I have been a police officer for twenty-five years and from experience I know that people will call the police for just about anything. During my time as an officer I have never gotten a single call for any type of 'Supernatural activity' nor have any other officers that I know. I have read a lot about the supernatural (things such as ghosts or paranormal activity) and it just seems, according to people who believe in such things anyway, that this type of activity happens and is reported quite frequently. It seems strange that if such things actually do happen that the police would be the first to know. My question is; are there any officers that have ever had a call for of supernatural activity and if so what happened and what did it actually turn out to be?
2007-05-30 05:33:30 · 10 answers · asked by Milo F 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I have been on the job for 24 years. Never seen a ghost, goblin or UFO. No big foot sightings, either.
I work in a major city. But I did do 5 years in a small town, too.
Any suspicious bumps in the night that I have been called to were contributed to criminal activity, varmints or more frequently some one with limited mental capacity.
Oh, and for any "nuts" that may be reading this question, no.. I am not part of the big government cover up! LOL... that cracks me up.
Cool question. Thanks.
2007-05-30 05:42:37 · answer #1 · answered by Dog Lover 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm also retired. I don't recall ever hearing anything about paranormal or supernatural activity, or anything even remotely like that. However, over the years I found periodic reports of strange lights in the sky, possible UFO's, etc. There was a time wa-a-a-a-a-a-y back in the 60's and 70's when we had to report these sightings to our general headquarters, who periodically compiled a detailed report sending it to some agency ... government or private, I don't recall. Around 1980 that simply stopped and we only wrote up and closed a basic report to cover our ***.
2007-06-01 03:47:20 · answer #2 · answered by Penguin_Bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, I've had a few but its generally by the UFO crowd. The same ones that are phoning in about funny lights in the sky are phoning in about 'happenings' in there house. Unfortunately these people have been a bit unstable. They are generally off their medication or prone to hallucinations. I've found that as soon as they are back on their meds they tend to stop seeing things. Its a bit harder to handle than the UFO calls though. Theres no aluminium hats to be made and to be put over windows to help them out. As for any legit calls placed by legit, stable people, I've never had any. I would assume in rational, sane person wouldnt call the police for something like that. More like their pastor or friends.
2007-05-30 13:28:58 · answer #3 · answered by BigEasy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as a dispatcher over the years i have had a few but mostly ufo's, i told them to keep an eye open and if it got to a point where they felt in danger to call back and i would keep the police on alert, but cant remember if i got any calls back.
2007-05-30 12:45:30 · answer #4 · answered by frank_blandori thunder88 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not a police officer, but a friend's mom saw weird red lights in the sky one night. She got worried and called the police.
It turned out to be an aurora borealis. :-)
2007-05-30 12:37:45 · answer #5 · answered by ATWolf 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
WE get those call's here all the time..We call them signal 20(crazy people) I just responded to a call last night and the man claimed to have killed "all the green people"...You don't want to know the outcome..LOL..
2007-05-30 12:51:06 · answer #6 · answered by Maureen B 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
yes, had a call once, guy was whispering that "there was somebody in his house" he went on and on..... when we got there, he started telling us that the "lights" were trying to lift his big screen through the roof..... mentally ill ppl will make these types of calls
2007-05-30 12:37:54 · answer #7 · answered by Lupita 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i took a ghost out from under a bed one night for an elderly lady. she lived alone and had called before.other than that,no.
2007-05-30 13:09:34 · answer #8 · answered by '' GUV '' 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oh, they call about supernatural activity. However, the 911 operator filters those nutjobs for you.
2007-05-30 12:37:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
they will call the mental health officer too.
2007-05-30 21:37:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