Posted on 01/26/2011 10:10:25 AM PST by Eeyore4651
Last night when I returned from work at 11pm,my husband informed me that one of our mini schnauzers had gone missing. We went out looking for her around town.
After about thirty minutes of this aimless driving and looking to no avail,we came upon the town cop.We debated stopping and telling him what we were doing.
We decided in the end to do so. After telling him,he said nothing more than he would keep his eye out for her;we went off in one direction to keep looking and he left in the other.
We kept coming back to the house to check for her. It was 27 degrees outside and she was not used to being out that long.
As we live in a rural farming area with lot's of coyotes in the area I was worried that she had been caught by one. The girls only weigh 10 pounds each.
Upon returning to the house one more time to check for her and get some coffee; we were leaving once again to search the town. When we went out the front door the town cop came down the street very fast and pulled up in front of the house.
He got out of the car and told us that he had someone in custody that we might want to see. I went down to his car and in the back seat sat our beloved Miss Blue.
The officer proceeded to tell us that he was driving behind a van that suddenly swerved; his first thought was she was drunk then he saw the dog. The lady in the van stopped in the lumber yard, and the local cop blocked the road. They both got out and tried to get the dog to come to them,and were finally able to get her.
As we talk to Miss Blue all the time,mostly saying things that mean nothing;and always blaming her for everything. (you would have to know that she is the clown in the house and does very funny things all the time.)I proceeded to tell her " Now Miss Blue, I am not paying your lawyers fees for this you are going to have to save up your milkbones; and what about the eighth of a tank of fuel I burned out looking for you? You have to get a job."
All is well today though she is well and acting the clown once more.
She has been grounded forever. We now keep a very close eye on her so she doesn’t slip away again.
“The Night The Cop’s Brought Home My Dog ( They didn’t shoot her!)”
They likely just missed and had to settle for beating her with a rubber hose. :-)
I’ve seen the Albuquerque Police shut down the interstate to round up a beautiful white German Shepard that was darting in and out of traffic.
Of course, they didn’t want the dog to cause an accident, but you could tell they didn’t want it hurt either.
Whenever I meet a “cop”, I ask them if they consider themselves PEACE Officers or POLICE Officers. This story, IMO, is an example of a Peace Officer at work. Which do you consider yourself?
Not sure about the rubber hose thing. She isn’t talking about her time in custody. I think she is humiliated by the whole thing. We told her that Abbey ( the other dog ) never got picked up by the cops.
I'm also a soldier. Would you put that in quotation marks as well? (More rhetorical than anything else. You don't need to answer.)
I put cops in quotes because I have been corrected by officers and told they don’t like being called cops. Kinda like a “Sarge” is an ugly fish, use Sergeant instead. Hence my question, Peace Officer vs Police Officer. It was in no way meant to be condescending, I have the utmost respect for those who protect and serve. In fact, it has more to do with the History of your profession, Police States, etc. I have never been condescending to another poster (except maybe to a Troll from DU).
I would but the office consists of only two officers. Maybe I can figure out something to do for them. I sure do appreciate what they did for me.
The law discerns between peace officers and police officers. There are different definitions for both. The law states that I am a police officer.
And, unfortunately, reuniting lost dogs with their owners is not the type of job we usually get here in New York City. We'd love it if that was our major responsibility. But until the grand larcenies and felony assaults stop, we must behave more like police officers than anything else.
BTW, NYPD sergeants do not mind being called sarge at all. Never had a problem. In the Army, however, I learned really quick not to use that term.
Something as easy as a “paw-written” thank-you note from Miss Blue with a picture should be enough for the officers. I know I’d get a kick out of it and probably post it on the bulletin board.
That might be a really good idea, maybe I could make it look like a mug shot. The paw print could look like finger prints. Then I could get another picture to show the bars in jail. I could have lots of fun with it.
How was that a dig? It was merely an observation. And if you think I'm "anti-cop" you're truly clueless. I'm anti-bad cop. I'm the son of a retired PA state trooper. I spent 10 years on active duty as commissioned military police officer and served as both a Provost Marshal Ops Officer and Provost Marshal.
Since leaving the Army, I've been working as an insurance defense investigator, and have looked into any number of claims filed by citizens for abusive police practices. Note that I'm not evaluating these on behalf of plaintiffs, but on behalf of the municipalities that have to defend the cases. My comment was merely based on personal opinions and observations formed over 20 years of carefully observing law enforcement from both without and within. I did qualify my statement as a generality, and I stand by it.
If you're so thin-skinned that you perceive that as a slight or insult, you're only reinforcing what I've already stated.
I think everyone that responds to this post must be alright. It is a good story for a change. It get’s so depressing reading all the bad stuff that is in the news all the time. At a time when this country is in such turmoil over everything in government and finance; I was very glad to be able to post something to make everything seem good if only for a time. So GOD Bless everyone that has read this or will read it.
When we were living in the country our Jack Russell cross King Cavalier Spaniel used to escape quite regularly to look for ladies or to hang about outside the local bar to get pats. One day we had a friend who was also the local Police Sargeant call us to say that he had our dog locked up in the old cells at the rear of the Police Station.
We went to the station to pick our dog up and were taken out to the cells - wouldn’t you know it - he escaped from there as well. On the way back home we drove past the pub and there he was sitting outside the door being patted by a very happy and not so sober local.
He was my best ever dog, sadly he passed away a few years back - still miss him.
Mel
It was a slight dig at us big-city cops, though. I think we interact with a lot more people on a a daily basis. But yes, we need to be a little more on guard than rural cops.
New York State almost gave me MP as an MOS. I got Transpo instead.
Yeah Thats it. Then get one with her behind bars. I think I could get one of the officers in a different town to help with that; and to give me a fingerprint card to use as well.
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