WHEN GOD MADE COPS > > > >When the Lord was creating cops, he was into his sixth > >day of overtime when > >an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of > >fiddling around on this > >one." > > > >And the Lord said, "Have you read the spec on this > >order? A peace officer > >has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the > >dark, scale walls, > >enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch, and > >not wrinkle his > >uniform." > > > >"He has to be able to sit in an undercover car all day > >on a stakeout, cover > >a homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood > >for witnesses, and > >testify in court the next day." > > > >"He has to be in top physical condition at all times, > >running on black > >coffee and half-eaten meals. > >And he has to have six pairs of hands." > > > >The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs > >of hands... no way." > > > >"It's not the hands that are causing me problems," > >said the Lord, "it's the > >three pairs of eyes an officer has to have." > > > >"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel. > > > >The Lord nodded. One pair that sees through a bulge in > >a pocket before he > >asks, "May I see what's in there, sir?" (When he > >already knows and wishes > >he'd taken that accounting job.) "Another pair here in > >the side of his head > >for his partners' safety. And another pair of eyes > >here in front that can > >look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, > >'You'll be all right ma'am,' > >when he knows it isn't so." > > > >"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and > >work on this > >tomorrow." > > > >"I can't," said the Lord, "I already have a model that > >can talk a 250 pound > >drunk into a patrol car without incident and feed a > >family of five on a > >civil service paycheck." > > > >The angel circled the model of the peace officer very > >slowly, "Can it > >think?" she asked. > > > >"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the > >elements of a hundred crimes; > >recite Miranda warnings in its sleep; detain, > >investigate, search, and > >arrest a gang member on the street in less time than > >it takes five learned > >judges to debate the legality of the stop ... and > >still it keeps its sense > >of humor. This officer also has phenomenal personal > >control. He can deal > >with crime scenes painted in hell, coax a confession > >from a child abuser, > >comfort a murder victim's family, and then read in the > >daily paper how law > >enforcement isn't sensitive to the rights of criminal > >suspects." > > > >Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across > >the cheek of the > >peace officer. "There's a leak," she pronounced. "I > >told you that you were > >trying to put too much into this model." > > > >"That's not a leak," said the Lord, "it's a tear." > > > >"What's the tear for?" asked the angel. > > > >"It's for bottled-up emotions, for fallen comrades, > >for commitment to that > >funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for > >justice." > > > >"You're a genius," said the angel. > > > >The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there," he > >said. > > > >Author Unknown
Good one Ryan! I got pulled over yesterday and the officer let me off because I was in the military. I would have told the story sucked if I had received a ticket! LOL