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Authors: Zach Fortier
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talking, and out of nowhere, the DJ admitted to stealing Mike’s bike.”
Scott said that the DJ had been arrested several times as a kid for breaking into homes and stealing items. He said that the DJ gave a detailed account of stealing the bike and selling it, and then using the money to buy pot. The DJ laughed at how heartbroken Mike had been and said, “That’s what he gets for showing off his bike, the arrogant dumbass.”
”So now you know the reason for the unrelenting search for stolen bikes by ‘BIKE-ONE.’ Mike wanted to try to make sure that he did what he could to get back every stolen bike for every kid in the city. It was a personal goal for him to make a difference to the kids.”
Mike had a few assignments in the department, but for the most part, aside from catching bicycle thieves, he was not very motivated. He had a reputation for doing the absolute bare minimum to get by. He tried out for Motors, but was rejected.
He tried out for SWAT and was rejected. He tried out for Detectives and Gangs and was rejected. He tried out for K-9 and dropped out after one day because it was too much work. He tried out for Narcotics over and over again, and after several rejections, was finally was accepted. He made the most of Narcotics, and afterwards spent the majority of the time remaining in his career in patrol.
In patrol, Mike had a reputation for not showing up on calls to which he’d been assigned. He would say on the radio that he was at the call, and a few minutes later claim that he had been unable to locate the problem or the person who called, and would go back to routine patrol.
In reality, he would not even have started his car or moved an inch. Yep, he was a real go-getter. He could not figure out why, after several days of not showing up on calls during his shift, the sergeant went ballistic and started making the entire squad toe the line.
To Mike, it was a mystery why the sergeant was so upset. His sergeant was named Kenny Duke, and the entire shift gave him the nickname the Mad Monk for his unexplained crackdown on the squad. Duke later told me why he had to crack down. It was Mike and his lazy work ethic. Sergeant Duke wanted to make it very clear that if you were assigned to his shift, you would be working and patrolling the streets, not sleeping in the cemetery at night, answering calls on the radio only.
Another incident involving Mike happened one day in the south end of the city. Speeders were frequent in an affluent area, and BIKE-ONE was assigned to run radar there. Mike was doing this, and catching speeders at a pretty good rate. One of the people he caught was a law student who lived in the area. The law student decided to warn his neighbors of the speed trap set up by Mike. He made up a sign that said “Speed Trap Ahead,” and stood a couple hundred yards down the road from Mike as he ran radar.
Most cops would have used the sign to their advantage, and mention it on the tickets they gave out. In court, it would work to the cop’s advantage that the speeders ignored the speed-trap sign and continued to speed. BIKE-ONE, however, did not see it that way, and told the law student he had to leave the area and take his sign with him. The law student disagreed. He believed he had a right to free speech, and he was standing on public property. He refused to leave, disobeying BIKE-ONE.
I don’t know what happened after that. The scene went to shit; a fight broke out. Mike ended up choking the student until he fell unconscious to the ground; afterwards, the guy ended up in handcuffs and on his way to jail. I guess the student had never watched the Dirty Harry or the John Wayne movies that Mike had.
The student sued Mike and the police department, and, after brief negotiations, the city settled out of court. Mike somehow kept his job, and Scott had to put up with constant teasing from the other cops about his brother’s exploits.
Mike wasn’t always doing things that made you
Scott said that the DJ had been arrested several times as a kid for breaking into homes and stealing items. He said that the DJ gave a detailed account of stealing the bike and selling it, and then using the money to buy pot. The DJ laughed at how heartbroken Mike had been and said, “That’s what he gets for showing off his bike, the arrogant dumbass.”
”So now you know the reason for the unrelenting search for stolen bikes by ‘BIKE-ONE.’ Mike wanted to try to make sure that he did what he could to get back every stolen bike for every kid in the city. It was a personal goal for him to make a difference to the kids.”
Mike had a few assignments in the department, but for the most part, aside from catching bicycle thieves, he was not very motivated. He had a reputation for doing the absolute bare minimum to get by. He tried out for Motors, but was rejected.
He tried out for SWAT and was rejected. He tried out for Detectives and Gangs and was rejected. He tried out for K-9 and dropped out after one day because it was too much work. He tried out for Narcotics over and over again, and after several rejections, was finally was accepted. He made the most of Narcotics, and afterwards spent the majority of the time remaining in his career in patrol.
In patrol, Mike had a reputation for not showing up on calls to which he’d been assigned. He would say on the radio that he was at the call, and a few minutes later claim that he had been unable to locate the problem or the person who called, and would go back to routine patrol.
In reality, he would not even have started his car or moved an inch. Yep, he was a real go-getter. He could not figure out why, after several days of not showing up on calls during his shift, the sergeant went ballistic and started making the entire squad toe the line.
To Mike, it was a mystery why the sergeant was so upset. His sergeant was named Kenny Duke, and the entire shift gave him the nickname the Mad Monk for his unexplained crackdown on the squad. Duke later told me why he had to crack down. It was Mike and his lazy work ethic. Sergeant Duke wanted to make it very clear that if you were assigned to his shift, you would be working and patrolling the streets, not sleeping in the cemetery at night, answering calls on the radio only.
Another incident involving Mike happened one day in the south end of the city. Speeders were frequent in an affluent area, and BIKE-ONE was assigned to run radar there. Mike was doing this, and catching speeders at a pretty good rate. One of the people he caught was a law student who lived in the area. The law student decided to warn his neighbors of the speed trap set up by Mike. He made up a sign that said “Speed Trap Ahead,” and stood a couple hundred yards down the road from Mike as he ran radar.
Most cops would have used the sign to their advantage, and mention it on the tickets they gave out. In court, it would work to the cop’s advantage that the speeders ignored the speed-trap sign and continued to speed. BIKE-ONE, however, did not see it that way, and told the law student he had to leave the area and take his sign with him. The law student disagreed. He believed he had a right to free speech, and he was standing on public property. He refused to leave, disobeying BIKE-ONE.
I don’t know what happened after that. The scene went to shit; a fight broke out. Mike ended up choking the student until he fell unconscious to the ground; afterwards, the guy ended up in handcuffs and on his way to jail. I guess the student had never watched the Dirty Harry or the John Wayne movies that Mike had.
The student sued Mike and the police department, and, after brief negotiations, the city settled out of court. Mike somehow kept his job, and Scott had to put up with constant teasing from the other cops about his brother’s exploits.
Mike wasn’t always doing things that made you
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