Strangely enough, I kinda got “swatted” not too long ago. I’m on the front stoop feeding one of the cats, just got home maybe 5min before. A PD SUV comes roaring up with lights flashing. I don’t pay it any mind, as the house across the street and down a ways sometimes has domestics, y’know? Next thing I know, the cat looks up and goes running off, and 2 unis come up to the stoop and ask, “Is everything all-right, sir?”.
“Uhhh, yeah, why wouldn’t it be?”
“We got a report of a loud violent argument, possible firearms involved(!!), and blah blah blah.”
“Uhhh, no, everything’s quiet here, no problems.”
One of the unis asks about XXX, mum’s name (which ain’t quite Mary Smith, so someone had to know it fully to send ’em this way). “Hey, she’s fine, was just in the kitchen cooking eggs or something.”
“Mind if we check in on her?”
“Hey, go crazy…”
So they check, she’s in disbelief wondering what nut calls in something like that.
So lessee, NYPD, domestic disturbance, “possible firearms involved”, adrenaline a-pumping… yeah, that can end well…
And about an hour later, I look outside to see if the cat came back and finished his meal, and there’s a bus from the nearby hospital parked where the copcar was. Of course…
Sure enough, a coupla minutes later, bell rings, knock on the window, I open the door with, “Sorry guys, hoax 911 call. PD was just here an hour or so ago.”
“Soooo, no children in the house needing medical attention?”
“Nope.”
“Are there any children in the house at all?”
“Not for 40something years.”
They got a chuckle out of that, I invited them in for coffee but no takers, and they took it in stride.
I was expecting FD to come by later that night, but nope, thankfully didn’t happen.
So yeah, no matter what the situation where PD’s involved, be verrrrrrry careful, don’t go for any wallet, flashlight, anything, certainly nothing black and/or shiny. Can’t go hit rewind if anything goes wrong. “Oops”, and you’re dead.
