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| Policing La Mesa 2012 -Can The Robbery Wave Be Stopped? |
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The First of Two Parts.
LA MESA – City police officer Gary Moss was driving by a 7-11 on Baltimore Drive in La Mesa in the early morning hours of Dec. 12 when he saw a man carrying a backpack walking quickly from the store. Something about it looked suspicious so Moss did what cops do. He followed his instincts and followed the man. The man stopped, then tossed his backpack and ran.
Moments later Moss’ dispatcher sent out a call that the 7-11 had been robbed. In the backpack, Moss found money and a gun and enough information to trace the man to an apartment on nearby Cowles Mountain Boulevard. Just like on the TV cop shows, the bad guy was arrested and the community was safer.
The truth about that incident, however, is that this kind of arrest is a rare event in the police world.
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