Stupid things people say to LEOs

Here's one I did myself. I thought it was funny but the LT didn't appreciate it.
In Florida police have a form that they can give motorist involved in a non-injury accident. Each of the drivers are given a copy that they fill out and mail to the capitol. With the large number of Spanish speaking people in Florida it is exceptable for them to complete the form in Spanish if they desire. One night after I had been transferred to uniform patrol I came on an accident. One of the drivers was a Chinese tourist on vaction. (Yes, you see it coming don't you? :)) I gave the drivers each a copy. When the Chinese gentleman asked I told him Chinese would be fine.
A few weeks later when the state contacted the department my LT was not a happy man. :rolleyes:

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Gunslinger
 
Had my brother in law, Steve, tell me this one... is is a CA Highway Patrolman, bout 5'10" 190 lbs. One night he pulled over this guy for speeding, ran his drivers license and found out that he was absent from parole. Went to arrest him. The guy was about 7' 350-400 lbs. Steve called for backup. When backup arrived he and a couple of other officers whent over to arrest him. The guy got out of the car and said he would go peacefully, but would not allow them to put the handcuffs on him. Proceedures dictated that he was to be handcuffed. Well Steve grabed his arm and pulled it behind him to put on the cuff. The guy picked Steve up with his arm that was behind him. Brought Steve in front of him with that one arm, with Steve holding on, both feet off the ground. He sat Steve down in front of him (real peacefully) and said "Sorry officer, but I'm not going to allow you to put those cuffs on me." Steve said OK... and escorted him over to the car. The guy got in no problems.

Yep, I don't think I could handle a job like that....
 
bookie; Same size guy on a domestic. We were backing up another sector and the guy didn`t want to be cuffed. Well, he`s pretty much having his way when my partner sprays us all with Mace. Interesting effect in a small room! We finally got him cuffed with the help of another half dozen cops. Bushwick Ave. looked like a used police car lot. No serious injuries except for the Mace. We get him into the squad and into the cage. Once we take the cuffs off he`s fine. He tells one of the detectives he`s a snitch for a detective in Manhattan. Our guy calls and finds out that yeah, he knows him and says he`s an ok guy. The Manhattan dick says "just don`t try to cuff him because the cuffs hurt his wrists!"
If this guy really wanted to fight, we would have had to kill him (he had a couple of bullet holes and knife wounds from being a bouncer) and there was no guarantee he wouldn`t have killed a couple of us. As it was I almost fell out the 4th floor window.
 
hats off to the LEOs but I had one rag me for telling the truth!
I was coming home one night and there was a sobriety checkpoint set up. As I watched, some knucklehead spooked, did a U-turn and ran for it, only to get nabbed by a cop waiting for just such an event 30 meters up the road. That impressed me that these guys were serious.
Since I'm such an honest guy, when the LEO leaned in my window to ask me if I'd had anything to drink that night I replied, Yes, I had one beer about three hours ago with a buddy of mine who was visiting from out of town. I'm 6'4" and built large. The guy frowned at me and shook his head. He motioned me into a nearby lot and put me through the test (walking line, nose touching, counting backwards...). When he saw I wasn't in any way drunk he ragged me for wasting his time. I don't think he expressly told me to lie but said if I hadn't mentioned the beer he wouldn't have had to pull me over -nudge, nudge. No harm done, I suppose.

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Those who use arms well cultivate the Way and keep the rules.Thus they can govern in such a way as to prevail over the corrupt- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[This message has been edited by Apple a Day (edited July 25, 2000).]
 
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