On March 30th at six in the afternoon I participated in a ride along with Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department. I was assigned to ride with officer Sloan. Sloan had previously been in the marines before going into Forsyth County’s Sheriff’s Department. He was also active in the swat team and was currently working with a new addition to the department officer Holley. Holley was the one who initially picked me up as Sloan was already responding to a domestic violence call. Holley and I met up with Sloan in zone one at the domestic violence call. I was told by Holley that this zone was considered a hot zone since it received quite a few calls.
I could tell from the condition of the streets and the neighborhood that it was a rather rough area. Broken windows theory could have been applied to this neighborhood with the impression that it gave off. Holley and I pulled up to a mobile home where Sloan was currently talking to a woman who had three children with her from behind a screen door. When Sloan came out to the driveway to meet Holley the man who had the domestic violence call against him came walking up. Sloan and Holley both told me …show more content…
The woman who owned the house stated that he had banged his head a few times against the back door trying to get into the house. There was an open cut on the man’s forehead and blood on the back door. He stated that she had his wallet and he needed it back. Holley went over to the woman and asked her for the wallet, she gave the wallet over to Holley and then she was allowed to leave to go to the magistrate’s office. She was told to call the police again if he showed back up at her house. The man was picked up by an acquaintance and taken to a different location. In this case I got to see the behavior of the individuals involved in the domestic violence call as well as the law enforcement’s interaction with all parties