Archive for March 2022

I remember my first shift at NBPD. Morning watch-Lt. Spears, Sgts. Doug Thomas; Doug Fletcher and Darryl Youle?. I had NEVER spoken to any of them before that night. We were working with a shift of 8 plus 3-4 cover cars; in October 1983. I had been told that the new guys sat up front…

Everybody who knew Ernie Laurin didn’t know from week to week whether he was going to be on or off drinking or smoking. They were also well aware of his passion for catching burglars. Anyone on his shift who caught a burglar knew for sure his eval would be better than the last one. He…

“These are two different “tales” of the same subject – disposal of weapons that were used in crimes, or ‘Saturday night specials,’ found or turned in by citizens no longer wanting them, or not workable. This ‘tale’ is about my first disposal of weapons July 1968. I went to the Harbor Dept – they furnished…

To: Stan BresslerFrom: “Nasty” Frank Brown You will be held accountable for “The fun and times of a former property officer’s 20 year’s stint at the NBPD— Let us play “Remember When—“ 1. A “long” time ago (I can’t recall who it was) an officer brought in a “singing” drunk—he was placed in the drunk…

For all of you that remember Lt. Ernie Laurin, I would like to share a little story. It took quite a lot to get Ernie mad but one of his things was–he didn’t care what–if he had a prisoner in custody he wanted him shipped to County ASAP. On a busy Fri. night in July,…

Always a Cop Once the badge goes on, it never comes off, whether they can see it, or not.  It fuses to the soul through adversity, fear and adrenaline and no one who has ever worn it with pride, integrity and guts, can ever sleep through the ‘call of the wild’ that wafts through bedroom windows in…

One day at the old station several guys were standing at the gas pumps talking and filling the cars with gas. The PM shift was just coming out so there were several guys standing around chatting. Dispatch put out a call that a male with the description of the car he was driving (I don’t…

Recollection of the Last True Easter Week 1967~1968 Russ Boggie and I were assigned the Balboa Island checkpoint in front of the old Villa Marina restaurant (now the location of Newport Beach Yacht Club, our meeting place). For equipment we had one of the old International Travelalls (new then) and numerous cones.  At that time nearly every resident and homeowner had a…

Jim “Jake” (Jacobs) was always considered a pretty tough guy to work for. I was able to avoid any run-ins with him because I worked specialty assignments while he was climbing up the ranks. However in the late 80’s I went back to Patrol and got assigned to Jake’s watch. By then he was a…