Author: Ski Ingram

April 15, 19945 by Ski Ingram I was working as a Vice team leader with the Long Beach City Police Department.  A few days before April 15th, our Lieutenant told me that there was trouble with overcrowding in the bars in the...

by Ski Ingram It was 12:30 a.m. March 20, 1993, a Saturday morning. I was supposed to get off work at 1:00 a.m. but if things didn’t start happening fast, I would be late. I walked into the booking area with my prisoner...

by Ski Ingram  It was August 26th, 1986, when we got the call, “unknown trouble 2507 Atlantic”.  I was working with Stuart Jones (3966), who was a rookie and has since moved to a different Police Department, (I don’t...

by Ski Ingram Stan Ziemelis and I were hired by the Long Beach Police Department in 1982.  We started the academy together on June 1st.  Stanley lived in Torrance, and I lived in Harbor City. Stanley would drive to my...

by Ski Ingram The other day I had an experience that reminded me why I wanted to be a police officer.  It started out as a routine 920J call, (critical missing juvenile).  When I looked at the call, I immediately...