Many years ago when we lived in Phoenix, I was awakened by a pounding on the front door. It was summer and we didn’t have AC so we slept on the living room floor. It was the coolest room in the house.
It was pretty early. My husband was in the shower. I had no clothes on (again, summer). Who ever was on the other side of the door was yelling “police, open up. I need to speak to you directly.”
Half asleep and buck naked, I wrapped a sheet around myself and opened the door. A very nice looking young cop was standing there. He took one look at me and his jaw dropped. He couldn’t talk for a moment, which annoyed me because I was pretty vulnerable..and nearly naked. He regained his composure and informed me that there had been a chemical spill and the neighborhood hood was being evacuated.
He never noticed that my one hand remained out of sight. Although half asleep, I exercised an aboundance of caution.
I thought it was funny how easily it is to distract a man, even one in uniform. Nothing was showing yet just the thought. On the other hand, he was distracted enough that I had time to do some damage if I wanted to.
Now days, it’s hard to tell how cops are going to react. It’s a double edged sword kijnd of thing. No trust any more.
All I can say, from experience, is that UPS and FedEx guys have seen amazing things. Good thing we only had 90 seconds to get to the next delivery.