Category: Police Stories

by Ski Ingram I had been working as a Vice detective from 1994 until 1998.  Since I was working undercover, I had no need to wear a uniform. I put my uniform in my locker and forgot about it for 4 years.  On my first day back in...

by Ski Ingram It was Halloween Night and my second month on patrol. My Training Officer was Melissa Brea Riddle. She was married to Sergeant John Riddle. Melissa and her husband had a business on the side hanging wallpaper. ...

by Ski Ingram I was working day patrol one day when I had a few short crime reports to write. Instead of going into the police station to write them I decided to sit at one of my favorite four way stop signs.  This stop sign was...

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  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...

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....

by Ski Ingram My partner, Jeff Arndt, and I worked on what is called the “Felony Drug Car”.  Our job was to look for and arrest the sleaze balls that sell “crack” cocaine to kids or anyone else for that...

by Ski Ingram Tom Selleck had been in town for a week or so filming his new movie “An Innocent Man.”  Everyone I talked to wanted to work on that movie with Mr. Selleck.  For those of you who are not a retired Long Beach Police...

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...