September 20, 2007
PPD Police Report #1300576
imagined by: James Mathias
I approached my personal residence, carrying two brown paper bags from the Barbur Boulevard Fred Meyer’s grocery store. As I always do when returning home I cautiously checked around the entrance for potential intruders or any visual discrepancies. I found nothing of note and entered my residence with my groceries, leaving my door slightly ajar.
I placed my groceries down in the kitchenette, on the dining table. I turned back to the door to close it completely, when the suspect whom I immediately identified as my landlord’s son Jack Locke, appeared in the doorway.
He seemed to be disoriented and his eyes appeared blank. As I approached the entrance door, I asked Jack what he needed. He did not respond, instead he brandished a weapon, which I identified as a standard box cutter with the blade extended approximately two inches from the orange plastic handle.
I lunged forward gripping the door by it’s edge and swinging it closed onto Jack’s left arm, shoulder and part of his chest, I slammed the door into Jack, hard, three times in an attempt to disarm him.
Upon the third slam I heard a crack originating from Jack’s upper arm/shoulder area as well as the clack and clatter of the box cutter on the entry floor ceramic tile.
Jack screamed and lunged forward through the doorway pushing me backwards and off balance into the living area of my apartment, I fell backwards onto my buttocks, I scurried backwards into the hall, scrambled to my feet and took a safe position in the hall to give me time to think about my next action.
I did not have my service revolver, due to my recent suspension.
Jack rounded the corner of the hallway entrance yelling and swinging the box cutter. Being down on my haunches I was able to dive forward and tackle Jack from my lower position.
Jack and I fell backwards into the living room where Jack hit his head on the sideboard behind my couch, injuring his left temple and disorientating him enough to give me the advantage.
I took the opportunity to straddle him and gain control of the box cutter. This was not as simple as I had thought it might be. Jack was very strong and we struggled over the box cutter back and forth each of us attempting to gain control of the box cutter.
During our struggle I asked Jack “Why, did you kill all those people?” he responded out of breath and angry “I need a copy of quicken, I’ve got to move to Texas”
Jack’s response weakened him and gave me enough of an advantage over his strength to turn the box cutter around and press it into his left collar bone.
Jack yelled out weakly and grabbed my neck attempting to pull me down, I was in immediate danger, so I used the box cutter again, pressing it directly into his chest directly above his heart, as I pressed the box cutter deeper Jack’s grip loosened and then released from my neck.
I believe the box cutter injury to his chest was the direct cause his death.
I checked Jack for a pulse, found none, then went to the kitchenette and called the police, I sat down at my dining table to await the arrival of the police.
The above is a fictional police report written from my point of view as a cop in an actual dream I had last night, the idea to write this as a police report came from Luke Dorny, Thanks for the cool idea Luke.
PPD Police Report #1300576
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Sep. 20, 2007 (2:23pm) [#1]
Luke Dorny
Awesome.
pity about him never getting his hands on a copy of quicken.
On the other hand, that’s what an viral ad campaign will to the common man. Thanks for taking care of the paperwork in a timely manner.
Btw, I had no idea you were on suspension. Take care.
Sep. 20, 2007 (5:52pm) [#2]
Roger
You had me till quicken.
I would change that to something else, however it is still engaging.
Not to sound like someone who’s an authority, you’re writing has improved immensely. It is really quite good.
Sep. 20, 2007 (6:11pm) [#3]
James Mathias
Luke, thanks!
Roger, Thanks I appreciate the compliment. I would change the quicken line, but that is how it actually happened in the dream, so I wanted to keep it cause dreams are crazy.
Sep. 20, 2007 (6:28pm) [#4]
Roger
Ah, well in that case, yeah… I agree.
Good work.
Sep. 21, 2007 (8:43am) [#5]
Sarah Allison
Don’t start a blog entry with the titel police report…it freaks your sister out!
Once I figured out it was fake and you were okay, I thought it was very good…
Sep. 21, 2007 (1:29pm) [#6]
James Mathias
Sorry for the scare Sarah.
Sep. 24, 2007 (12:13am) [#7]
Sulcalibur
I like you way you wrote it in a Dean Koontz(ish) manner. Nice dude.
Sep. 24, 2007 (12:40am) [#8]
James Mathias
Seeing how Koontz, is one of my all time favs, I’ll take that as a huge compliment, thanks Sulcalibur, I appreciate it.
Sep. 24, 2007 (11:23am) [#9]
rich
cool. I, too, was concerned at first from the title…
Sep. 24, 2007 (1:53pm) [#10]
James Mathias
Sorry about the scare Rich, the title could have been less scary I suppose.
Sep. 26, 2007 (3:13pm) [#11]
Sulcalibur
No probs mate. Koontz is one of the only authors I can really get into. I tend to listen to audio books though mainly whilst doing a night shift
Sep. 26, 2007 (11:41pm) [#12]
Mark (mdz61384)
man, I got fooled too!
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