Police Encounters That Have Made You Smile. Anyone?

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Does anybody have a police encounter memory that makes you smile? Either when it happened you smiled or now when you think of it?

I'll tell mine first to start things off:

This happened about fifteen years ago. My husband and his buddy each had 1600CC Yamaha Roadstars (those are really big motorcycles for those who don't know) in those days. And on a particularly lovely summer day, we and him and his wife thought it would be nice to go for a ride 'across the line'. So we left BC and were just cruising through some of the smaller highways of Washington State. Sun was shining, the road was dry, straight and clear and we're just blasting along in the sunshine. It was great.

I happened to glance over my shoulder and immediately started yelling in my husbands ear as best I could considering the road and wind noise and him wearing a helmut, to stop and slapping him on the shoulder over and over. So carried away by the fun of the moment, he didn't respond immediately, but finally after a minute or two (seemed longer), he noticed where I was gesturing (behind me) and he pulled over. By that time, our friend who wasn't too far ahead of us had noticed what was going on and he pulled over too.

Looking down the road behind us was a further string of three cars and coming up behind him was the State Troopers car! Red and Blue flashing lights, a siren we could finally hear now that we were stopped......Being at the head of the line, he ignored all of our followers who were not that far behind us (so they must have been blasting along too) and came to a screeching halt right behind my husbands bike. You hear about people who are so mad their veins are bulging? Well this was the first time that I'd ever seen it!

So we started making all our excuses as one does in that kind of situation, and apologizing profusely for our bad behaviour and it seemed like we were doing pretty well in spite of our friend Moniqua not being able to stop laughing. She was giggling hysterically throughout much of this. It got a little worse when her husband ventured as his effort at an excuse that 'we were just keeping up with the traffic officer' and the Trooper replying 'you were at the head of the line, you were setting the traffic!'.

To this day, I could not tell you how it turned from bulging veins and a red face to, 'well, I'll let you off with a warning, but just slow down alright!'. Couldn't tell you.
And to this day I smile gratefully at the memory of that State Trooper who was so angry and ended up being so nice to us. And yes, after that we did slow down. Don't want to tempt fate you know.
 

Yes or made me laugh because he had egg all over himself for pulling me over for not wearing a seat belt. He comes over and I was wearing it, then told him he should be out arresting some Real crimes. Boy did he look dumb and worse knew it. I always wear my seat belt and now if I ever forget that stupid car of mine will let me know.
 

I kind of figured this might be a short lived topic. I mean seriously, how unusual is it to have a good experience with cops?

Although as I look back, in our family we've had a couple others although not quite so dramatic (bulging veins, etc.)
One time my husband was driving at the speed limit, but he was pulled over for not having a front license plate. British Columbia requires it but young fella that he was and in love with his car at the time, he thought that it ruined the look of the car he was in so he'd left it off. The cop did pull him over, chatted about how fast the car could go and what it was like to drive, did agree that a tacky license plate on the front was silly but 'hey, the law's the law' and just told him to make sure he put the plate on when he got home...and no ticket!
 
Just came across this thread. Yes, I've had an encounter with a couple of cops that made me smile. I was driving a couple of hundred kilometres from home, up a mountain range when I got behind a convoy of semi-trailers with police escort. They had huge pipes on board - part of a bridge or something. I changed down a couple of gears, and just crawled along behind them. Suddenly, a cop car came out of the blue and indicated that I should follow him. He took off at about a hundred and fifty k per hour, and I followed. Now my car at that time was about 12 years old, and I knew it wasn't really capable of going at that speed, but I floored it, and managed to mostly keep up. When we got to the front of the queue of the semi's, the coppers in front gave me a handclap as I passed them. It was a bit of fun and I did smile at their efforts.
 
What Falcon said. ....but it reminds me of a joke Falcon told once...about a driver on the interstate, who saw a police car with its lights flashing in his rear view mirror, and refused to pull over, even...if I remember right tried to speed up. Finally, much later, he finally pulled over and stopped. The Trooper yelled at him "Why didn't you stop"? The guy answered, "Three years ago, my Wife ran off with a State Trooper....and I thought he was bringing her back"!:)
 
I have at least three, but there's one in particular that whenever something bad happens and I have negative thoughts of any officier, this memory comes back to me.

