My ride along with LVMPD

[LasVegasOG]

So Im posting this because it was a interesting story. Friday night I rode with a LVMPD officer on the graveyard shift. Well I got along great with the officer and for a friday night it seemed very slow, and he agreed. We responded to a illegal shooting call where the caller wanted to be anonymous and we found no shells or any evidence of a shooting, A couple traffic stops, and around one AM there was a call of a man following his ex wife at the rental car return place by the airport. We were the only unit to respond ( Due to a attempted suicide going on everyone responded because it was so slow ). Well everything is clear on the call and we were dispatched to a call where a wife called and said her husband punched out her two front windows and he wasnt on the premise. We arrive and there is a HFA with her newborn in her arms, the officer goes up and talks to her and I notice the glass windows busted out in her house, and I also notice the two cars parked in the lot have broken windows with blood on them.

Out of no where a HMA appeared and the officer quickly realized this was her husband he was definetely under the influence of something. The officer kept telling him to talk to him but his only words were "%#$@ it no!". He then went inside the house quickly before the officer could follow and came out with 40 ounce glass bottle in a threatening manner. The officer had his tazer then pointed to him.( keep in mind back up is rolling code to us but is 14 minutes away , This was determined afterwards). At this point the man is walking backwards down a alley. It leads to another parking lot where there was a car parked and the guy backed into it, just then he reached in his waist band and pulled a 12 inch knife out with blood on it. He was then tazered, To my astonishment this had no effect what so ever ( the knife was dropped though ) and he just pulled the prongs out and threw them. The officer then tried to grab him but he slipped out. He then proceeded to the spot where he was sighted at. I backed off a bit to let them get ahead of me. As I went up the alley way I turned the corner to see a shocking sight. The suspect on top of the officer stabbing him with broken glass all over his arm. I know im a ride along but I didnt feel like posting up a thread "in the line of duty" I punched the guy in the head and put my knee in his back, The officer then gave me a hand cuff as he had him in a head lock,I managed to get his left hand in perfect, The right hand took me a bit, He would not budge it So i kept twisting his left cuff. Eventually I managed and the officer then wriggled out from underneath him. All of us full of blood, the officer with gashes all over. Long story short, I was thanked by everyone in that area command, The guys wife called me and thanked me, The Real CSI people came out, Captain, Strip units, and some people in unmarkeds in plain clothes. All in all this guy was a $hitbag, he kicked out the window of one cruiser and was then hobbled, and bent the window in a second cruiser. He had a spit sock over him cause he was spitting at everyone and everything. The officer I was with though ended up in the hospital. He is fine now. Another reason im posting this is Im glad this did not scare me from still wanting to be a cop, Not one time was I Truly scared of the job, My adrenaline pumped in like hell though!

[LasVegasOG]

Btw, The strip cops worked the hell out of this guy. They gave him what he deserved, hes lucky he didnt go in a body bag.

[Reapp]

I don't know if you are trolling or not, given your rep and post count I would hope not. If things did happen as you say they did my hat is off to you, you can ride with me any day.

[Jeff L]

Yeah, I would say that is good for some green. :D

[SPEtactical]

Nice job. It was a good thing you were there. This is just another example of why officer's should not rely solely on intermediate weapons and must know how to survive an attack that goes to the ground.

[LasVegasOG]

This is not me trolling for a rep. I have a couple of pics from this incident, one of the area with all the blood, and the other of the officer getting his left arm fixed up. But thanks for the compliment and Im really glad I was there to help out too.

[Jeff L]

I didn't say you were trolling for rep, I simply issued it to you based upon your post's merit. Even if you were trolling, would that be so bad? :p

[coucousis]

Congratulations LVO....

I'm glad that you still want to become a cop... we need guys like you...

[LasVegasOG]

I was just shocked as all hell to see that was happening. Every officer there told me how rare this incident was. After getting him handcuffed we tried getting him in a car but with no success, we had to slam him on the hood of the car a couple of times. I was sooo relieved to hear the siren of another patrol car coming!

[Cat_Doc]

Congratulations, LV, on facing the dragon and acting with determination and courage. You now know your mettle.

And, most of all, thank you very much for coming to the aid of a peace officer in distress. You will never know if you actually saved his life that night.

Even if you don't want a green, I am sending one your way.

[iroll40]

I'd just like to ask a question-Does anyone have a guess as to why the taser didn't work? I thought that it was supposed to be effective because no matter how doped up a person was they wouldn't be able to control muscle functions while being hit with it? Are they generally inneffective on people who are heavily under the influence?

[Cat_Doc]

I'd just like to ask a question-Does anyone have a guess as to why the taser didn't work? I thought that it was supposed to be effective because no matter how doped up a person was they wouldn't be able to control muscle functions while being hit with it? Are they generally inneffective on people who are heavily under the influence?

Good question, I saw an inmate pull the probes out. (But the cell extraction canine did a number on him.) Don't know the answer.

[LasVegasOG]

Thanks cat doc. When I saw him pull the tazer prongs out the first thing in my mind was "Oh #$%$"! This is not good!

[hdb]

Thanks LV, Good job

[Reapp]

This is not me trolling for a rep. I have a couple of pics from this incident, one of the area with all the blood, and the other of the officer getting his left arm fixed up. But thanks for the compliment and Im really glad I was there to help out too.

Didn't mean any offense when I said "I hope you are not trolling", but this is an extraordinary incident and an internet forum... we've all seen the bs that gets spewed here by ppl seeking attention.

However, you seem to have proven yourself here.... thank you for looking out for our brethren - hope one of us can return the favor for you.