First I must say that my wife is not real fond of cops. I will not go into great detail except that she has never had a cordial exchange with one and there was a botched investigation into her brother’s murder that allowed the perp to go free. We have a little conversation from time to time where I try to explain that even though they are not all as professional as when I was younger (she is a lot younger than me so she dosen’t know what they were like back then), there are still some that are really decent and want to do their job well.
Now to the story. Last Wednesday, my wife was coming home and her car broke (transmission). She was stranded next to the post office off the square in Lawrenceville. She called me and I called Lance wrecker to pick her car up. Since she was stranded in the road the wrecker service said they would expedite the pickup. I went to pick her up because no police had got there yet to secure her safety. Just as I got there, the wrecker was positioning to load the car. A motorcycle cop was there with lights flashing. She got in my truck and as we were sitting there waiting for a red light, I saw in my mirror that the cop was going through her car looking for whatever he could find. There was nothing to find, unless he had something to drop. I say that sarcastically because he did not even ask to search. Permission was not given. He just waited until the owner was gone.
My efforts to convince her that most cops are good people is not progressing well. When this jerk first showed up, after three previous cop cars passed by her, his first comment was “do you have a wrecker on the way?â€. She replied “Yes, my husband has called oneâ€. His response was “well, if they don’t get here before mine, then they are out of luckâ€. HaHa, just so happens that I called that I called Lance which is the same company that has the city contract.
Not one time was this jerk concerned about ‘to protect and to serveâ€, he was only hoping to get a some kind of conviction from an illegal search after we had left. Now how am I ever going to ever convince my wife that not all cops are bad. She is starting to win the argument!!!!
Now to the story. Last Wednesday, my wife was coming home and her car broke (transmission). She was stranded next to the post office off the square in Lawrenceville. She called me and I called Lance wrecker to pick her car up. Since she was stranded in the road the wrecker service said they would expedite the pickup. I went to pick her up because no police had got there yet to secure her safety. Just as I got there, the wrecker was positioning to load the car. A motorcycle cop was there with lights flashing. She got in my truck and as we were sitting there waiting for a red light, I saw in my mirror that the cop was going through her car looking for whatever he could find. There was nothing to find, unless he had something to drop. I say that sarcastically because he did not even ask to search. Permission was not given. He just waited until the owner was gone.
My efforts to convince her that most cops are good people is not progressing well. When this jerk first showed up, after three previous cop cars passed by her, his first comment was “do you have a wrecker on the way?â€. She replied “Yes, my husband has called oneâ€. His response was “well, if they don’t get here before mine, then they are out of luckâ€. HaHa, just so happens that I called that I called Lance which is the same company that has the city contract.
Not one time was this jerk concerned about ‘to protect and to serveâ€, he was only hoping to get a some kind of conviction from an illegal search after we had left. Now how am I ever going to ever convince my wife that not all cops are bad. She is starting to win the argument!!!!
