pc-6 also code 3."

*I fight through heavy traffic towards the courthouse.*

"6 to 8, what the status?"

the male is on top of me with his hands around my throat trying to cut off my airway.

*I see lafferty's car pull up, I get my left leg up & in between myself & him bring my right leg up & lock my feet I grab his right arm & push him off me while holding his arm, I see him reach for a knife so I give a thump with my boot to his chest & twist & pull his right arm utimately breaking his arm*

'Lafferty becareful he has a knife on his left side' as I say with relief that my partner arrives

*I draw my weapon and aim at the subject*

'You had better get off him right now and drop the knife or your gonna get shot'

"8 to COPA: One at gunpoint"

*I let go of the suspect & spring to my knees, I grab my cuffs & take the male into custody & move the knife away from him whil going to sit down to catch my breath*

*I look at Lafferty*

'took ya long enough, I am sure glad to see you' as I smile

*I put my weapon back in its holster and grab my handheld*

'Well, I didn't want to get here to quick and spoil all the fun you were having'

*I say laughing*

"PC-8 to COPA: We have one subject in custody"

'Nathan, are you ok though? You might want to get checked out at the hospital'

*Seeing that Nathan is putting the subject in his car and messing with his EAT, I go to my car and shut off my lights*

*I walk back over to Nathans car and see Libor standing next to Nathan*