Editor's note: Notebook is an occasional series on slices of life found by The Bee's police reporters.
From Kim Minugh:
Sometimes a lot is revealed to law enforcement officers by what isn't directly said.
Take these two incidents from Thursday's sweep by Sacramento County probation officers, backed by several law enforcement agencies, looking for the "most problematic" probationers previously convicted of domestic violence crimes.
When they rolled up to one south-area home, probation officers asked a man the whereabouts of his son - a probationer with two warrants out for his arrest.
"I've been looking for him my damn self," he shouted back.
Officers asked the man to encourage his son, whenever he sees him, to report to his probation officer.
"When I find him, I'm going to put my hands on him," the man said.
Probation officer Anthony Hocking shook his head. "Like father, like son," he said.
Later that day, Hocking and his team went to a Meadowview home in search of a 22-year-old with two felony warrants - one for violating his probation by possessing a gun, the other for battery. The man reportedly is a member of the Kill A Ho street gang.
Officers were met by a sign in the window stating, "Never mind the dog, beware of owner!" with a drawing of a gun pointing at the viewer - but no probationer.
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