The memory both causes me to smile and makes me sad, but it definitely brings fond memories of a very kind hearted officer back from a time when I was about 7 or 8 years of age. I won't go into all the details, but, we kids had been hiding out under an over pass or some such thing out in North Carolina for hours, not sure if we spent the night there, I just remember we were starving by the time the officer located us. He took my siblings and me back to the station and cooked up a big batch of grits with butter, it was the best meal in the world at that point. I'll never forget his kindness.

Anyway, gotta run; TWD is coming on right now. :eek:nthego:
 
Years ago when I was younger, we were going somewhere with my folks, my mom was driving, and we were all in her old 53 Buick Special. Somewhere along the line, she got pulled over for a tail-light out, or some minor thing like that .
Of course, the first thing that the State Trooper did was ask my mom for her driver's license. She took her purse and started to look through it for the license, while explaining that she had just renewed it, and only had the little slip of paper that they gave you (back in those days) while they mailed you the new driver's license.

Mom looked all through the purse, and couldn't find it anywhere (all the time apologizing because she was sure she had it in there SOMEWHERE). Finally, she asked us to pass her the purse that she had in the back seat on the floor. It was a large purse, too; but Mom started going through it.
Eventually, she found the little slip and handed it to the officer.
The only problem was that it turned out to be the one from the last time she had renewed her driver's license, so it was about 5 years old.
I think that this is when that State Trooper started to get worried.

Ten minutes or so later, Mom asked me to please pass her the OTHER purse that was in the back seat on the floor, too.
Since we had all been sitting there for at least 20 minutes while Mom looked for the renewal slip; the Trooper looked at that bulging third purse; and then he said to my mom, " Just don't worry about it. I am sure that you have it there somewhere".

As we went on down the road, the rest of us were chuckling at the experience, except for Mom, who was still trying to figure out where that renewal slip might have gone to...
 
1970's - I was standing on a corner in Detroit waiting for the light to change. No traffic, so I decided to cross anyway. Just as I stepped off the curb, someone behind me grabbed the strap of my shoulder bag and gave it a hard jerk. OK, my life passed before my eyes....it's Detroit....I'm getting mugged. But, dammit, I'm not going down without a fight, so I scream, whirl around and get ready to scratch face, gouge eye and give a strategic knee to a strategic area. Whoops....it's a Detroit cop, grabbing my shoulder bag to keep me from jaywalking. He's backing away from me with his hands in the air and he's actually looking apprehensive. I got a lecture about jaywalking and then we had a good laugh. I'm probably lucky I didn't get shot.
 
Reminds me of the joke about the young rookie trooper who pulls a middle-aged woman over for speeding.

"Ma'am, you were doing 50 in a 30 mph zone. May I see your driver's license?"

"Oh, I don't have a driver's license. I lost my driver's license because I had too many drunk driving convictions. In fact, I'm drunk now!"

"Well, I need to see your car registration."

"Oh, it's not my car."

"Whose car is it?"

"I don't know. I was hitchhiking and this guy picked me up and I stole his car."

"Where is he now?"

"Oh, I killed him and put his body in the trunk."

"Ma'am, do you have any weapons in the car?"

"Sure do! There's a pistol in my purse and one in the glove compartment. Oh, and there's two assault rifles in the back seat."

At this point, the rookie was completely confused on what to do, so he radioed into the station. "Sarge", he said, "I stopped this woman for speeding and she doesn't have a license because it was taken away and she's drunk now. She says she killed the car's owner and his body is in the trunk. AND she's heavily armed. I need backup RIGHT NOW!"

Within minutes, the Sergeant pulls up with five cars of backup officers. After speaking with the rookie, he goes over to talk to the woman.

