http://erika.haub.net/officer-friendliest/10/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:11:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://erika.haub.net/officer-friendliest/10/#comment-393 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:53:01 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/officer-friendliest/10/#comment-393 [...] Last night we were scheduled to have our monthly block club meeting. Though I had just seen our Senior Lead officer days earlier, I knew that there were a number of updates he planned to give us on some different things going down in our neighborhood right now (things that he did not feel at liberty to shout about from my driveway). I was hurrying to get kids fed and to have Aaron down in time to leave for the 6:30 meeting when the phone rang. It was our good friend who hosts our meetings, and she told me that our meeting was cancelled because the funeral had been held that day for one of the murdered gang members and the post-funeral gathering spot was a few doors down from the house where we meet. The Senior Lead had advised them that it would not be safe to have the squad car parked in front of their house and to have people visibly coming and going. [...] […] Last night we were scheduled to have our monthly block club meeting. Though I had just seen our Senior Lead officer days earlier, I knew that there were a number of updates he planned to give us on some different things going down in our neighborhood right now (things that he did not feel at liberty to shout about from my driveway). I was hurrying to get kids fed and to have Aaron down in time to leave for the 6:30 meeting when the phone rang. It was our good friend who hosts our meetings, and she told me that our meeting was cancelled because the funeral had been held that day for one of the murdered gang members and the post-funeral gathering spot was a few doors down from the house where we meet. The Senior Lead had advised them that it would not be safe to have the squad car parked in front of their house and to have people visibly coming and going. […]

]]> http://erika.haub.net/officer-friendliest/10/#comment-384 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:00:55 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/officer-friendliest/10/#comment-384 It almost sounds like Mayberry. Just kidding. Even a LAPD Cop can be a blessing. Light outshines darkness. It almost sounds like Mayberry. Just kidding. Even a LAPD Cop can be a blessing. Light outshines darkness.

]]> http://erika.haub.net/officer-friendliest/10/#comment-381 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 05:25:16 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/officer-friendliest/10/#comment-381 The road of life is a nice big circle that always brings us back but some how foward too. The road of life is a nice big circle that always brings us back but some how foward too.

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