The pictures above were taken this month. Outside of our busy work schedules we still find time to explore the exciting nightlight of Chicago. I've decided to give a brief summary of what each of us bring to our nightlight lifestyles.

Angelo (far left, 1st picture) is always trying to be the life of the party. Surveying the entire scene at a 1st glance, then as soon as he's given the chance he's dancing with some random hood....I mean young lady.

Matt (far right 2nd picture) is the lady lover. He's not going to step outside of the realm. However in the midst of him drinking a glass of vodka on the rocks like it's a fine wine, he'll find the time to make some young lady feel like she was a Queen from some 3rd world country.

Phil (far right 1st picture)....well Freaky is the reason why President Bush hates black people. I'm kidding, but in all seriousness Freaky always reminds me in the club to let it all hang out. There are times when I've definitely reached my alcohol consumption tolerance, however Freaky always talks me into drinking "one more drink." Not to mention he always manages to have the most random people flocking towards us with his craziness.

Steve Kells, oh he's such a role model.

It's a shame the 4 of us can't get together as much as we used to, but I guess this is a apart of growing up. We definitely haven't grown apart - it's just a brief intermission.

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Two days ago I responded to a call of shots fired at a club parking lot. With a little strategic planning, and luck the Sergeant, my partner, and myself caught all 5 young men responsible for the shooting. At the scene we recovered ecstasy pills, cannabis, and a pistol. Because I was the primary officer on scene it was my job to do ALL the paperwork. I interviewed every suspect involved in the incident - and what baffles me the most is there was no motive behind the actual shooting. Turns out one of the guys involved in the incident was high off ecstasy and decided it would be cool to shoot at a crowd of people in the parking lot while his friends watched on and laughed.

Is this what we've come to as a society? Morality is at a all time low. Young men in our community no longer value life. Who would ever think a fun night on the town would involve shooting random bullets at innocent people. Granted we've all done some things in our lives we aren't proud of, but where does it stop?

...These were the questions I asked while conducting my interviews. Surprisingly all the young men would at least with 4 years of my age range (older and younger). In situations involving young men my age I tend to reach out more so than I would someone outside of my age range. I find it imperative to relate to them no matter how senseless or violent the crime is. Maybe my words can help at least 1 knucklehead turn his life around. Maybe!

To conclude, 4 of my suspects end up being charged. 2 of them with felony arrests, the other 2 with simple misdemeanor arrest. 1 of my suspects was released simply because a witness on scene no refuses to cooperate. Unfortunately I work in the day in age where "snitching" is prohibited by everyone, and in this case a 48 year old man....go figure.

Final Thought: I've noticed in my last several arrests that ecstasy seems to be growing more popular and popular by the day. Cannabis is one thing, but ecstasy?! The same drug that with out a doubt eats away at your brain?! That's insane. The teenagers today, will be society's brain dead adults tomorrow.