and I'm not a I'm not a criminal I'm not
a bad guy I didn't do nothing to deserve
what they did to me was it their
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property here's a frustrating call for
police officers working in the modern
era these are calls of people who are
quote down and out this is a consequence
of the opioid crisis and the general
sense that people are afraid to check on
each other there's a man laying in the
grass who hasn't been moving for like
the 10 last 10 15 minutes 1775 what
street uh Mound Street West Mound Street
I respond to several calls per day
involving people who are down and out
people sleeping near the roadway people
sleeping while tucked into the Nook of a
building and people sleeping in their
cars usually these are just homeless
people with nowhere else to go but
sometimes there are regular people doing
regular things the other day I was
dispatched to a call about a man who was
down and out behind the wheel of his
vehicle with the windows down and the
car running when I arrived on scene it
was a guy sitting in a parked car in a
private parking lot looking at his phone
while waiting on a friend the video for
today is an example of how these calls
normally go
hey
buddy hey man it's
police there's an ambulance coming cuz
somebody called in and thought you were
dead oh no let all do you have a place
or you just out on the street no I'm on
the street but they told my stuff again
when I move just everywhere I go man I
still from me I stayed at centr point
last night and Jeff works at the tiger
shop and I didn't know where to go today
and I sat here and drink some water and
ate a little bit just fell out you know
about about 9:30 10:00 wasn't like noon
maybe one it's only
10:30 see I left an hour earlier his
watch is an hour an hour back okay I
haven't been here an hour no but I mean
you're in a very a really wide open
public place so people are going to keep
calling on you fall asleep no I
understand I'll get these guys to clear
off yeah yeah
I'll move out sorry about that you're
good yep no big deal yeah there's been a
lot of time I've lost three sisters to
fit all man yeah it sucks it's sad yeah
I don't mess with and you can never be
too safe anymore and when you're
sleeping out in public people always
just think that you just overdose and
fell out it's sad that that thought was
that's that's the it is well it's also
sad that people are afraid to just check
on someone you know what I mean like
you're the second one today this morning
I went to get a cup of coffee and some
guy came jumping up and down he's like
there's a guy in his car he's not moving
and I I opened the door and shook him
and he looked right at me like you
didn't knock on the window you
know what I mean hey gu you okay in
there yeah he was fine I mean and then I
was involved so I had to I made him call
and get a friend to come pick him up CU
you know once I see somebody kind of
passed out behind the wheel I can't just
let him drive away even even like I am I
appreciate it you know something could
have been wrong you know yeah very well
could have probably one of the neighbors
here more than anything one of the
homeowners I don't know someone said
they tried to holler at you and you
didn't move so it could have been
someone driving
by I don't know yeah I'll be all all
right you've been to all the shelters
and stuff to get resources so you know
how to get help I list for housing I'm
waiting for Social Security man they sto
me out back in
weatland we Highland I had a little shed
behind the house yeah um they come in
and booted me while I was asleep yeah
two guys did and I'm not I'm not a
criminal I'm not a bad guy I didn't do
nothing to deserve what they did to was
it their property and they p no it was
abandoned it was an abandoned property
but the guy who lived in the the shed
his dad used to work the owner so he had
permission to stay there and when he did
better and left he gave it to me you
know and the guys came in unrighteously
man and they they put me in the hospital
I was in the hospital 19 days really
they put me in intensive care they broke
ribs my collar B and allw they br five
organs I ended up the double pneumonia I
got pneumonia again both lungs now
second I got frostbite on up they jerked
me out of the shed they took my boots my
hat my gloves and my coat and left me in
the fields between in two houses and
when I woke up it was slow and I was so
cold
yeah I couldn't talk I can see my neck
where you kick you knock me out like a
giant human Tomo
already it's rough man I mean it's
Wednesday right so hope should be open
you should be able to go get some food
and stuff oh yeah I go down to Grub a
lot I got
resources take how you doing I shut down
like Dr TI yeah
like make sure breathing no he's doing
right he's going to be getting moving
here in just
moment all right man as long as you know
all the places to go to get the help you
need it's the best I can do for you I
appreciate it there's unfortunately just
too many people right
now so all right I'm going to get out of
here than you yep take
care
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