Category: AUTHORSHIP
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Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 9
Summer of 2025 was my previous visit to 1st Precinct. In August, arriving for the night shift allowed for a couple hours of daylight once patrol started. Not so on the December evening I returned to the same squad. The cold drizzle had the precinct cat hiding in the dark. As officers entered the Roll…
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Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 7
The temperatures might have cooled, but criminal activity was ripe in southwest Mobile when I returned to 2nd Precinct in October. A sergeant from the squad I rode with over the summer held the station door open while teasing me about abandoning his group for their counterpart. While I do enjoy return rides to familiar…
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FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 6
September marked my tenth ride along in just under a year and a half, and my sixth for this calendar year. As there are five precincts, I went back to the one I began this blog series with. This time I approached 4th Precinct in northwest Mobile for a day shift during the week rather…
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Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 5
Thanks to a steamy August afternoon, condensation coated the windows of the lobby at 1st Precinct on Dauphin Island Parkway. The precinct cat lounged on the sidewalk near the door—not bothering to withdraw from a stranger in the heavy evening air. Though it was the end of most people’s workday and week, the squad sergeant…
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Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 4
Tucked on the edge of a parking garage facing Water Street, Central Precinct is easy to miss in person and often overlooked on the jurisdiction map because of its small size in comparison to the other four precincts. I’ll admit that this was my final precinct to ride in, put off due to thinking it…