Basically What Happened

I am prohibited from posting the tactics of the Marietta Police Department. So, I will go through basically what happened on patrol without going into too much detail. First, we drove around for some time. The officer says he prefers traffic operations. He said officers are free to focus what they want to focus on in their beats so long as they are working. He said some officers like to conduct traffic operations on the expressways, some like to concentrate on drug activity, and others like to conduct business checks.



This particular business is the Big Chicken. It is a landmark in Marietta. All directions are given in reference to the Big Chicken. We responded to our first call in an apartment complex in regards to two thefts from vehicles. Afterwards, the officer responded to a call for back up on the expressway, but the call was canceled. The officer gave directions to a confused motorist near one of the expressways.




We went to another apartment complex. This time, the call involved an eviction. The officer said evictions can sometimes be a pain. A sergeant later showed up in a 2WD Chevy Tahoe. The officer said that the Tahoe was paid for with money surrendered by drug dealers under apprehension. Earlier in the shift, he took me through one of the drug-ridden neighborhoods.



He said some people appreciate their presence in these neighborhoods and some people don't. He also said that, usually when they don't, there's some sort of racial reason for it. He also said that the SWAT team sometimes conduct saturation operations in these neighborhoods. In my next post, I will talk about other things that happened and discuss my questions to the officer.