August 3, 2001 - 9:30pm - Unit #65 assisted a motorist with a flat tire on the exit ramp from northbound I-270 onto Highway 21. The driver told 65 he thought he had a slow leak in the tire and just needed an air compressor. 65 gave the driver his air compressor to use. The flat tire was on the left side of the truck so 65 shined his flashlight on the driver while he hooked it up to the tire. He then plugged it into the lighter plug in the truck and turned it on. Ten minutes later, the tire was filled. He thanked 65 for stopping.

August 9, 2001 - 9:40pm - Unit #220 and unit #65 assisted a motorist with a flat tire on westbound I-44 just west of the Soccer Park Road exit. 220 offered to change the tire but the driver told him he had AAA on the way. 220 and 65 remained behind him until the tow arrived.

August 16, 2001 - 3:50pm - Unit #220 assisted some motorists that were involved in a two vehicle accident on Watson Road at the ramp onto westbound I-44. Using one of the victims' cell phones, 220 called the Sunset Hills Police non-emergency number and informed them of the accident. 220 then stayed with the motorists until the Sunset Hills Police arrived on the scene about 25 minutes later.

August 17, 2001 - 1:20pm - Unit #220 assisted a motorist that was in a stalled vehicle blocking the left lane of Lindbergh Blvd. under I-44. 220 stayed behind the vehicle with his lights on and directed traffic to the two right lanes. He also provided the motorist with local towing company phone numbers, since he was visiting from North Carolina. He thanked 220 for his assistance.

August 18, 2001 - 8:35pm - Unit #65 assisted a stranded motorist with a flat tire on northbound I-270 at I-44. 65 asked the young lady, who was taking the spare tire out of her trunk when he arrived, if she wanted him to change the tire or if she would like to use his hydraulic jack. She said she had AAA on the way and was just getting the tire ready. 65 asked her if she would like him to remain behind her until the tow arrived. She said sure and he stayed behind her with his lights on for 45 minutes until the tow truck arrived and changed the tire. She thanked him for waiting with her.

August 18, 2001 - 10:20pm - Unit #220 and #65 pulled up behind a car on the white line of eastbound I-44 just east of Highway 141. The driver told 220 she ran over a large branch on the highway and her car overheated. 220 inspected the motor and found a hole in the radiator and antifreeze on the ground. She called for a tow truck and 220 and 65 waited behind her until it arrived. The tow truck pulled up and was partially blocking the right lane in order to hook up the car. 65 moved his car into the right lane to block it while 220 waved over traffic until the tow truck driver finished securing the car and drove away.

August 24, 2001 - 7:00pm - Unit #02 came across a vehicle accident on westbound I-44 at Antire Road. 02 arrived on the scene first with the Missouri Highway Partol not far behind him. He found that two vehicles flipped over on the rain slick road and hit a third car. The Eureka Fire Department was called to the scene along with the St. Louis County Police. 02 helped the Troopers shut down lanes and direct traffic.

August 24, 2001 - 8:00pm - Unit #02 found a stalled car partially blocking the right lane of southbound I-270 just south of Highway 21. The car was abandoned so 02 stayed there for 15 minutes in case the driver returned. He didn't so 02 left.

August 24, 2001 - 8:30pm - Unit #02 saw a truck sparking on the ramp from I-270 onto southbound I-55. The truck lost its wheel and came to a stop blocking one of the two lanes. 02 said (and these are his exact words) "I turned on all all all all all of my lights and flares and almost got killed because the pea brain idiots who drive I-270 do not know how to drive". When 02 called for emergency backup from Missouri Highway Patrol, they said that they were working an accident on Lindbergh Blvd. and he would have to handle it himself or call St. Louis County Police. St. Louis County said they had a detective car in the area and asked if 02 really needed help. 02 explained the idiot drivers on the ramp to the dispatcher and said he needed help right away because there were children in the truck. While all of this was going on, a passerby stopped and took the father and children to safety. 02 stayed with the truck and a marked patrol car showed up. 02 explained the situation and the officer thanked 02 for stopping. 02 thanked the officer for coming out even though the situation was resolved.

August 24, 2001 - 9:00pm - Unit #02 saw a car driving on its rims on northbound I-270 at Highway 21. 02 finished with the above report and saw the guy driving to the Amaco gas station on Highway 21. 02 caught up with him there. Surprisingly, the guy just did not want to change the tire. He seemed like he was in his right mind so 02 left.

