Follies of an over eager rookie....

[Badluck Brody]

Ok... So I'm antique shopping with one of my sons, when I get pulled over by a young officer and his trainer.... The young man in his early twenties proceeds to question me, stating I did not signal a lane change....

Did I mention I was a Deputy Sheriff???

Now I have never used my badge as a crutch... it's bad pool... However after speaking with me for a couple moments, they youngman.. OK that's not fair.. The officer requests I step out of the vehicle and asks how much I had to drink.....

Now far from me to be disrespectful to any law enforcement official... It's not respectful, especially when you are one. However I immediatly replied, "I BEG your pardon!"

My reply must have been loud enough to que his trainer to step forward and ask the contact officer what was up. The young officer stated in a very positive and heroic manner, "I have this Paul..." then turns to me and says, "Sir I can smell it on you..." to which (out of good loyalty and caution) spurred his partner to again step closer... Hey, it's what I would have done!

Now again I would never use my badge as a crutch. However I haven't had an alcoholic beverage sine I met with folks at the Safe House in Milwaukee over a two weeks ago. However for some reason this young officer was on a roll and trying to push the issue....

Now I began to wonder why this young officer could have thought I was drinking...
"What exactly does it smell like I was drinking???"

"To be honest sir, you smell of rum and Coke..."

At that point I almost lost it......

I looked at the young officer... Shaking my head and trying not to laugh at the combination of my misfortune and the officer's power of smell....

I grinned at the officer and said, "Well sir, you aren't going to believe this... If you look in my van you'll find a bottle of soda.... Diet Coke with Lime!"

Long story shorter.... this young turk smelled the diet Coke I had been drinking and thought it smelled close enough to an alcohol beverage to warrant a closer look...[huh]

Half way through this fiasco his partner notices my badge as I put my license away... The trainer says, "Why didn't you say you were a cop in the first place??" [huh]

What can you do!!

So the morale of the story is... Bad breath and diet coke with lime?????Ah forget it! I just feel sorry for the harassment the young officer if going to recieve for the rest of his career!!


Happy Holidays

 

[metropd]

Hahaha. Why did you tell the police officer and his FTO that you were a deputy of the sheriff's department? No ones fault but great story!

 

[surely]

"I just feel sorry for the harassment the young officer if going to recieve for the rest of his career!! " BB quote. Don't you mean give? In any case a well told story!

 

[Badluck Brody]

Thanks fellas!

I had to get it out there and put it in writing before I forgot it or made it bigger than it was... Before you know it I would have brought in the SWAT team and the FBI... All over a bottle of Diet Coke... With "lime" that is!!!

It's funny... a few months ago I gave my own supervisor a DC/w lime and even he said, "You know all you would need is a pinch of rum in this thing and I'd have to write you up!!"

But when you think about it... With the heat from inside the vehicle and the cold air outside.... mixed with a pinch of adreneline????

That kid's gonna be a leathal weapon!! You wait and see!! No hard feelings on my end!!

 

[panamag8or]

Wait 'til the first time you have to work a scene together. I bet he avoids eye contact with you for a while.lol

 

[Badluck Brody]

Unfortunately...

We actually work two different and not even adjacent counties. But since I live in the area, I'm sure I'll see him again. Besides there are occasionally training sessions at our facility for other depts and such and I also have a friend who should be working in that county within the next year...

I was actualy in the area today and it felt like I was returning to the scene of the crime!!!

 

[Miss 1929]

Carry foreigners

While we were in China recently, our business partner was driving us back from the restaurant to the hotel, and we were pulled over twice in 3 blocks (they are vicious with the DUI nets there!). Both times he was able to get them to back off dramatically quickly, by telling them he had "foreign friends" in the car!lol
I wonder if it would work to carry a couple of Chinese visitors around with you?

Maybe it's a little fftopic: but it seems to be in the area...

 

[carebear]

We actually work two different and not even adjacent counties. But since I live in the area, I'm sure I'll see him again. Besides there are occasionally training sessions at our facility for other depts and such and I also have a friend who should be working in that county within the next year...

If you do run into him, be sure to offer him a Diet Coke with Lime.

 

[Twitch]

Good thing you aren't black Brody or the kid woulda had you for DWB as well.

 

[Zastrozzi]

Could be the man upstairs was trying to tell you something about DC with the lime already added...

 

[Feraud]

Did you receive a ticket for failing to signal a lane change?

 

[Badluck Brody]

You know....

You know... I forgot all about the lane chane!!!

After the whole fiasco, that sort of fell by the wayside!!!

I think the young guy was just fishing anyway, since (I'm pretty sure??) I signaled????

Maybe he just didn't like my 8pc newsboy cap!!!