"Ma'am, I understand that you don't have a driver's license, you are drunk, you have weapons in your purse, the glove compartment and the back seat, and you killed the car's owner and put his body in the trunk. Is this true?"

"Oh my goodness, no! Who would think I would do something like that? Here's my driver's license; I've been driving for 30 years and I've never even had a parking ticket. And drunk? Certainly not! I'm a life-long member of the Gospel Life Tabernacle and WE DO NOT DRINK! And here's the registration to the car. I bought it five years ago. And guns? GUNS? My husband likes to hunt but I'm scared to death of guns! I'd never touch one. And a body in the trunk? My heavens no, here I'll pop the lid of the trunk and you can look for yourself! Who in the world told you things like that?"

"The police officer that stopped you told us that."

"Oh, that young man. What a silly boy! He has quite the imagination. I bet he told you I was speeding, too."
 
grannyjo said:
Just came across this thread. Yes, I've had an encounter with a couple of cops that made me smile. I was driving a couple of hundred kilometres from home, up a mountain range when I got behind a convoy of semi-trailers with police escort. They had huge pipes on board - part of a bridge or something. I changed down a couple of gears, and just crawled along behind them. Suddenly, a cop car came out of the blue and indicated that I should follow him. He took off at about a hundred and fifty k per hour, and I followed. Now my car at that time was about 12 years old, and I knew it wasn't really capable of going at that speed, but I floored it, and managed to mostly keep up. When we got to the front of the queue of the semi's, the coppers in front gave me a handclap as I passed them. It was a bit of fun and I did smile at their efforts.
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Interesting experience indeed and one I can relate to as far as crawling along in traffic. Did the same thing last week when a couple trucks were transporting a motor and a blade from one of those huge windmills. Between 5 and 20 kmph for miles and in an 80k area, I wish a cop had shown up to escort the huge line of traffic!

Thanks for sharing your story grannyjo.
 
Meanderer said:
What Falcon said. ....but it reminds me of a joke Falcon told once...about a driver on the interstate, who saw a police car with its lights flashing in his rear view mirror, and refused to pull over, even...if I remember right tried to speed up. Finally, much later, he finally pulled over and stopped. The Trooper yelled at him "Why didn't you stop"? The guy answered, "Three years ago, my Wife ran off with a State Trooper....and I thought he was bringing her back"!:)
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I heard that one before and it's still funny the second time around!
 
I can't say I have had many encounters with the police..but the ones I have had certainly didn't make me laugh..

''32 miles an hour in a 30 mile zone madam?..That will be a ÂŁ60 fine and 3 points off your license!''

In England..if you lose 12 points..you are banned from driving until the first ''crime'' one is void..
 
jujube said:
1970's - I was standing on a corner in Detroit waiting for the light to change. No traffic, so I decided to cross anyway. Just as I stepped off the curb, someone behind me grabbed the strap of my shoulder bag and gave it a hard jerk. OK, my life passed before my eyes....it's Detroit....I'm getting mugged. But, dammit, I'm not going down without a fight, so I scream, whirl around and get ready to scratch face, gouge eye and give a strategic knee to a strategic area. Whoops....it's a Detroit cop, grabbing my shoulder bag to keep me from jaywalking. He's backing away from me with his hands in the air and he's actually looking apprehensive. I got a lecture about jaywalking and then we had a good laugh. I'm probably lucky I didn't get shot.
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What the heck is jaywalking?
 
Twixie said:
I can't say I have had many encounters with the police..but the ones I have had certainly didn't make me laugh..

''32 miles an hour in a 30 mile zone madam?..That will be a ÂŁ60 fine and 3 points off your license!''

In England..if you lose 12 points..you are banned from driving until the first ''crime'' one is void..
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I agree! I have been stopped for speeding twice, doing the terrible speed of 36 in a 30 area. Nothing to smile about at all.:(
 
Being a former police officer, I have had many encounters with people. Just for an example; I have heard more excuses as to why people were speeding than Lipton has teabags. I have never arrested anyone for jaywalking and I did spend a lot of my duty time looking for criminals. There are many active BOLO's that police officers keep in their cars and are continually checking when they believe they may have spotted a person or a vehicle that is on one of the BOLOS.

