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[Hoptoe]

Hello,
I am new to officer.com, but I have been an patrolman in Arizona for 10 years and look forward to hangin' with the gang. http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Hoppy

[dkiefner]

Welcome to the forum, Hoptoe. I believe we have a few of your AZ brethren in here.

If you have questions or need any help, please don't hesitate to write one of the Staff.

Stay safe,

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Dave Kiefner
[i]Die Wahrheit ist eine Perle. Werfen sie nicht vor die S

[BrickCop]

Welcome aboard. I have a quick question- How do you guys keep from passing out when you are wearing your vests in the summer? Does it really get to 104 there sometimes?!

[Hoptoe]

Try 114 in the Phoenix valley. http://www.officer.com/ubb/frown.gif
You just suffer through and drink lots of fluids. We get shorts in the summer too, BDU type shorts. http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
It is a low humidity 7% or so, which allows you to evaporative cool better than the 90 degrees with 90% humidity that other parts of the country get.
It still bites, but is better than getting shot, we have lost alot of officers in the past 2 year in the valley.
Still makes me cry sometimes.

Hoppy

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Hippity, Hoppity, justice is on its way.

[FLLawdog]

I'll take the 114/7% over the 97/90% any day! Welcome aboard, Hoppy!

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FLLawdog
"Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."

[Don]

Hey Hoppy,

Welcome! When you get too hot just remember it COULD be worse. I spent eight years in Death Valley after spending another eight over in Imperial Valley!

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[Hoptoe]

Don,
Blast furnace... precisely. http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Thanks to all for the warm welcome.
If I get outa line, just hit me with a rolled up newspaper, that's how my wife handles me. http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif

Hoppy

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Hippity, Hoppity, justice is on its way.

[kd5hqd]

FLlawdog - about that 114/7 over 97/97 anyday?? Try good ole Houston here in the summer- consistantly 100+ degrees with 100% humidity. Oh well, damn El Nino http://www.officer.com/ubb/mad.gif http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif


Kyle, KD5HQD

[mike-munich]

Originally posted by Hoptoe:
just hit me with a rolled up newspaper, that's how my wife handles me. http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif


Hi Hoppy and welcome !
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[cyberpol99]

Originally posted by kd5hqd:
FLlawdog - about that 114/7 over 97/97 anyday?? Try good ole Houston here in the summer- consistantly 100+ degrees with 100% humidity. Oh well, damn El Nino http://www.officer.com/ubb/mad.gif http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif


Kyle, KD5HQD

Houston huh Kyle? Just moved to Bryan/College Station myself. I do state guard drill at Ellington/NASA in S Houston though.

[Lara Croft]

Hi there! I am trying to get my husband (Metropolitan Police officer in London) to post on here, but he says he doesn't get the time to do it!
He is issued with a stab-proof vest but Ihave to confess he very rarely uses it due to the fact that it restricts his movements. He drives an IRV and it's hard to be contantly getting in and out of the car wearing that thing. It does worry me, especially as he works in a tough inner-city area where there is alot of gun-crime. He isn't armed.