August 24, 2001 - 10:00pm - Unit #220 and #65 stopped to assist a motorist that had just pulled onto the shoulder in front of them on westbound I-44 three miles west of Highway 141. The teenage driver told 220 the engine starting making horrible noises and started smoking while he was driving. 220 looked under the engine and found that almost all of the car's oil was on the ground. The driver opened the hood and smoke billowed from the engine and rubber belts. Thinking it might catch fire, 220 radioed to 65 to bring up a fire extinguisher and call the fire department. 65 gave the extinguisher to 220 and then called the fire department's non-emergency number. He explained to the dispatcher that the car was not on fire and just needed to be checked out. A few minutes later a Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper arrived on the scene and looked at the engine. He told his dispatcher to cancel the fire department's run, if it did catch fire he had an extinguisher also. On further inspection of the engine, 220 found a large hole in the engine block. The driver told the Trooper he would like to leave the car there and have it towed later. 65 and 220 then helped the Trooper push the car into the grass. The Trooper thanked 65 and 220 (and they also thanked the Trooper) and he gave the driver a ride to the next exit where a friend would pick him up.

August 25, 2001 - 8:15pm - Unit #02 came upon a stalled car on Old Kenrick Road. The car lost its belt and since it was blocking a lane of traffic, 02 stayed with the car till the tow truck arrived.

August 26, 2001 - 9:00pm - Unit #65 assisted a motorist with a flat tire along the median wall of eastbound I-44 one half mile east of Bowles Ave. 65 asked the driver if he needed any help changing the tire. The driver said no but 65 remained behind him with his lights on since they were inbetween the fast lane and a wall. 65 called unit #220 over the GMRS radio and asked him to come to the scene to assist. 220 arrived a few minutes later and stopped behind 65. He set some flares along the road. The driver didn't know where to position the jack so 220 and 65 showed him a spot near the axle. He finished changing the tire about ten minutes later and drove away.

August 29, 2001 - 8:40pm - Unit #220 and unit #65 had just pulled up to the gas pumps at the QuikTrip gas station on Bowles Ave. at I-44 when 220 noticed a male and female in a black Thunderbird next to them. The engine was running, the windows were rolled up, and both occupants were unconscious. 220 and 65 suspected they were either drunk or on drugs so 65 called the St. Louis County Police. Two officers arrived a few minutes later and 220 flagged them down and showed them the car. He told the officers that the two had been like that for over ten minutes. The officer had to bang on the window several times before he got their attention. The officers got the two out of the car and started asking them questions. The male suspect resisted one of the officers so he was put in handcuffs. The officer searched the front seats and found a bottle of whiskey. He then searched the back seat and found a large cooler. In the cooler he found a mobile Methamphetamine lab, along with the chemicals to make it and the finished product. The officer told 220 about this and that both suspects were, as he put it, "wasted". Upon hearing this, 220 and 65 moved further away to nearby parking spaces to get away from any fumes. The officers arrested the suspects and put up crime scene tape across half the lot. They called their watch commander, drug enforcement officers, and the fire department to the scene. The drug officers carefully removed the items in the car and started testing them to find out what they were. There was a strong chemical odor in the air that irritated 220's and 65's eyes while they did this. 220 and 65 remained at the scene and turned around the customers that wanted to try and use the pumps. The store clerk told one of the officers and 220 that the female suspect came into the store earlier and bought all of their matches. The match heads contain a chemical needed to make meth. Two hours later, the police's Clandestine Lab Response Unit trailer arrived on the scene. The trailer is utilized by drug enforcement officers to respond to a clandestine lab site with the tools and equipment needed to safely dismantle the lab. The officers took the items into the trailer. Soon after, 220 and 65 gave an officer their cards and told him they had to get going. He thanked them for what they had done and for helping with traffic.

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Follow up To Above Drug Bust Report - Sep 6, 2001 - St. Louis County Police told 220 that after he and 65 left the scene that night the police found two live pipe bombs in the suspect's car. The suspect told officers that he planned on using the bombs if the police ever stopped him so he could destroy the evidence. The only thing that stopped him from using the bombs that night was the fact that one of his chemical tanks in the car had sprung a leak and he inhaled the fumes which caused him and the female suspect to be in an "altered" state when the police arrived.