Riding the Streets of Corona

Riding the Streets of Corona. (951)

On Friday March 26, 2011 at 0700 hours I reported to the Corona Police Department located at 849 W Sixth St. in Corona. I attended the morning officers briefing, where a Sergeant and Lieutenant communicated with the morning shift officers. They went over all present, past and pending incidents that have occurred with in the city limits of Corona. The SGT went into great complete detail of crimes that have occurred as well as physical descriptions of suspects that are wanted for various crimes as well as descriptions of stolen vehicles to look for. Once briefing was over I was assigned to Officer Larios as my ride along Officer. Officer Larios started off by explaining to me the importance of checking his vehicle and equipment for any safety malfunctions, prior to starting his shift. While Officer Larios was showing me his patrol car I noticed numerous other patrol cars on the lot, Larios informed me that every Officer on the clock has their on patrol car and/or undercover car. Once all safety checks were complete Officer Larios and I were cleared to respond to calls. Immediately after going 10-8 which means in-service in code talk we responded to a 11-83 which means respond to a traffic accident with unknown details, so we immediately turned on the lights and siren and responded to the location of the traffic accident. As we arrived to the accident, Officer Larios advised me to stay inside the vehicle until he secured the scene of the accident. Once the scene was secured and medical assistance was on scene, Officer Larios returned to his patrol car and allowed me to step out of the vehicle and observe the incident from a safe distance away. At this point I was able to observe the first Medical responder which was the Corona Fire Dept. as well as the American Medical Response (A.M.R) Ambulance. As the medical responder attended to the injured party's I was observing Officer Larios on his duties of creating a safe zone for all responders as well as all other police units that were arriving to the scene to assist. As other units arrived, Officer Larios began delegating other Officers in directing traffic, changing the traffic lights to a four way red blinking lights mode, interviewing the entire accident as well as; calling for tow truck assistance. Once the injured parties were transported to different hospitals, Officer Larios began taking notes of his own to prepare himself for his accident report, his notes consisted of all the names of assisting staff and local agencies, as well as time log sheet of arrival time, and departure times of staff and the location of where the injured parties were transported to, and the location of where the vehicles involved were taken to. Once the accident scene was cleared to all vehicles, a complete safety inspection was conducted by Officer Larios of the entire intersection prior to setting the traffic lights back to normal mode. Once back in the patrol car Officer Larios explained to me the procedures in responding to a traffic accident (11-83) with unknown details. Officer Larios and I then drove to Corona Regional Hospital, to interview the parties involved in the traffic accident. As officer Larios completed his interview at the hospital we were dispatched to a call involving a (51/50) which is a California penal code used to describe a physically or mentally challenged person, banging at someone's front door. While in route to the 51/50 call, Officer Larios requested for back up assistance using his Motorola communication radio installed in his patrol car. Prior to arriving to the 51/50 call, Officer Larios gave me a specific instruction to stay inside the patrol car until further notice, due to the nature of the call as we arrived to the location of the call Officer Larios and I observed a white male, approximately 30 years old sitting in the middle of the street wearing blue shorts, no shirt, and no shoes. Once additional officers arrived Officer Larios and Sanchez approached the individual with caution. I was able to observe both Officers making contact with the individual. I noticed officer Larios take a stand behind the individual, while Officer Sanchez interviewed him. Upon further investigation of this individual, information reveled that the individual being interviewed had no-bail warrant for his arrest on a violation of assault and battery on an apartment complex manager. I observed Officer Larios search and place the individual under arrest. Officer Larios and Sanchez then escorted the individual to Officer Sanchez's patrol car, and placed him in the back seat of the patrol car.

When Officer Larios returned to his patrol car he explained to me that the subject they had just arrested has a history of mental medical conditions. As we continued to patrol the city Officer Larios gave me a quick lesson on radio usage and communication with dispatch. Officer Larios allowed me to call in a vehicle traffic stop which basically is using the patrol car radio to communicate with their dispatch center and request information on the car and driver. Your call-in to dispatch goes like this "King-336" dispatch will acknowledge by repeating to you "king-336 go ahead with your traffic." Then you will advise back to dispatch your exact location, vehicle description, and nature of the traffic stop an example would be something along the lines of; violation of red lights, speeding, no tail lights etc. You the Officer then approach the vehicle with caution and makes contact with the driver, asking for license and registration while constantly maintaining a visual inside the car for any unusual activity or movement by the