Marietta Police Continued

The Marietta Police Department is located at 240 Lemon Street. I was instructed to go to the front desk and tell the clerk I was there for a ride along. My ride along was scheduled for 1530 to 1930 since there is a delay due to shift change. This ride along took place on the 13 DEC 2011. It was clear that I was to divulge no tactics and take no video. I was also instructed to save their phone number into my phone.

As you can tell from my simple phone, I appreciate the simple things in life. That's why I appreciate the simplicity of travel to the Marietta Police Operations Station. To get there on time, I caught the 10 CCT at 1300 and transferred to the 45 at 1415. It dropped me off at Cherekee and Lemon. I headed East on Lemon, turned right onto Cole, left onto Roswell, right onto Fairground, and then, left onto S. Marietta.

I was surprised to find that the Marietta Police Department is on the campus of a school. I suppose the children there are well behaved. It also shares a building with the Marietta Municipal Court. I was allowed to observe roll call. Obviously, I cannot tell you what was said in roll call. However, I can tell you that the Marietta Police Department employs at least one crime analyst.

The denied area of the police department includes a locker room. This seems to be, by far, the largest police station I've encountered. We rolled out then fueled the car. The cars are fueled at only two locations. One is the public vehicles yard and the other is the fire station. Both are close to the police station. In my next post, I will comment on basically what happened during patrol and the questions I asked the officer.