Today was my friend's 21st birthday so I was the designated driver. We went to Bennigan's and had dinner and he and everyone else drank. I had one (1) ice cold pint of blue moon beer the entire night and drank diet coke for the remainder of the evening. Well, fast forward to about 20 after 3 in the morning, I finish dropping everyone off and get off of I-275 on Westshore. This light at the exit ramp and Westshore Blvd. is so long you could grow old and die waiting for. Two minutes after sitting through it, realizing I have to get up at 6:30 for work, I decide to go through the red light. Now, I slowly eased forward and made sure there was not a SINGLE set of headlights in EITHER direction and normally accelerated through the intersection. Not 1/4 mile down the road I notice the cop's headlights flying up upon me. Well, I had to turn off on the street to go home anyway so I flipped my blinker on and he flipped his lights on.

So I placed my truck in park and put my hands at 10 and 2 while facing forward, awaiting further instruction. Here is our convo:

Him - "Do you know why I pulled you over?"
Me - "Yes, sir."
Him - "May I see your driver's license and registration please?"
Him - "Do you have any weapons in the car?"
Me - "Yes, sir...and a permit to carry them too."

At this point I retrieved my license and handed it to him.

Him - "Where is the weapon?"
Me - "There are two in my console here along with my permit. I don't know how you want me to go from here."
Him - "Why don't you just step out of the vehicle."
Me - "Yes, sir."

He pats me down when I hop out, I placed my hands up and out to accomodate him. He then motions and tells me to stand next to the fender of my truck while he secures the weapons.

Him - "How old are you?"
Me - "22."
Him - "Where are you coming from."
Me - "It was my friend's 21st birthday and I was the designated driver."

He then retrieves my Glock 32, Kel-tec .380 and permit. Looks at the .380 and says:

"What is this?"
Me - "A .380"
Him - "Yeah but I mean what is it?"
Me - "Oh, a Kel-tec."
Him - "Oh, do you carry it on you sometimes?"
ME - "Yes, sir...in my pocket."
Him - "You said you know why I pulled you over, right?"
Me - "Yes, sir...I ran a red light."

Him - "They are getting expensive these days, $127. I apprechiate your honesty and c______." (Honestly I can't remember the word he used...I was a little shaken up after being pulled over.)

He hands me my license, says have a good night and walks away.

Very nice guy.

 

Awesome man! Good job! Nice to hear of an encounter with a reasonable cop. Wish there were more like him.

 

Holy crap, I got pulled over on Westshore last night too! He chatted with me a bit, told me to renew my registration, and sent me home. I wonder if there was a higher then normal police presence last night around there? He was a pretty cool cop though.

 

Dont forget...all cops are assholes!



HAHAHAHA.

 

Aharon would be too happy in jail poke, poke....

 

Candor. The word was candor.

Glad you got out too, Aharon.

 

Nah, Aharon deserves to receive some TLC from Bubba