Police Ride Along Report

Police Ride Along On Friday March 10th, I participated in a Police ride along at the University of Maryland. I was placed with Officer M. Adornetto during the hours of 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Officer Adornetto took me around College Park and showed me what his typical night on the job is like in the beat that he is assigned to. Although the night was slow because of spring break, we still had a lot of interesting calls that we encountered that evening. As I observed officer Adornetto throughout Friday night I learned much more about what a police officer has to deal with every day of their lives. The very first call that Officer Adornetto and I received from the dispatcher was from a lady who was concerned about what their neighbors were doing
The officers talked to both suspects and got the full story of what happened. No one was arrested and no one pressed charges. As soon as we left we got back into the car and drove around for a couple more minutes until we saw a car that was swerving in and out of the lanes. We pulled him over and we got out of the car and I stood by the police car while he went to the driver side of the car. The officer noticed that there was an open container of alcohol in the car and asked the driver if he had been drinking. The driver said he had one beer. The officer asked for the driver’s license and registration and walked back to his car. Officer Adornetto and I got back in his car and he told me if the person says they’ve had one beer then they’ve actually had multiple. So he conducted a test to find out. The driver got out of the car and onto the sidewalk. He had to track the officer’s finger with his eyes to see whether his pupils shook or not. This showed the driver was sober and just had the driver poor out the open alcohol container. Then the officer wrote him up for a warning for swerving and speeding. As soon as we left a different officer asked for assistance