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The Lighter Side |
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As anyone who has ever worked in or around Law Enforcement for any length of time can tell you, there is a definite side of the job that not everyone gets to see. I call this "The Lighter Side." Listed below are some stories and pictures of real things that have happened to us on patrol that go well beyond the idea of the traditional Law Enforcement Officer |
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Here to the left, one of my best friends Bill, and I were responding to a roll-over accident reported via 911. This is the only "roll-over" we found. As he was attempting to negociate a nasty 3-point turn, he met with some ill will. My patrol car is safely on the roadway out of the camera, further down the road. |
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Only in California:
-While on a traffic stop for an equipment violation, a plain-view search resulted in the driver being arrested for posession of several concealed weapons. On the same stop, his mother, an equally LARGE (400 lb.) woman came back wanted on a $10,000 warrant for writing bad checks. This harsh criminal and her son both went to jail. I guess crime can be a family affair.
-After stopping a car on the Highway for travelling at 87 MPH in a 65 MPH zone, the violator finally yielded after about a mile long wait after I turned on my lights. As any police officer will tell you, that can be a hairy one mile. Using all current officer safety, I cautiously approached the vehicle and discovered a very beautiful, well-endowed blonde woman behind the wheel. Careful not to lose my composure, I adhered to my officer safety and while issuing a citation, BOOM! Thinking I had been shot at as that sixth cop sense tends to make you feel, I drew my weapon, looked up and saw smoke near the front of my vehicle and the woman jumping out, screaming. Just before I actually took her down at gunpoint, I looked again and realized my radiator had exploded quite nicely. |
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-During a very slow day shift, I was sitting near an intersection watching a flashing red light with my patrol car in plain view of any drivers looking for anyone running this flashing red light. About 5 minutes after I had been there, a car approaches the intersection and ZOOM right through the light. I stop her and explain to her why I had stopped her. She replied, "Oh, I know why you're confused, Officer." Astonished, I told her, "Please tell me, why am I confused?" Still, unbelievably to this day, she looked at me with a straight face and said, "I went through the intersection when the light was off." Unable to regain my composure, I released this citizen on a verbal warning hoping I would never run into her ever again. |
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-Recently, Bill and I were called to the club due to several fights brewing. After arriving and initially calming everything down, the manager pointed out a 20 year old male extremely intoxicated and wanted him kicked out of the club. Obliging our public, we kicked him out and told him to go home. An older lady came from the club and asked if she could let him sleep it off "in the van" and she would drive him home. Just looking at her, I knew she was in no shape to drive. She insisted she was. I performed a quick eye test on her and reassured her she was not fit to drive. Stubbornly refusing to believe it, she again insited she was fine. I brought out my Portable Breath Test and told her there would be no arrest made, I just wanted to show her she was too intoxicated to drive. She consented to the test which read a 0.13 Breath Alcohol Content, where 0.08 is the legal limit in CA. I told her if I saw her driving, she was going to jail. She assured me she would not drive and did not realize the effect the alcohol had on her. While on a traffic stop and patting down a gang member, I see a white van go around my stop, not 45 minutes after I left the club with her driving. I radioed ahead to Bill who was down the road and followed her, noticed her swerving heavily and stopped her. Needless to say, it was definitely the same lady and this time she blew 0.10. After being put in handcuffs she says, "But, Officer, can't I just walk home." |
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