Deputies will appreciate this

[vbrenner]

Especially Don...Last week, I assisted one of our local P.D.'s with a dead transient at a campsite. The P.D. copper pointed the trail to the body, which was maybe 60 yards if straightened and about five feet uphill through a little grove. He said it was a "pretty good hike through the woods to the body". http://www.officer.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif My reply was "you've never driven your patrol car off a paved street, have you?" Heck, if you haven't backed half a mile down a narrow, gravel, switchback goat trail in the rain at night, you haven't lived!

Disclaimer: This is not a flame at city coppers - just a fun story. http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif You city guys get adventures I am happy to avoid - housing projects, downtown traffic, accident reports...

[Don]

Yes, I particularly liked the old mining trails. Shelf roads with switchbacks so tight that I had to "back and fill" with my Blazer to get around them. Dry falls that took every bit of driving skill you possess to navigate them. http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

I still really enjoy playing in the back country!

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6P1 (retired)

[DMS 525]

You should see some of the places I had to go into with a concrete mixer, carrying 10 yards(20 tons) of concrete. Made for some pretty close calls more than once.

And they say LE work is dangerous? http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[DARECOP]

Roads? What are those? Dirt and cow paths are common here.

[Guard Dog]

All our roads are paved now.....but when I started in 1973 there were still some gravel roads in a couple townships. We had black & whites and the dust would make a new wash/wax job look like hell.

DMS, I drove concrete truck and "bombers" pt 35 hrs week, for three or four years when I was working mid's. Those FWD's would damn near go anywhere. Just don't forget to turn off the drum if you're on a steep grade unless you want to lay it over http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
I still have a Teamsters withdrawal card somewhere.

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"We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way." General George S. Patton

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[CORPORAL*19]

the only dirt road i see on duty is when they dig up the pavement and the trucks leave a coat of dirt 2 inches thick....which really honks me off when i just spent an hour cleaning and armoraling the nasty old pool car to make it look good while i'm in it. wish i had that take home car that is so common in my area.

[Nine - Eleven]

Hell, I have driven on (((GRASS))) streets to get to the double-wide ref a loose cattle complaint by a toothless reporting party. Tell me of a city type LEO that has done that! http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Buddingnovelist]

All right, you've done it now. You've p*ssed me off. http://www.officer.com/ubb/cool.gif

I was on the army. It was 1981 or 1982. My platoon, an assault missile unit, was redeploying. This was peacetime. I sent out the advanced party and followed them IN MY TOYOTA CORONA (predecessor to the Camry)! The convoy lead vehicle was a 6x6 deuce and a half. It stopped at a stream and I pulled up. The truck's driver complained that he couldn't cross the stream with the truck. I was hot. It was a shallow if swift-running and rocky stream. I led the little convoy of tactical vehicles with my passenger sedan showing the wimpy soldiers how to drive. (Course the traction was a little loose as the rear end was swept with the current.)

And then 4-wheeling in the Texas and New Mexico desert with my dual-wheeled Toyota 1 ton stake bed farm truck. (You should have heard thelaughter.)

Not to mention almost starting a cornfield on fire with the cruiser's catalytic converter. (No one knows that but you.)

Putting the truck in gear and letting it creep along at idle, no driver, while throwing hay bales on the bed.

Pulling a 2-horse trailer, loaded, all over the nation, to include over the Rockies, with a 4-cylinder truck (Toyota again).

Pulling stumps with a 1976 Ford Ranger Lariat. (Destroyed the transmission but never mind.)

Same Corona in flood waters over the hood and my little car staunchly chugging along. (Had to bail it out afterward.)

What are you, wusses or kops? Jeeze! http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Chris


War is heck.

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[unhappycop]

I've driven over a few grass median strips on urgo. Does that count?

[Don]

Originally posted by Buddingnovelist:
All right, you've done it now. You've p*ssed me off. http://www.officer.com/ubb/cool.gif


All right Chris, back to your corner until you http://www.officer.com/ubb/cool.gif off! http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Hey what is a red blooded American Veteran, Popo Chief like youse self doin' drivin' a "Rice Rocket" any how????????? http://www.officer.com/ubb/confused.gif http://www.officer.com/ubb/tongue.gif

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6P1 (retired)

[drunkhunter]

Well, I work in an area that is part urban and part farmland; so, I get to to drive in all types of terrain. It is mostly city streets though.

