Police officers are under scrutiny right now and it’s for all the right reasons. We have to hold accountable those individuals in our society who have a lot of power and most importantly, those people who have the power over life and death. It’s a huge responsibility and they need to wear it well. With that said, most young police officers want to be cops for all the right reasons. They perhaps knew a helpful police officer when they were a child, or they want to save lives and “Protect and Serve.” Maybe they want to fight the bad guys because someone they loved was the victim of a bad guy. Also, many young men coming out of military service find law enforcement to be a good fit. Not all cops are bad cops. Enjoy the hilarious joke below, which shows a cop with a great sense of humor.
In most northern states, law enforcement authorities have a policy of checking on any stalled vehicle on the highway when the temperatures drop down to single digits or lower.
About 3:00 a.m. one very cold morning in March 2004, a State Police officer responded to a call concerning a car off the shoulder of the road on the outskirts of Casper. He located the car, stuck in deep snow, and with the engine still running.
Pulling in behind the car with his emergency lights on, the officer walked to the driver’s door and found an older man asleep behind the wheel with a nearly empty vodka bottle on the seat beside him.
The driver woke up when the officer tapped on the window. Seeing the rotating lights in his rearview mirror and the State Police officer standing next to his car, the man panicked, jerked the gearshift into “Drive”, and hit the gas. The car’s speedometer was showing 20, then 30, then 40, and finally 50 MPH, but the car was still stuck in the snow, wheels spinning madly.
The officer, having a sense of humor, began running in place next to the “speeding” but still stationary car. The driver was totally freaked out thinking the officer was actually keeping up with him. This went on for about 30 seconds, after which the Patrolman yelled at the man and ordered him to “Pull Over!” The man obeyed, turned the steering wheel to the right, and stopped the engine.
Needless to say, the “driver” was arrested and is probably still shaking his head over the State Patrolman who could run 50 miles per hour. Who says cops don’t have a sense of humor?