Believe it or not, most police officers do not enjoy citing or even pulling over a vehicle. It cause the officer to go on high alert because he or she is unsure of what they are about to encounter, they understand that when they hand out a citation that it is going to have an affect on the person's budget and possibly insurance rates and it causes the officer a lot of station time filling out paperwork.

I would have always preferred drinking coffee and eating donuts.
 
I have often wondered, 911. With I-95 being a drug run highway from Miami to New York, while on our yearly trip to Florida the states that seem to have the most police on the highway are: South Carolina and Georgia. In fact, this year, we went by 8 State Police, in the median, all lined up and further down the road there were 6 more waiting. Never seen this in the 15 years I've been going south.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
Years ago when I was younger, we were going somewhere with my folks, my mom was driving, and we were all in her old 53 Buick Special. Somewhere along the line, she got pulled over for a tail-light out, or some minor thing like that .
Of course, the first thing that the State Trooper did was ask my mom for her driver's license. She took her purse and started to look through it for the license, while explaining that she had just renewed it, and only had the little slip of paper that they gave you (back in those days) while they mailed you the new driver's license.

Mom looked all through the purse, and couldn't find it anywhere (all the time apologizing because she was sure she had it in there SOMEWHERE). Finally, she asked us to pass her the purse that she had in the back seat on the floor. It was a large purse, too; but Mom started going through it.
Eventually, she found the little slip and handed it to the officer.
The only problem was that it turned out to be the one from the last time she had renewed her driver's license, so it was about 5 years old.
I think that this is when that State Trooper started to get worried.

Ten minutes or so later, Mom asked me to please pass her the OTHER purse that was in the back seat on the floor, too.
Since we had all been sitting there for at least 20 minutes while Mom looked for the renewal slip; the Trooper looked at that bulging third purse; and then he said to my mom, " Just don't worry about it. I am sure that you have it there somewhere".

As we went on down the road, the rest of us were chuckling at the experience, except for Mom, who was still trying to figure out where that renewal slip might have gone to...
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After all of that, did your mom start carrying only one purse?
 
jujube said:
Jaywalking is crossing anywhere you're not supposed to or crossing WHERE you're supposed to but not WHEN you're supposed to. So if you are at a crossing and the light is against you but there isn't a car in sight so you cross anyway, you're technically jaywalking. That's what I was doing.....right spot, no cars coming, but wrong time.
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This seems a very strange law to me.We cross the road whenever it's clear, at a crossing, not at a crossing, or when the crossing says don't go but there is nothing coming. Common sense isn't it?
 
It does seem like a strange law, but crosswalks and all designated areas for crossing streets are meant to protect the pedestrian from getting mowed down by oncoming traffic that isn't prepared to stop for people crossing where they aren't supposed to by oncoming traffic. We have so many car accidents and people that get knocked down killed while making due to people making types of street crossings, it's why these laws were implemented. For the most part, the laws are a good in practice and mostly enforced in areas that have high incidents of crashes and such caused by jaywalking. Most everyone still jay walks as it's not likely to cause one to get a ticket, depending on where you do it, but, I for one have had the unfortunate experience of seeing a few people fly up into the air from entering into traffic in the middle of the street. Where I live now, hardly anyone walks all the way down the road to the light to cross the street, that's like walking an 1/4 of a mile out of the way. I did once receive a scolding from an officer on my way to the beach when I chose not to use the cross walk and just crossed on the opposing side that didn't have the cross walk. He stopped me and asked why did I think the city went through the trouble to put that crosswalk there. :eek:ops1: :badgirl: I apologized and just rolled his eyes and sent me on my way. Now, always, use the crosswalk over in that area

oakapple said:
This seems a very strange law to me.We cross the road whenever it's clear, at a crossing, not at a crossing, or when the crossing says don't go but there is nothing coming. Common sense isn't it?
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