Police stakeout at Northwood Place

Roads leading to and away from Northwood Place, Irvine have been blocked. There are lots of police cars.. just curious does anyone know whats happening ? I had to park my car atleast 10 mins away from my house.

Man barricaded himself at 469 Hayes after police were there to arrest suspect. Report that shots were fired, SWAT was there. Irvine HS was locked down. The whole area is locked down until further notice.

This should help!

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/irvine-pol...

40 squad cars, a command center (Mobile Police Station), Helicopter, and SWAT team, for a depressed man who committed suicide. I don't know but that sounds like overkill.

Good Job by IPD and surrounding cities who came in to help but I think it is a little embarrassing to have Tustin, Lake Forest, and other cities police forces come to help IPD when they could have handled the situation.

It is typical of IPD to overkill. I can only imagine the police blotter when they stop a car for a broken tail light, it goes something like this.

IPD: OMG there is a Honda with a broken tail light lets call it in.

IPD To Command Center: Command this is officer Perfect I'm on Culver heading toward UCI I'm in pursuit of a Honda Accord with a broken tail light I need back up ... bring the whole squad!
Command to All IPD: Calling all squad cars, officer Perfect in pursuit of a Honda Accord with broken tail light ... block off the intersection at Culver and University, lock down UCI and surrounding schools, come in hot, approach with caution.

Then you see 10 squad cars pulling over a grandmother in her late 60's to give her a fix it ticket.

LOL well I guess thats why Irvine is rated one of the safest cities to live in.

GO IPD ..... hahahahah lol

Seriously, for one man barricaded in his apartment, you needed to have 40 officers,helicopters, swat, 7 schools locked down, command posts!!! how redicilous! there is really bad crimes out there, and there isnt enough police for that..this is one person! Irvine cops are bored, thats the bottom line..no wonder why there sitting at the end of the park passing out helmet tickets to the highschool kids..because they can meet their quota faster there, then watching for people speeding on the same street where these kids ride their bikes, and almost hit the kids! lets see whats better? I dont agree with this at all!! its rediculous. and I had to stay away from my home for 6 hours, for 40 cops to figure out this guy has been dead since 2 oclock!

oh I forgot, they need 3 cops to pullover the HS student on a bike to give him a ticket for a helmet, un-buckled while just sitting on his bike talking to friends in the park..NOT RIDING THE BIKE, SITTING!!!

Tear gas for a dead man...hmmm...

I would like to clarify for everyone what REALLY happened....... A young man was living at 469 hayes st and got evicted for not being able to pay his rent..the police came to get him and he said he would kill himself before he left his home. He was going to be homeless and was going thru a VERY TRAGIC event and did not know where to turn. you would think the cops would have a doctor or someone come and talk him down b/c he obv. had issues and needed someone to talk to but NO IRVINE COPS WHO ARE UNTRAINED did NOTHIN of that sort. They shot tear gas in his apartment instead waited 10 min went to go in and the guy blew his brains out.... if the cops went about it in a correct way this mans life would not have been taken. We all need to stick together and let the police know they need more trainin on how to deal with suicide victims. the saddest part of it all is after the man was dead i asked if i could go back in my apartment and the cop said yes the man is dead and LAUGHED.....not funny and something needs to be done

my prayers are with his family

sad

marie wrote:

I would like to clarify for everyone what REALLY happened....... A young man was living at 469 hayes st and got evicted for not being able to pay his rent..the police came to get him and he said he would kill himself before he left his home. He was going to be homeless and was going thru a VERY TRAGIC event and did not know where to turn. you would think the cops would have a doctor or someone come and talk him down b/c he obv. had issues and needed someone to talk to but NO IRVINE COPS WHO ARE UNTRAINED did NOTHIN of that sort. They shot tear gas in his apartment instead waited 10 min went to go in and the guy blew his brains out.... if the cops went about it in a correct way this mans life would not have been taken. We all need to stick together and let the police know they need more trainin on how to deal with suicide victims. the saddest part of it all is after the man was dead i asked if i could go back in my apartment and the cop said yes the man is dead and LAUGHED.....not funny and something needs to be done
my prayers are with his family

Let's get something straight. The guys life wasn't 'taken'. He killed himself. No need to mourn, he took the easy way out because he wasn't trained for life.

Irvine cops are dangerous! Do NOT trust them or in any way shape or form antagonize them. They are bored, angry and have the law on their side. They can do anything they please and will try to drum up a reaction in you to end this boredom. My personal experience:
I had expired tags. My fault, I admit. They were excessively expired (11 months). Yes, it's my fault, I realise this. I get pulled over by some angry cop that was hugged enough as a child. So she approaches my car starts in with the questions. I had a baseball bat in my backseat. I had moved recently and just never bothered to take it upstairs to the new place. This sets off her supercop Irvine radar. She sits me on the curb and SEARCHES my car, trunk and everything. Then she starts in with the questions. I didn't have a recent insurance card (i had insurance but the card itself was out of date). She could have called progressive and they could have verified in about a minute I had insurance. Nope. I had AAA but couldn't find the card in my wallet. So she starts berating me for that. I sign the ticket differently than my license. She freaks. She says they can lock me up while they verify my identity. Then she starts in about how if I don't pay the ticket it will go to warrant. She impounds my car. After this she asks if I have the money to get it out. I say yes. She asks "are you sure?". I say yes again (this is the part with the antagonizing). So I wait for the cab they called for me and walk away saying nothing. Turns out the cab driver was from Turkey and was a cop for 25 years and HE AGREED she was being excessive. A cop from TURKEY.
So anyway I find out what the ticket cost. 50 bucks. All that for 50 dollars. What a fucking joke. I have never heard anything good about them, have personal accounts of people being stopped by them for NO reason and stories of Irvine cops antagonizing people into saying something. Just answer their questions calmly, don't panic, piss them off to no end and leave. They can do NOTHING to you.