Last night I was out taking my evening constitutional, when a local police officer pulled his car up behind me and had me checked out. It was great - he felt me up for weapons and even got a “29” on my “DL”. He said that he looks for people he doesn’t recognize, and even though I’ve lived in that same area for the past, oh, 18 years, and even though I go out walking like 4 times a week, he’d never seen me before. Of course, I came up clean, and so I was sent on my merry way.
The only weird part, though, was that this happened around 9PM on a well-lit residential road with a sidewalk and everything, and I’m known to trek down the highways and back alleys well after Midnight. Why last night should I have gotten stopped is beyond me.
Anyway, now that I’ve survived my run-in with the law, I feel instantly more dangerous! And I know how the chicks go for dangerous guys. So, if you don’t hear from me for a couple of days, don’t get too worried.
Happened to me too, 810pm Sept 22 1998. You can’t forget those things. Three squad cars, threee officers.
Also happened a few months later during the day, again, three cars & three or four cops, including one lady cop who felt my ass without informing me as to why.
don’t laugh but since the kid hit 12, he is now 14, there has been about 80 pages of police reports on us & no one got arrested or anything. So, Ach, Im a bit ahead of you
Well, geeze, you should have shot the cop, let the others show up and beat you to a pulp, and then sue the police department for $95 million. Don’t you keep up with current trends?
When they get a 29 on your DL, they call up the dispatcher with your Driver’s License number, and the dispatcher responds with your name. He never explained it to me per se, but I’m pretty intelligent.
Geez, handy, I don’t think I could ever compete with you. This wouldn’t be such a big deal for me, except it was the first time (well, third, I guess, but the first time when I was on foot). Also, the weapons check was kind of cool.
Speaking of which, I don’t know how to use a gun, but if I’d had my +5 Longsword that I usually keep in my shirt pocket with me, things might have gotten messy.
If it happens again, I think I’ll ask for a receipt.
Achernar, yeah that first time makes one major nervous. The next few times it isn’t much better. I always win because the cops don’t communicate shit to me & that’s illegal.
The best thing I can teach you right now is that if the cops ever confront you again give them your ID & your name & insurance & registration if you are driving. Then in no uncertain words tell them that you DO NOT agree to any search of your property. Next, ask them nicely if you are under arrest. If they say NO, then don’t stay around waiting for them to find something to arrest you with, inform them that you are leaving & then do so. Otherwise, you’re putting yourself in ‘voluntary detention’ This all works well in the USA.
