Police Investigating Emergency Doughnut Run

Fox News ^ | October 5, 2001 | Unknown

[TKEman]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

[TKEman]

I would've gotten a 12 pack of beer and chips/salsa. Screw the doughnuts.

In all seriousness, there's a war on. These guys should know better than this. This is annoying in the extreme.

[TKEman]

BUMP for you, to let you know how your money's being spent.

[Fred25]

Yes, yes, yes. That was just a doughnut-run practice staged by our Tac-Squad. During riots, terrorist attacks, and drug-lord invasions, they can’t go get doughnuts by car. They’ve got the helicopter run down to 8.3 minutes now, and they’re trying to get it down to 6 minutes.

[PsyOp]

Must be former Army pilots. We used to do that sort of thing When I was with the 3d Combat Aviation Batallion in Giebelstadt Germany. Only we didn't go looking for Krispy Kremes - if you know what I mean. Takes lots of carbs to keep chopper pilots in the air! Cause choppers don't fly - they beat the air into submission!

[razorback-bert]

One of those aboard got out and went inside while the helicopter idled, he said. The passenger returned to the helicopter 10 to 15 minutes later carrying a box of Krispy Kremes, he said.

Me thinks, he/she went after more than donuts.

[avg_freeper]

They weren't just donuts. They were Krispy Kremes.

That explains everything.

[Husker24]

"goodbye toot with the siren".....since when do police helicopters have sirens.

[avg_freeper]

Choppers don't fly.

They're so gol dang ugly they repel the earth!

[Focault's Pendulum]

That was no donut run.

It wasA Rapid Logistic Supply Insertion

[southernnorthcarolina]

Give me a break.

First, these were not just doughnuts, they were. North Carolina residents such as moi (Krispy Kreme is based in Winston-Salem) can attest to the fact that there are occasions when you don't just want one; you need one. Or two. Or a dozen. We are glad to share our home-grown delicacy with the nation, and the recent wildfire-like spread of Krispy Kreme shops speaks volumes as to the allure of the product.

Second, the Police Department spokesman is wearing his skeleton too tight. If such a modest detour can be a stress reliever to a couple of police officers, it's a small enough price to pay. If nothing else, the episode puts a human face on the Albuquerque Police Department, and that is a good thing.

Someone needs to lighten up a bit.

[Fred25]

In Albuquerque, we don’t shoot the coyotes, even if our pet is missing. What do you guys do with your coyotes, up there in DC?

LOBO UPDATE

[Capt. Jake]

"I was angry, and I'm still kind of angry," Turner said. "You've got no business flying in to get doughnuts."

If I were Keith Turner, I wouldn't even think about speeding in that town for several weeks.

[gfactor]

our tax dollars at work.

[sonsofliberty2000]

Bump and a concurence from a fellow Tarheel.

[Jeremiah Jr]

Me and the wife were cooling our heals at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan one evening when a police boat pulled up and docked by a restaurant. I said "He's going for coffee!" Sure enough one guy came back with the take out. We've also seen these guys pull over jet-skis in the harbour. I'd rather watch them get coffee.

[Conservative Vet]

Must be former Army pilots. We used to do that sort of thing When I was with the 3d Combat Aviation Batallion in Giebelstadt Germany

One of the few light moments in the book "Black Hawk Down" (about the hellish firefight in the streets of Somalia) is when the author tells the tale of Delta Force snipers Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart going big game hunting from their helicopter. They shot some wild pigs and flew them back to the base for a barbecue.

Unfortunately Gordon and Shugart were both killed protecting pilot Michael Durant--and they both were awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. The pilot who flew them around on these hunts was also killed when his Blackhawk was shot down.

The book reinforces my anger at the Clinton Administration horrible handling of the military situation--but I can't help but smile as I think of those elite snipers "assassinating" some pigs from the air and hosting a barbeque.

[Cooter]

Besides, the Hot Doughnuts Now light was on!

[Terrorista Nada]

My cousin is a local-yocal cop in Colorado in a medium sized community ... they go "Code 7" (off duty) with lights and siren at 70 mph. He's now an undercover plain-cloths cyber-crime investigator making big bucks.

I think this is more common than one might think.

[Terrorista Nada]

FYI ... there have been a number of coyote attacks on people and children in the San Diego area recently. Some even in the city of San Diego proper.

Coyotes come into our yard in the city late at night during the dry season in summer. They do help keep the feral cat population under control. Personally, I like them, and enjoy their yapping out in the desert on a clear star-filled sky under a full moon.