Day In The Line of Duty

In my patrol district there is a park that is located in the heart of ‘Skid Row’. This park has a couple of buildings off to the side of the grassed area and a childrens playground. Not many kids use this park because it is usually filled with the area drug and alcohol addicts. The buildings in the park have several purposes and uses and one of those is a public washroom.

One afternoon, my partner and I were driving by and we both looked over at a man that was well known to police as a homeless alcoholic. He was shuffling toward the door of the washroom and appeared fairly drunk. The door of the washroom was propped open and you could see that the door to the toilet stall had been removed.

We slowed our car to have a look at this guy as he is known to get so drunk he couldn’t tell where he was anymore. We watched him shuffle just inside the washroom and then reach into the back of his pants. He then pulled his hand out and we could plainly see that he’d just pulled a good sized turd out of his pants. He then proceeded to drop the turd into the toilet and then, very nonchalantly, turn around and shuffle back out of the washroom. (No flush/No hand wash)

We both laughed with disgust and floored it out of the area. He looked stable enough and we didn’t think he needed our immediate attention. Ugh. Gross but funny.