The Driver

On 02/23/17, at approximately 2050 hours, I was conducting security walks at Durango Jail, located at 3225 W. Gibson Lane, Phoenix AZ 85009 in D-4, C Pod. During my security walk, Inmate Balog, Tibor T341787 informed me that while exiting his bunk, he became dizzy/light headed and hit his head on the bunk next to his. Inmate Balog had blood in his left ear. Medical staff was notified. At approximately 2100 hours, Inmate Balog was escorted to Durango Medical Clinic. At approximately 2116 hours,…

Kyle looked up at him again and realized that he would stand his ground until the end, and that wasn’t a fight that Kyle was ready for. Slowly and sarcastically, Kyle grabbed his coat and headed out the door and back to his car. He didn’t drive away, however, he sat there and stared at the building. He wasn’t going back out to the housing projects now, something more pressing had come up. He sat at the edge of the lot staring at the building until the sun finally went down. The cars in the…

On September 22, 2015, at approximately 1010 hours, I, Officer John Her, was patrolling on Hwy 53 when the Loss Prevention Officer from Walmart store located at Eau Claire WI, reported a retail theft of a Snickers candy bar. Upon my arrival at 1014 hours, I met up with the complainant James K. Waddell outside, who just detained the suspect Timothy R. Smith for retail theft. As I was speaking with Mr. Waddell, he stated that he saw a white male acting suspicious and placed a Snickers candy…

At approximately 12:49am, I was in the Platteville Police Department’s dispatch room. A call came in at that time from Ms. Courtney L. Marks (W/F, DOB: 05-30-89). Ms. Marks reported that she had heard two loud bangs which she believed to be gun shots. Ms. Marks was calling from Southwest Hall, room 212, where she resides. I responded to the call with my emergency lights and siren. After entering the drive which leads to Southwest Hall, I observed five men walking in an eastward direction on…

On 06/02/2017, I, Dillon Dickerson, badge #155, was working as a Patrol Officer for the Wichita State University Police Department, in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. At approximately 0208 hours WSU Dispatch asked for myself and Officer Efrain Rueda #159 to report to Delta Upsilon (DU). Dispatch advised the calling party would like a safety escort to their vehicle located in the lot near Brennan. Dispatch advised they had seen a fist fight outside of the DU house about five minutes prior.…

prohibiting text messaging for all drivers. An additional eight states bas so-called novice drivers from texting while driving. (The definition of “novice drivers” differs by state; in Mississippi, for example, it refers to drivers who have their learner’s permit or provisional license, while in Missouri a novice driver is anyone aged 21 and younger.) Two of the eight states that restrict texting for novice drivers--Oklahoma and Texas--also prohibit school bus drivers from texting while driving…

Distracted driving has been defined as any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary task of driving, inherently endangering driver, passenger, and bystander safety. Unfortunately, despite staggering reports of serious automobile accidents caused by said distraction, the roads we travel are no safer. Lawmakers in part, can contribute considerably to increase the safety of the roads we travel. They can do so by strengthening existing laws, enacting and enforcing new…

Parental Licensing is a very big deal in everyone’s lives because it allows people to go on by themselves and allows them to go on their own pace in their lives. People need to be very responsible for their actions and for what they do in life. A Drivers License is a very big deal because it shows that people can be responsible, people are becoming an adult or parent, and people are able to drive by themselves and not having parents freak out every time they make a stop or taking off. Parental…

Young adults and new drivers should be required to undergo lessons and information sessions prior to driving on the roads. Drivers between the ages of 15 to 34 represent close to 30% of the driving population; however, they have accounted for 40% of the fatalities and 45% of the serious injuries, demonstrating that younger drivers are a great risk to everyone when driving. Before allowing young and inexperienced drivers to enter the world of driving, there should be many new/ and modified…

Truck drivers get a fair amount of bad press in the media. While some of it is deserved, many truck drivers are professionals who have no desire to cause a truck accident or get traffic tickets. The reason is that these can hurt or even end their careers. There are many factors that work against them, which include the riding characteristics of their vehicles and the many possible mistakes they must always guard against. How this affects your safety on the road is explained next. Long Braking…