I have a buddy who left my department to go work for his hometown sheriff's office. I did a ride along with him no tto long ago. This is a really rural county with several small towns in it. Every now and then I would have to ask him what town we were in at the time. http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Don]

Originally posted by drunkhunter:
Every now and then I would have to ask him what town we were in at the time. http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif

Well I guess as long as ONE of you knew where you were. . . http://www.officer.com/ubb/wink.gif Having worked a post like that I can certainly relate!

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"I'm just a "senior teen-ager!"
6P1 (retired)

[Landric]

Hey,

Don't leave us county police officers out. I work for a county PD, and I've had all the great cow chasing, dirt road driving, 20 minute or farther away backup, experiences that you deputies have, and I'm a police officer not a deputy :-)



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-Landric

"The Engine could still smile...it seemed to scare them"-Felix

[FLLawdog]

Animals I've "rustled"...

-Cows
-Horses
-Pigs(not my co-workers, either http://www.officer.com/ubb/wink.gif)
-Donkeys
-Turkeys
-Chickens
-Goats
-Gators
-Snakes

And my favorite one...Emu's. Imagine driving down the road(dirt, of course), and seeing this huge, goofy looking bird running toward you. After you stop and wonder if it's real or just all of the overtime getting to you, you realize it really is. I got it cornered in a wooded area and the homeowner came out. Of course she wondered what I was doing. I told her I was looking for an Emu that just went into the woods. "A what???". "An Emu...it's a short ostrich looking bird. About 6 foot tall.". "Hmmm...ain't ever heard of that". About that time it struts out and she sees it and the light bulb comes on...."Ohhhhhhh...that thing! I saw it the other day, but I thought it was a turkey!". Kinda helps explain the whole election thing.

Roads...we're mostly paved, but I have to go hit the trails every now and then. You'd think it was a Jeep, not a Crown Vic I was driving.

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

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[drunkhunter]

Heard of an officer trying to rope an osterich one time. He ended up breaking the bird's neck.

I was in a sheep barn on a call once. Dispatch kept calling, but I wouldn't answer. The sheep were bleeting. There was no way that I was going to key up my radio with that in the background and have to hear all of those jokes.

[Don]

Originally posted by drunkhunter:
There was no way that I was going to key up my radio with that in the background and have to hear all of those jokes.

I am willing to bet you will NOW be hearing those jokes that you missed then. My big question (actually two questions) is what were you doing in the a sheep barn if you are a drunk hunter? And what were you doing to those poor sheep to make them bleat so?

Well OK then three questions. How many sheep did you arrest for drunk driving? http://www.officer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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6P1 (retired)

[PeteBroccolo]

Originally posted by drunkhunter:
I was in a sheep barn on a call once. Dispatch kept calling, but I wouldn't answer. The sheep were bleeting. There was no way that I was going to key up my radio with that in the background and have to hear all of those jokes.
Sorry, bud, but I gotta ask - did you have rubber boots and Velcro gloves on at the time? And if so, was the rest of your body below your neck COMPLETELY covered with your clothing at the time?
Oh, we can be so cruel!

[drunkhunter]

I was dispatched there on a call!!!!!! A passerby saw that some of the lambs were in the road and called the police. I was dispatched for traffic control and to get the sheep back into the barn.

NOW Y'ALL SEE WHY I DIDN'T ANSWER MY RADIO

Don,

To answer your first question, I am a patrol officer. My department does not have a dedicated traffic division or DUI task force.

[Don]

Originally posted by drunkhunter:
I was dispatched there on a call!!!!!!

Uh-huh, we know. The SHEEP were CALLING you???? http://www.officer.com/ubb/wink.gif

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"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines!"
6P1 (retired)

[drunkhunter]

Well at least I know that I made the correct decission that day. http://www.officer.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Plaso]

Reminds me of the day I got out my car to, well just say relieve myself in the woods. I looked over and saw a BIG brown bear http://www.officer.com/ubb/eek.gif looking straight at me. Needless to say I forgot about my previous problem and made a hasty retreat back to my patrol car. Whew! I never had that kind of critter problem when I was in the city!

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California, the only place in the states with a 46% increase in electrical rates!

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