Tis currently the holiday season. This is a time for joy and cheer. A time to spend with loved ones. But also a time to chase those you think you love? One fine early morning (around 0300) this gentleman believed to be in love with his favorite Twitch streamer. It brought him to our city (which honestly is pretty random if you don't know it) in search of a girl from the computer. Traveling something like 2.5 hours, he had "borrowed" his mother's car in hopes to find the Streamer he so loved. His only idea of where to find her, a guess after looking at a map...
Another busy night underway, my partner and I chanced an egg salad sandwich from the EMS fridge. With luck on our side, and a full belly, we finish up the paperwork and clean-up. We received a post for the main deployment. My partner and I were quite a bit different from many of our peers. They would hate getting posted at the main (typically busy), but we loved it for the couches. The type of couches that get wayyyy too overused. But! If you didn't think about the stench (and possible bugs), they were easily the comfiest couches you'll find after midnight. Drooling over the thought we stomp into the main, but only to be notified of a minor traffic collision not too far. We jumped into the rig and slowly made our way about a mile down the street. On arrival, we found a young man somewhere in his 20s. "I'm so close I can even taste her!", he shouted. With confusion in my eyes the officer pulls me aside and explains the whole scene.
"We responded for a vehicle driving eratically. When we went to pull him over at a stop sign he immediately hit the gas and jumped the curb into the fence. We demanded him to get out of the vehicle with his hands visible. When the subject exited the vehicle he was wearing only underwear and screaming for Francine. He then rapidly approached officers stating to 'Take me to Francine's. The police knows where everyone is. So find my love!'. When the subject had intent on approaching we took him to the ground."
We never were able to confirm with the hospital what his tox screen looked like, but he was either part mongloid or on something good. He even happily let us reveal his knee cap for the picture. The patient was a momma's boy, and he was very concerned with what his mom was going to think when her car was missing in the morning. Otherwise, he went on and on and on about his favorite Twitch Streamer that loved playing League of Legends. I was able to at least relate with him on that avenue, but he didn't want to talk about the game.
I do not think this young man learned any lessons that night. If he did it was maybe when he came down from his high. But calls like these keep us reminded that people can play some pretty stupid games with police. They usually get rewarded with the equivalency of their idiocracy. I'm sure all of us have had those stories where people "found out" with police. Unfortunately, I'm sure we all have the stories where law enforcement was unreasonable. Those are stories for hopefully another day. Be safe out there everyone. And Happy Holidays!