I've been out on about four patrols in the last week.

That might seem like a lot to some.

That may seem like nothing to others.

But its a hell olf a lot to me. Considering I balance a full time job, full time school and a family along with this and what little to no personal life I have.

By personal life I mean that two to three hours a week I spend playing assassin's creed to try and enhance my patrolling and free running techniques.

And the last four patrols haven't a amounted to much. I went on two bike patrols earlier this week, which I want to write a whole nothing thread about. Thedn the other night I drove up to encinitas, which is about 50 miles from where I live, to patrol with vigilante spider.

And he showed me a lot of very effective techniques. I learned a lot from him and have made a good friend in the process. We will be working together again soon.

And lasgt night I went on another foot patrol in downtown san diego, except this time I stayed away from the party side of town and focused on the darker, less populated parts of town.

Nothing happened. I saw a guy kinda worried running down the street. I didn't pursue, because maybe he was just in a hurry, or maybe I saw something that wasn't really there. Just my paranoia I suppose.

But then tonight I decide to just go home. And relax, and as I am waiting for the trolly near where I work, I heard a siren and see the police fly down the street with their sirens at full blare. And then a helicopter comes flying overhead with its spotlight out.

They are looking for someone. Someone that they want very very badly

And what am I doing? Sitting on my ass, completely inundated with patries and loafs of bread I plan on living off of for the next week. This is usually what I do, and sometimes I hand some of this food off to the homeless on my way home.

But not tonight, no, I'm sitting there on my ass with about 10 lbs of food strapped to my back and watching the police hunt down someone who is probably very dangerous. Only a few blocks from where I am.

And that's when I get really frustrated.

Why the fuck does nothing ever happen when I am out for three hours at a time walking around killing my legs and feet and not really accomplish anything. I haven't stopped any crime. Yet.

Statistically I know its only.a matter of time. The more I go out, the more likely I am to run into something.

Yeah I've only been doing this actively for about a month. And I'm sure some of you have been doing this far longer with about the same results. Jack shit.

And I know its not saying anything of me. I'm out there. I'm trying. I just happen to live in one of the safest citie in the US. In this line of work that's a double edged sword.. yes, crime is low, which means not much happens, at least on a small scale. Which is exactly my problem! I operate on a small scale. And my methods of locating crime are either very unreliable, or I'm just doing something wrong. Crime statistics from 13 years ago aren't gonna help me find out where crime is happening now. A lot changes in 13 years.

I need a change somewhere to be better than this. And personally I blame my job. Its entirely too demanding on me physically and does't leave me with much financially.

I know I'll gt better than this and eventually I'll stop that rape or mugging or whatever.

Until then this shit is really annoying.

Urban avenger out.

Hey man. Let me be the one to say it. As much as we want it, unless we have a badge, we won't ever get the chance to be batman. We want to be heroes, but really, all we can do is phone the police when things go down. Sure, a lot of people will say that's enough, but honestly, is it? Unfortunately, it is. Because like I said, we never get that chance to play out our deepest fantasies of going toe to toe with a bunch of thugs and come out on top.

You have to realize that you are not a superhero, you are an RLSH. And what you have done so far is what we all do.

I haven't even gotten to do that.

On one of my bike patrols I saw two cars sitting in the parking lot of a kmart that's been closed for almost four years now. I called the cops cuz that looked suspicious.

Turns out they monitor the area for exactly that reason.

Its not so much about acting out any fantasies as it is serving the purpose that I have chosen to go out there. As far as I know as soon as I go past an area a crime just may be commited. When I see a woman walking down a dark street how do I know something won't happen to her if I don't monitor her from a distance and make sure she stays safe? I know I'm only one man but I know I am capable of so much more. And right now I am hindered by a lot of factors.

Look man. We all wish we had someone manning a spy satilite, but the truth is there really is no way we can predict crime. if you want to stop crime, you gotta think like a criminal. Criminals don't do anything stupid really. They don't commit serious crimes in obvious places unless they've had a lot to drink. Dark Alleys? Too many movies, bro. You won't find much down there except for the passed out bum and the occasional tweeker.

You wanna stop gangs? Go to a youth center and preach, cause turf wars only finish as quickly as they start.

You wanna stop burglaries? There ain't no real way to pull that off unless you can read minds

You wanna prevent rape? Stop patroling downtown. Those women are fine.

