Category: Police Stories

by Ski Ingram I started the Long Beach City Police Department academy on June 1, 1982.  After graduation from our four-month academy class, I was assigned to a Training Officer so that my real police training could...

by Ski Ingram I was hired by the Long Beach City Police Department on June 1, 1982.  I was the oldest guy in my academy class at age 32.  I was in great shape as I was in the Army Reserves and the Executive Officer on...

by Ski Ingram One year ago, today Rush Limbaugh passed from this earth to the next. I do not remember where I was or what I was doing when I heard of Rush’s death. I guess it is because I knew he was sick and death was imminent....

It was my first day in Vice, no that’s not true, it was Friday 16 October 1992 and I wasn’t supposed to start as a Vice officer until Monday night, October 19th.  I started on Friday because I was anxious to do...

by Ski Ingram It started out just like any other day, kind of slow. We checked a few places but couldn’t find anyone worth taking to jail. What we really wanted was to get one or two early and then coast for the rest of...

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 noticed that I had...

April 15, 1994 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 shore...

  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...