Hi, yet another newbie

[BadKitty]

I graduated from my town's Citizen Police Academy and had so much fun, I want to volunteer for the PD. I might eventually write a novel based on a case that the presenting Homicide detective told us about.

I was born and raised in NYC. I was raised to respect cops, and have had only positive experiences, like the nice Boston cop who dug through dumpsters--after putting on long thick gloves and explaining cheerfully that the dumpsters had rats-- looking for my purse after I was mugged. Didn't find the purse, but found the little creeps in the mug shot books and went to court although we only got one of the two because I had to find them in more than one book. The system works! I'm tempted to Google the mugger, but he had a pretty common name.

Anyway, glad to be here. I think I'll learn a lot and have fun, too.

[marinepilot]

Welcome to RP from the Florida Panhandle!

[BadKitty]

Thank you! I have to finish my application. Almost done. I was thinking about giving a really old friend and also an ex-fiancé as references, but they both have surnames for first names and I don't want to come across as stuck-up. Bad enough they might find out that I was a debutante...I might NEVER live that down! Do references really matter? I'm trying to pick people I've met in different stages of my life, that I still know now. I usually make friends and keep them forever, so it's hard to choose.

[MikeG]

I graduated from my town's Citizen Police Academy and had so much fun, I want to volunteer for the PD. I might eventually write a novel based on a case that the presenting Homicide detective told us about.

I was born and raised in NYC. I was raised to respect cops, and have had only positive experiences, like the nice Boston cop who dug through dumpsters--after putting on long thick gloves and explaining cheerfully that the dumpsters had rats-- looking for my purse after I was mugged. Didn't find the purse, but found the little creeps in the mug shot books and went to court although we only got one of the two because I had to find them in more than one book. The system works! I'm tempted to Google the mugger, but he had a pretty common name.

Anyway, glad to be here. I think I'll learn a lot and have fun, too.

Meh. At any given time half the population of Boston is in a dumpster looking for something. It's the first time I ever heard of someone using gloves to protect the rats though. Bites are rarely fatal, but the rat can get pretty sick if he draws blood. Officer must have been an animal over, God bless him. Being from NYC, you should know this about Boston.

;) j/k

Welcome!

[BadKitty]

Thank you! Never actually saw a rat in Boston, but saw a gigantic one in NYC! Boston didn't have water bugs, either. I think he was a rookie, off to rescue a damsel in distress. He was cute, too :-)

Boston must have changed if dumpster-diving is a common practice...what happened to the land of the bean and the cod?