Around 6:30 I was on Hillsborough Street crossing from the bell tower to go to Loco pops. Before I could cross I saw an accident happen at the round about (big surprise there) because the person turning from Hillsborough onto Pullen merged into the far left. There was a lot of damage to both cars and the whole thing looked rather serious.

The part that really got to me was that a cop was coming through the round about at the same moment, and rather than stop to investigate or see if people were injured he sped up and fled the scene so he wouldn't have to deal with it.

I wish I had gotten the license plate of that cop car so that I could report him, but overall I'm bothered that officers rather bust underage kids drinking because they get a pat on the back for that rather than manage the safety of those they're sworn to protect.

9/19/2010 8:26:33 PM

k

9/19/2010 8:30:12 PM

but what flavor was the locopop

it would be truly appalling if you didn't get the mexican chocolate

9/19/2010 8:32:41 PM

thanks for the made up story bro

9/19/2010 8:33:41 PM

maybe he was already in route to an underaged drinking complaint???

9/19/2010 8:37:40 PM

Strawberry Lemonade Poppyseed.

As I said, the accident itself was not surprising, but the cop fleeing so he wouldn't have to do paperwork was more than a little disconcerting.

9/19/2010 8:38:29 PM

it's not possible that he was off-duty, nor is it possible that he had something more important to do...

9/19/2010 8:41:39 PM

Quote :

"it would be truly appalling if you didn't get the mexican chocolate"

I went in there one time and I was looking around trying to decide what to get when this lady starts telling me I have to try this and I am all like no I want the strawberry. Her kid looked at me like I was crazy.

9/19/2010 8:53:47 PM

jumping to a lot of conclusions here

9/19/2010 8:55:48 PM

note for the future: tww loves cops and the law

but seriously. could have been on the way to another call.

and even if s/he was off duty, i'd hope they'd still stop or at least radio it (or whatever) to someone else. which we do not know if they did/did not do. so there.

[Edited on September 19, 2010 at 8:57 PM. Reason : .]

9/19/2010 8:55:56 PM

he was probably on his way to find the rapist in Lincoln Park

9/19/2010 8:58:35 PM

Quote :

"but the cop fleeing so he wouldn't have to do paperwork was more than a little disconcerting. "

idiot

^^probably right

9/19/2010 9:03:21 PM

Quote :

"...manage the safety of those they're sworn to protect"

the supreme court has ruled on several occasions that law enforcement officers have no constitutional obligation to protect us from other individuals

9/19/2010 9:03:29 PM

priority calls> traffic circle

9/19/2010 9:05:05 PM

Look. You need more than a single digit post count to successfully troll t-dub. But good try. I give you a C- for effort.

9/19/2010 9:11:26 PM

ha thats a little much no^

9/19/2010 9:12:52 PM

Look at the N00b making assumptions.

As others have stated ITT it could have been that he had already been dispatched to a higher priority call.

Nah, I never hear that happen each day.

I hear officers call in situations to Raleigh 1 while responding to other calls. But in your N00bish mind you had already
assumed the worst without knowing facts.

So, you were probably right: He just wanted to avoid the DMV 349 so he ran just so he could find somewhere to lay low and coop for a few hours on the taxpayer dime.

Geez, without you looking out for the rest of us against the evil pigs N00b I don't know where we would be.

Great job! You are a douchebag!

9/19/2010 9:35:03 PM

Quote :

"and even if s/he was off duty, i'd hope they'd still stop or at least radio it (or whatever) to someone else. which we do not know if they did/did not do. so there."

Listen, I can imagine that there were other calls or more important things to do, and in that light I figured the officer might have called in the call as suggested above. So I went into Loco pops, got my delicious loco pop then came out and sat on the hill heading towards the the bell tower. I saw no officer arrive within the 20 minutes that transpired between when I saw the accident and when I finished my loco pop. Perhaps the more reasonable assumption is that every cop in raleigh was too busy with important crimes to come after this accident was called in by another officer rather than this one officer left the scene and called no one so he wouldn't have to deal with it.

9/19/2010 10:04:52 PM

you dont have any evidence fot this thread

9/19/2010 10:10:04 PM

well fine. i didn't know you stuck around to write a novel about the incident. sheesh. can't you like, bore your congressman with this shit or something?

but since you're here, did YOU call anyone to notify them about the wreck?


[Edited on September 19, 2010 at 10:14 PM. Reason : .]

9/19/2010 10:10:41 PM

buy a scanner app for your phone and listen to how busy it is every day.

9/19/2010 10:16:55 PM

^^ No silly khcadwal Only the cop could have done that! I mean since he was too busy avoiding calls it was the least he could do

[Edited on September 19, 2010 at 10:17 PM. Reason : lol]

9/19/2010 10:17:28 PM

^^ Or just become a beta tester for one of the 2 main scanner manufactures and get to keep a post-beta testing unit for free



[Edited on September 19, 2010 at 10:20 PM. Reason : I have highjacked the n00bs thread]

9/19/2010 10:19:15 PM

Maybe he had to take a shit.

9/19/2010 10:21:22 PM

^^let me get that.

i saw the swat van creepin today with the door cracked. i parked close and watched them take a dude out. idk when these foolz gonna learn to stop selling to CIs.

9/19/2010 10:23:03 PM

^ I hear them everyday over the RPD Investigation TGs.

Never ceases to amaze me how gullible the crooks are.

Also interesting monitoring FBI and DEA on VIPER on a weekly basis. They talk non-stop.

So far this evening alone on RPD Dispatch I have heard a robbery, stabbing, and a couple foot chases.

But I am sure the 10-50 Geppetto was talking about was waaaay more important than any of the above

9/19/2010 10:26:35 PM

how many departments in wake do you get

how bout chatham

9/19/2010 10:28:52 PM

will my phone app get DEA?

prob not huh?

