[MikefromOhio]

I'm sure I would have gotten in this cop's face and most probably would have tried to shove him into the pond.

I didn't have a problem until you said this. The guy's being an ass, don't give him an excuse to continue to be so. ASk for his supervisor.

[Clara Lou]

He just sounds overly officious. Why not call in and speak to a supervisor if you think it rates it?

[George - the Other]

>>I'm sure I would have gotten in this cop's face and most probably would have tried to shove him into the pond.

>I didn't have a problem until you said this. The guy's being an ass, don't give him an excuse to continue to be so. ASk for his supervisor.

I had an incident happen a few years ago in Washington DC., when a cop was throwing his weight around and giving the driver of the van I was in a hard time for parking his van on the sidewalk around 1am, to load up a bunch of band equipment (we are all over 55, not a bunch of menacing punk kids).

There had been a project going on for months where they had closed off most off the lanes on this main street at night, to repair gas leaks in the sewers. It was the only safe place to park, for about 5-10 minutes, while we loaded up.

Until that night, no cop had said a word. This guy made us park on the opposite side of the street and lug the gear across two lanes of traffic, and he still gave the driver a ticket.

Needless to say, I was enraged, but rather then confront the cop, I sent a letter to the police department, saying that rather giving us a hard time, he should have been helping us.

About a month later, I received a letter saying he was definitely wrong to do that and received a reprimand.

George