[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Random police encounter (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 4/8/2017 9:18:42 AM EDT
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An officer from a neighboring township came beating on my door at last night looking for some guy I have never heard of.
Told him he didn't have the right location and I've never heard of said individual. Guy took off without even an apology or anything. Keep in mind he pounded on my door like it was the end of the world at nearly 1:00am. He didn't stop at any of my neighbor's houses like maybe he was off by a house with the address. Just tore out of here. Can any officers here share some insight on this? |
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OP How did you know it was a cop beating at your door at 1:00 AM?
Were there flashing lights on the squad car? Was he yelling Police? Did you visually confirm that it was the Police via Security Cam, Window, Side light, Peep Hole, just opened the door to see who was banging. Did you answer the door naked? Were you armed? What were you armed with? Did you warn the cop that you were armed? Did you tell him to get off your lawn? Did you check your front door for Maglite or boot dents? |
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This is a very small area. There were no murders last night. There were no significant crimes of any sort. I would know otherwise. Could be something big happened somewhere else and another agency asked him to check a last known address. Maybe he was making a notification for his agency or another agency. Who knows.....but we know you don't really know either. |
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No. For all he knew, maybe I was the guy he was looking for. He quickly left when I told him he had the wrong place. Quoted:
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did you give him your ID? call the PO-lice and turn yourself in.... it will save you a new door. |
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No you would not necessarily know that. Could be something big happened somewhere else and another agency asked him to check a last known address. Maybe he was making a notification for his agency or another agency. Who knows.....but we know you don't really know either. Also, he was out of his jurisdiction in coming to my house. If another agency was looking for someone at my address they would have contacted the city police. Not the rural township police. And if by chance the agency contacted the township police, the township police would have contacted the city police instead of coming all the way over here themselves. |
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I've been here since 2003, and the previous owner doesn't have a name even remotely close to who the officer was looking for. Also, he was out of his jurisdiction in coming to my house. If another agency was looking for someone at my address they would have contacted the city police. Not the rural township police. And if by chance the agency contacted the township police, the township police would have contacted the city police instead of coming all the way over here themselves. Quoted:
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No you would not necessarily know that. Could be something big happened somewhere else and another agency asked him to check a last known address. Maybe he was making a notification for his agency or another agency. Who knows.....but we know you don't really know either. Also, he was out of his jurisdiction in coming to my house. If another agency was looking for someone at my address they would have contacted the city police. Not the rural township police. And if by chance the agency contacted the township police, the township police would have contacted the city police instead of coming all the way over here themselves. |
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So what exactly is the difference between town and "township" and why does it seem only the east coast has said "townships" |
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Well, actually it's not. The encounter itself, perhaps yes. That it happened, however, is certainly not. Quoted:
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Bullshit  |
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My first thought was that a family member was involved in a traffic accident or something of that sort. Quoted:
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Don't open the door. 
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he was verifying where you lived. I lived in a corrupt little shit town while going to school and they would pull that shit anytime a "student" moved into town. bang on the door, ask for some fictious name (some times demand id which resulted in the door being shut) then just take off.
Fuck that guy, Go knock up his wife. |
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If a city LEO, from a neighboring jurisdiction, he wasn't acting in official unless accompanied by a LEO with jurisdiction.
I was a city/town LEO, and always had to call a deputy sheriff to escort me whenever I had to do any follow ups, on active cases, outside of city/town limits. In GA, a deputy sheriff can serve arrest warrants anywhere in the state. |
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I had that happen once. A tenants car was hanging out of the driveway a little bit... like a foot tops (not enough for the police to bang on my door at 4:45am on a fucking SUNDAY) esp since it wasn't out as far as the parked cars along the road. So it was literally NOT hurting anything.
I woke up to a noise, then heard knocking. Grabbed G19, turned on the light and opened the inside door...... no one there wtf. Closed the door, turned off the light and was walking back across the living room. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM on the fucking door. Flipped on the light and yanked open the inside door.. NO ONE AGAIN WTF. The asshole was half down the front steps to the side of the fucking door banging on it with his night stick. Bet he didn't expect to be asked if he was a fucking moron and get told to call his fucking supervisor. I felt so bad for the supervisor when he showed up. He looked like he was on a double and glared at the cop like he was the dumbest mother fucker on the planet almost as if this wasnt the first time he had to deal with this guy. Said sorry, agreed that there was no reason for this shit and asked me to tell the tenant to pull in a bit farther from now on and they left. wtf 
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Always get their name and look for a body cam.
Im not a cop, and generally like the police, but different township and no backup banging on your door in the middle of the night, something sounds sketch... did you get his name? did he have a body cam? request the footage or file a complaint with the state PD/or local town. (advice from the hive a few years ago when I had an issue with a LEO taking photos of my property was to call the state PD) |
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House that I rented years ago had some jackasses living there years before.
Every so often, the sheriff would show up looking for one of them. He got the message after seeing all the Star Wars posters, comic books and other nerd shit that we weren't some rowdy drunks. 
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If a city LEO, from a neighboring jurisdiction, he wasn't acting in official unless accompanied by a LEO with jurisdiction. I was a city/town LEO, and always had to call a deputy sheriff to escort me whenever I had to do any follow ups, on active cases, outside of city/town limits. In GA, a deputy sheriff can serve arrest warrants anywhere in the state. |
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OP How did you know it was a cop beating at your door at 1:00 AM? Were there flashing lights on the squad car? Was he yelling Police? Did you visually confirm that it was the Police via Security Cam, Window, Side light, Peep Hole, just opened the door to see who was banging. Did you answer the door naked? Were you armed? What were you armed with? Did you warn the cop that you were armed? Did you tell him to get off your lawn? Did you check your front door for Maglite or boot dents? |
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Depends on the state, I would imagine. In my little corner of MI, officers from neighboring jurisdictions have routinely done follow-up on complaints and the like, unescorted (though they inform the local agency's dispatch of their presence - a big pursuit/shooting a few years ago originated out of detectives from a neighboring county doing follow-up on some fugitives in my home county, they were not escorted, though they were in contact with dispatch). It's helpful at night, where a couple of the smaller departments do not have 24/hr coverage. Oftentimes the nearest car is sometimes the next town over if there are no Deputies or Troopers nearby. |
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OP How did you know it was a cop beating at your door at 1:00 AM? Were there flashing lights on the squad car? Was he yelling Police? Did you visually confirm that it was the Police via Security Cam, Window, Side light, Peep Hole, just opened the door to see who was banging. Did you answer the door naked? Were you armed? What were you armed with? Did you warn the cop that you were armed? Did you tell him to get off your lawn? Did you check your front door for Maglite or boot dents? 
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If a city LEO, from a neighboring jurisdiction, he wasn't acting in official unless accompanied by a LEO with jurisdiction. I was a city/town LEO, and always had to call a deputy sheriff to escort me whenever I had to do any follow ups, on active cases, outside of city/town limits. In GA, a deputy sheriff can serve arrest warrants anywhere in the state. To OP: He probably was awoken from his sleep hole and told to go to neighboring town to do a follow up since the Officers from that town were tied up. He drove all the way tired and bitching. Got to a close enough address, knocked on door, asked required question for the orders he got, got a plausible answer that required no extra work, and sped back to his sleep hole. The end. |
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Townships are smaller versions of counties.
They may or may not be rural, may or may not have their own police departments, may or may not operate like a city, may or may not actually have cities in them. OP, is your city in the same township? I'd just call them, on the off chance they have your address for someone else, or the officer was acting outside of his job duties. |