9/19/2010 10:29:34 PM

^no

9/19/2010 10:35:05 PM

^^ well considering I have multiple radios I get pretty much everything

One radio just on RPD Dispatch, another radio on FD/EMS VHF Alert Dispatch, another on Various Federal & Local agencies, yet another just scanning around preprogrammed various agencies, My "Home Patrol" pictured above just on SHP Troop C VIPER, another across the room scanning SHP Troop C VHF, etc. All total I usually have about 8 or 9 radios on various monitoring targets.
If something big happens I can flip over to a specific channel/Talkgroup to monitor.

^ You won't hear Federal stuff over the streaming app. Radioreference.com TOS for people who want to stream audio:
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Feed_Provider_Terms_of_Service

Quote :

"Feed providers are not allowed to broadcast the following content without specific authorized consent from the RadioReference Audio Management Staff: * SWAT "type" operations if on dedicated channels or talkgroups * Narcotics / CID / Investigations or other tactical operations * Prison and corrections communications * Dedicated channels or talkgroups for Ambulance to Hospital Communications * Dedicated Federal Government or Military Communications (exceptions include any fire fighting or EMS operations, space shuttle launch or ISS communications, park ranger operations) "

9/19/2010 10:36:47 PM

can you suggest to me what I should get to hear these types of agencies?

my birthday is coming up and may have to get something(even though it gets on my wives nerves).

9/19/2010 10:40:07 PM

i still want to know the answer to my question.

i'm guessing the answer is NO on the part of calling it in and NO on the part of stopping to see if people were ok/needed help

YES on the eating of a locopop for 20 minutes
YES on posting the entire story on tww

YES on the story sucking

9/19/2010 10:40:43 PM

kh, No

9/19/2010 10:42:09 PM

^^ctnz: If you can spare the money I would recommend either of the following:

Uniden BCD396XT handheld:
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/BCD396XT

Uniden BCD996XT base/mobile:
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/BCD996XT

I beta tested both prior to release so you know they will handle VIPER very well.
And if you did get either the programming software is free at scannow.org, and I could get you set with programming
for Central NC (including the fed stuff).
Just PM or email me if you get either of the above and we will have you up and running in no time at all.

[Edited on September 19, 2010 at 10:48 PM. Reason : clarity]

9/19/2010 10:48:31 PM

To answer your question, I stood there after the cop left and watched the people get out of their car so I knew they we're horribly hurt. Once I got my loco pop they were still out there talking and I then watched someone pull out their phone. This was probably about 7 - 10 minutes after the incident. I waited around for a bit because I didn't know if a cop would show up and need any witnesses but eventually left since no cop showed and their were two people in each car.

For point of record, had no one gotten out of their car I would have gone to assist instead of getting my loco pop and had I not seen them on a cell phone I would have then called to report the accident.

Quote :

"So far this evening alone on RPD Dispatch I have heard a robbery, stabbing, and a couple foot chases. "

This explains it, because surely we only have 10 cops in all of Raleigh and no where in Raleigh were there two cop cars sitting side by side in a parking lot at that time.

If you guys are going to give me a hard time because I'm new I'd respect you more if you just outright bashed me rather than some really weak trolling attempt. khadwacal seemes like she got her skills off GoLo

9/19/2010 11:13:21 PM

maybe they didn't want to involve the law. they were obviously out of harm's way and in control of the situation.

at least you minded your own fucking business.

don't try to tell a cop how to do his job.

9/19/2010 11:17:02 PM

k.

^ good point.

[Edited on September 19, 2010 at 11:18 PM. Reason : .]

9/19/2010 11:17:30 PM

raleigh is broken up in to districts. I am sure there were 2 cops sitting in a parking lot "checking in" with each other SOMEWHERE in Raleigh but not necessarily in that particular district.

9/19/2010 11:18:21 PM

^ ctnz nails it.




And for the hell of it...use Google Earth to map out RPD Beats/districts:
http://bit.ly/b5bL0q

9/19/2010 11:29:11 PM

Quote :

"So I went into Loco pops, got my delicious loco pop then came out and sat on the hill heading towards the the bell tower. I saw no officer arrive within the 20 minutes that transpired between when I saw the accident and when I finished my loco pop."

so you're complaining that the cop didn't at least check to make sure everyone was safe? all while you sat on a hill eating a ice pop.

9/19/2010 11:35:40 PM

iop1

9/19/2010 11:43:14 PM

to be fair this guy isn't PAID to "Protect and Serve"

so... let him eat his ice pop and pass judgment on others

9/19/2010 11:47:01 PM

well if anyone needed help, i hope he enjoyed his ice pop

9/19/2010 11:49:28 PM

havent read much of this thread, but i personally couldnt stand by and watch someone who was seriously hurt

9/19/2010 11:52:06 PM

Quote :

"to be fair this guy isn't PAID to "Protect and Serve""

neither are law enforcement officers

they're paid to enforce the law

9/20/2010 12:06:22 AM

then why do they write that shit on the side of their cars?

is it bullshit PR

or ARE THE CARS LIARS?

9/20/2010 12:15:53 AM

I think this thread is a subtle attempt at advertising for Loco Pops.

9/20/2010 12:22:40 AM

most law enforcement agencies are moving away from that motto

i'm just telling you what the supreme court thinks

9/20/2010 12:23:18 AM

Quote :

"I think this thread is a subtle attempt at advertising for Loco Pops."

lol. i'm starting to feel that way too

9/20/2010 12:30:26 AM

^^ hey you don't have to tell me

I KNOW that cops aren't around to help people

9/20/2010 12:32:00 AM