How about a "Just When You Think It Can't Get Any Worse" thread?

[Ghost 1]

The embarrassing traffic stops thread got me to thinking. How about a thread about any unusual,unbelieveable,or just plain stupid calls,traffic stops,etc. that you have been a part of. I just have to do it. There is one call I went on awhile back that just keeps getting funnier everytime I think about it. So if you could bear with me for a bit,this could get a little long winded. Here goes.

I was dispatched to one of our low rent apartment complexes to investigate a possible domestic in progress. As I am getting ready to arrive on scene,the dispatcher gets on the radio and says to me,"740,be advised we just had a second call on that possible domestic. Caller advised he heard a loud bang and saw people running." So I'm thinking to myself,somebody just got shot. My pucker factor is alive and well at this point and I ease up close to the apartment and get out of the car. As I walked around the corner,I see that the second story apartment had blown up. As in exploded. Every window,frame and all,had just been utterly destroyed. They landed 30 yards or better away from the building. So I'm advising dispatch of the situation,had Fire,EMS,and backup units on the way. I'm treating this as a possible meth lab explosion as I know these apartments have no natural gas. The funny thing is,there is no fire. It was like the concussion was so strong it blew itself out. So I start going door to door,making sure everyone is out and safe until Fire gets on scene. Once everyone is out,I start inquiring as to who lives in the blown up apartment. All the neighbors said that the apartment was vacant. AHH........the plot thickens. Well,Fire arrived on scene and of course with the explosion their not gonna go in first for "safety reasons." They are thinking meth lab at this point too,so (and I still don't know why) I get "volunteered" to "secure the scene" over my rather heated objections. I'm trying to explain to them that something blowing up falls somewhere under the firefighting manual "Things We Take Care Of." But sadly,yours truly had to go in first. Well,I make entry and go up the stairs. At the top of the stairs I see a fridge that had been literally torn to pieces and smell a funny chemical odor. Well,funny chemical odor DOES NOT fall under the police manual "Things We Take Care Of," so I un@ssed the apartment with the speed appropriate for that situation. QUICKLY. Fire went in with all their little doodads and gizmos and did whatever they do and I went back to interviewing neighbors. The neighbors said that no one lived there,but that the maintainence guys had been working on the apartment. Well,we get the maintainence guys and the manager on scene and asked what was in the apartment that could make it go boom and they said they didn't know. The maintainence guys said that all power to the apartment had been cut off except to the fridge. So we asked what was the last thing they did before they left. They said they cut all the power off,except to the fridge,and put TWO 2500 CUBIC FT. BUG BOMB FOGGERS IN THE FREEZER to kill the roaches. Ah HA! Now we're getting somewhere. Upon further investigation,it was discovered that the bug bombs were highly explosive and SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN USED IN A CONFINED SPACE,and it somehow made contact with a spark (possibly the fridge motor) and ignited. Luckily the explosion blew itself out and there was no fire damage,but the explosion took out every window and frame,destroyed the fridge,and broke wall studs and ceiling rafters. Luckily,no one was injured. Needless to say,I think the maintainence guys had to seek employment elsewhere.

Can you say STOOPID? And to think people that stupid are allowed to procreate. Scary ain't it?

[Zohar]

Roflmao

[slim202cop]

:d Laughing Hysterically :d

[SAPD]

took care of the roaches though ;-)