Peoria Fire Department

Beep...Beep...Beep....smack, crash shit I said as I roled out of bed this morning. I walked to the bathroom and threw myself into the shower. I stood there thinking about I shouldn't have stand at my girlfriends till 11:00 last night even though the BEARS game was on! 5:00 in the morning damn, I'm tired, cold and i just want to climb back under those warm blankets of mine and sleep. I walked back into my room and sat there the got my blue pants and a navy blue shirt out and put on a different uniform for the day. I jumped up into my truck and off to eureka I went. I ment up with one of my friends dad Mark. He is a Peoria Firefighter. I was going to ride/work with the Peoria Fire Department! As we drove to Peoria I couldn't wait to get there hoping we would have a fire or something good. I was dressed just like the other guys there, navy blue pants and a navy blue peoria fire/rescue shirt on. We had our very first call of the day a fire alarm! I was riding with Mark in the Ladder truck which by the way I got to go up in the bucket which was freakin awesome. The alarm was nothing so we came back to the fire house. We went out and did business checks and then went to walmart to get food for dinner. After that we went back to the fire house ate lunch and got a call for lifting assistance. After that were back at the fire house and I'm still working here until 9:00-10:00pm tonight.

A Drug Detail

Beep, beep, beep as a scramble up trying to turn my alarm clock off. I sat there looking at my clock with it reading 5:00, now 5:01, 5:02 and then a dragged my feet as I walked in the bathroom. After my shower I got my uniform on and walked out the door to my truck. Driving in I called Deputy Naugle to remind him that I was riding with him today and that I would be a post shortly. As I pulled up in a parking spot here he came around the corner in the car. I jumped in hoping we were going to be busy this morning but nope. Other Deputies were at a house for a home invasion that occurred earlier in the morning before we came on duty. We went up there to help out and found out some more information on who it could be. After that we headed off to Metamora going to the shell gas station again like what we do every Tuesday morning. Deputy Tipsword came walking in saying that he and a state police k-9 trooper were going to set up the drug checkpoint signs and see if they could get anything good. I was thinking Hell Yeah! I want to go with him. Naugle told me if I wanted to go with him I could so I did. We went up by Rt 116 at set them there. We were sitting there most of the day and we pulled over 2 cars. We got a call to Roanoke for a car accident. We weren’t there very long, we just filled out an accident report and gave it to both parties and off to lunch. After lunch we sat back out on the road and got a call to a tractor roll over and wagon is on top of the guy and like that we were heading that way. We got there and the fire department had the small trailer off of the guy’s leg and they were loading him up in the ambulance. Deputy Tipsword said lets go get the signs and call it a day. Another deputy went with us up there. We cleaned up all the signs and headed back to the post and called it a day!

A day with a Deputy Sheriff

Beep beep beep….smack. As I look alarm clock it reads 5:00am. Wow I said to myself I haven’t got up this early in a long time. I slowly climbed out of bed and headed into the bathroom to take a shower. After that I got ready to head in to the Sheriffs office. I sat there in my truck listing to the radio playing I was hoping it would be a fun and busy day but little did I know I would fall asleep in the squad car, we will get to that part later though. Deputy Naugle picked me up at the Sheriffs office around 6:00 and the day began. We drove to the west side of the county in the Metamora, Washburn area. Around 7:30 we went to the Shell Gas station in Metamora and drank coffee and read the paper while the other deputy and detective showed up before they went into the office. About 8:00 rolled around and the radio went off with a check the well being of a construction worker in Germantown Hills laying face down in the grass. BOOM out the door we go into the car and driving fast through town heading to the car with a second squad behind us. As we arrive on scene we found out the worker was just laying in a hole doing some work. After we cleared from there we went back to the gas station to talk some. And we got another call to a motorist assist in Eureka. By the time we got there they changed the tire and the lady was on her way. After the call everything went down hill from there. No more calls for 5 hours. We drove around and ran radar and no one felt like having to pay for a ticket because no one was speeding. I was getting bored and tired and then smack. Ha-ha said Naugle after I fell asleep and he smashed on the brakes. It was about 2:00 then and it was time for us to go home. He told me he would see me next week and maybe we would be busy.    

Sheriff Department

I started my day as any normal day; I woke up and took a shower, brushed my teeth and then started to get ready for what I hoped to be a busy day at the office. I pulled my uniform off my hanger, then went ahead and put all my brass on it. I pulled my vest from the pile of junk on my floor and started putting on the Sheriff Explorer uniform on. I walked from my house to my truck and climbed on in and headed off the office. As I walked in the court house I knew I would have to have dispatch call for the deputy to come pick me up. I sat there for at least an hour waiting and finally I head him call out WF11 Woodcom ill be 10-7 post for report writing. As Deputy Naugle came through to door he said it might take awhile I have to do a report and when he says it might take a while its true because it takes him forever to type out a report. I had to take a disk for him to log into evidence down in the jail which I did for him. I came back up stairs and then it was time to hit the road. I got in his patrol car and down the road we went. We drove around the county running radar and just talking about hunting. I couldn’t believe it, know one was speeding which was a surprise to me. We sat there waiting for the radio to go off for us to head to a call and still nothing. The day dragged on slow until lunch around 1:00 with other officers and detectives. After lunch it was time to head back to the Sheriffs office and turn in the computer and taser. We got back and unloaded the car and then I said thanks for letting me ride and I told him ill see you next week.