Wyoming State Police Officer & The Drunk

WYOMING STATE POLICE – GOTTA LOVE ‘EM!!!!!

IN MOST OF THE NORTHERN STATES, THERE IS A POLICY OF CHECKING ON ANY STALLED
VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURES DROP DOWN TO THE SINGLE DIGITS
OR BELOW. ABOUT 3 A.M. ONE VERY COLD MORNING IN MARCH 2004, A STATE POLICE
OFFICER RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A CAR OFF THE SHOULDER OF A ROAD ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF CASPER.

HE LOCATED THE CAR, STUCK IN DEEP SNOW AND WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING.
PULLING IN BEHIND THE CAR WITH HIS EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON, THE OFFICER WALKED
TO THE DRIVER’S DOOR TO FIND AN OLDER MAN PASSED OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL WITH A
NEARLY EMPTY VODKA BOTTLE ON THE SEAT BESIDE HIM.
THE DRIVER AWOKE WHEN THE OFFICER TAPPED ON THE WINDOW. SEEING THE
ROTATING LIGHTS IN HIS REAR-VIEW MIRROR AND THE STATE POLICEMAN STANDING
NEXT TO HIS CAR, THE MAN PANICKED, JERKED THE GEARSHIFT INTO “DRIVE” AND HIT
THE GAS. THE CAR’S SPEEDOMETER WAS SHOWING 20-30-40 AND THEN 50 MPH, BUT IT
WAS STILL STUCK IN THE SNOW, WHEELS SPINNING.

THE POLICEMAN, HAVING A SENSE OF HUMOR, BEGAN RUNNING IN PLACE NEXT TO THE
SPEEDING, BUT STILL STATIONARY, CAR. THE DRIVER WAS TOTALLY FREAKED OUT
THINKING THE OFFICER WAS ACTUALLY KEEPING UP WITH HIM. THIS GOES ON FOR
ABOUT 30 SECONDS WHEN THE PATROLMAN YELLED AT THE MAN ORDERING HIM TO “PULL
OVER!”

THE MAN OBEYED, TURNED HIS WHEEL AND STOPPED THE ENGINE.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE MAN FROM CASPER WAS ARRESTED AND IS PROBABLY STILL
WONDERING HOW A STATE PATROLMAN COULD RUN HIM DOWN WHILE DOING 50 MILES PER
HOUR.
WHO SAYS POLICEMEN DON’T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR?