APD OFFICERS ARE SENT ON A SECOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL THIS WEEK IN WHICH THEY HAVE TO BRING IN SWAT OFFICERS. IT WAS JUST BEFORE 10:00 THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE SENT TO NEAR 12TH AND MENAUL TO AN APARTMENT WHERE A MAN HAD BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE. IT TOOK LESS THAN AN HOUR FOR THE MAN TO COME OUTSIDE, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ARRESTED.
ANOTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL EARLY MONDAY INVOLVED A MAN HOLDING HIS GIRLFRIEND HOSTAGE IN A HOME NEAR 4TH AND ALAMEDA AND BEATING HER REPEATEDLY. SHE PLAYED DEAD … ESCAPED WHEN 28 YEAR OLD BENJAMIN SMITH FELL ASLEEP … AND CALLED POLICE.