You wanna know how to do this right? Come talk to me.

No offense, uh, bro, but I've never really heard of you before. And google tells me even less. I don't really appreciate advice from people who "know what they are talking about".

Oh and by the way, just FYI, there was an attempted rape a few weeks ago in balboa park. Its the san diego equivolent to new yorks central park.

Its in downtown. Go figure.

I patrolled there a few days after that happened.

Ok, my last post sounded really annoying. All I'm trying to say is if you want to help, you gotta go about it a certain way. You said you weren't sure if what you have done so far is working, therefore you have a lot of questions about crime fighting. I'm offering to help answer those questions, because honestly, I wish I had someone spell it out for me when I first stated, rather than have people share a bunch of cryptic morals and vague experiences. So how about it? I promise to answer any of your questions truthfully and clearly.

Gentlemen,
I've had to deal with drama after another.
Let's agree we have different methods.

Street patrols do not yield as much as one thinks. Most things I've come across was when I was just walking around, not on any official patrols. Its why I started to hand stuff out... to do something productive while patrolling the streets.

I think the best advice I can give is that you keep your gear on you when you need it and expect that everything you are out, there might be something that might go down.

Ah, you web searched me huh? Of course you didn't find anything, I can't do my job effectively if I go around taking interviews, parading at SA and attend charity events (no offense to those who do. It's just that I can't afford to do the same.).

Talk to Tothian sometime, he was the one who found me on the World Superhero Registry like a chicken with my head cut off a few years back. Ah, good times. lol I'm not the RLSH people are used to. I do what I do in total secrecy. Why are most people intimidated by that? I'll never understand.

No one's heard of me for a reason. I fight street crime and stop gangs in my town from disturbing the peace. I can't really do that if I splash my name all over the media without ending up with a bullet in my head. Gangs are serious mothers, man.

You got me all wrong. I'm not some dill hole who get's his jollies by "knowing what I am talking about", but in this line of work, experience pays. You are a hero in training. By asking the right questions and keeping you're chin up, you'll definitely get some of your own in no time.

Zetaman, I'm not trying to make this an argument or some kind of debate on methods. And with all do respect, it's not really helping any assuming that what's going on here is drama. I rather not start anything, and therefore I'm not trying to. Quite the opposite, on the contrary, as you can see.

Okay so since you are a crime fighter, what do you do to fight crime? How do you go about it?

Wasn't really what I was asking for, but okay. Sounds like you got lucky.

I listen very carefully to my surroundings, If I hear any strange noises I make sure to listen more carefully for you know, screams or what have you. Cuz that's always how it happens right?

I think I just need a change of scenery. Vigilante spider showed me there can be some really scary parts of town. That's where I need to be.

I go where gang related crimes occurred most within my town. It helps if you have a snitch. I study everything about them. What they do, how many there are, etc. Then I collect any incriminating evidence and turn it over to the police. One of my reports actually led to a huge bust against the sureno gang. They were producing heroine and shortly became the biggest suppliers in the county since 1987!

What happened to the post about the rape you stopped? Its disappeared.

I re read over your post and realized that I misread what you asked. lol I removed it because it wasn't relevant to what you asked. I hope that's ok. And it wasn't a rape. It was an attempted car theft.

Oh its fine I guess. I've just never seen an irrelevant post removed before... and there's lots of irellevant comments on here...

Yeah, I have a habit of removing mine if I make any. Sorry.

Anyway, in case I didn't make it clear, I'm really sorry if I came of to you like a jerk or some other four letter word I will not say here earlier on. I'm not really like that, honest.

when i lived in New Orleans it was easy to find criminals to fight . here in Florida i have have had my share of battles but they are not as many. i concentrate on helping the needy and shutting down drug houses.i have a meth house soon to be shut down as i write this.running around aimlessly is usually a waste of time but then again you never know when a cry for help may occur .

Where Silver and I live, there isn't always much going on. A lot of times, you just have to be content that you went.

Something to remember, though, is that you can't stop everything. With what we do, there is going to be a lot of Coulda Woulda Shoulda. The important thing here is to learn from this experience so that if it ever happens again, you will know better.

i would like to point out the 600Lb gorilla in my lap.


NO CRIME = GOOD THING!