<VV> The Lousy Cop

[henry kaczmarek]

Tony
Well Said

I worked closely with the VA State Police when in Booking at Norfolk City 
Jail.
One thing they didn't do well was roll fingerprints---mostly from the 
infrequency of them having to do it.  And if they didn't do a good job, they 
caught hell from their LT.

I was happy to print any felony subjects they brought in, and they were 
happy to get good readable prints.  In exchange for such, they had to cut me 
a break next time I was tear-assing up the road in my Monza, and they caught 
me.  Which they said they would do so long as I was not intoxicated---I was 
never that stupid.

One morning I hit I 264 from the Jail enroute to the house in Va Beach. It 
was cold, and the heater wasn't doing too well.  I still had the 140 in it 
at the time, so I just jammed it wide open...Sunday AM @0500 is likely one 
of the best times to break the speed limit, if you are going to do it at 
all---nobody else was on the road but me.  At Campostella RD (about 1.5 
miles from my start), I was over 100mph, and went by a parked Trooper so 
fast he said he felt me "suck the sticker off his cruiser"  I  never even 
saw him---until I saw the blue grille lights in the frost on the backlite. 
I pulled over, and a Trooper who owed me one admitted to be dozing in the 
car, but I woke him up pretty quick when he heard the radar beep and I was 
doing 101 in a 55.

He knew my car, but when he got to the window he was still pissed---told me 
in no uncertain terms--"Don't you EVER try this crap again".  If I did, he 
promised to arrest me.  But he did let me go.

Our inmate transport cruisers had a state police radio in it, and they saved 
the bacon more than once---a blown radiator hose at Natural Bridge with 2 
felons in the back seat comes to mind. Also Riding behind me from Norfolk to 
Williamsburg  Eastern State mental hospital  when I was alone with a female 
in the back seat--generally a no-no, but had to be done.

They do their best to weed out anyone with a personality--it's part of the 
job....But they do their job with great integrity. And  you're right--I knew 
at least a dozen Deputies who tried to join the VSP---none made the 
grade--in fact, none even made it to the Academy.

And this is for sure--you'll get a break much quicker from the VSP than from 
the NC Highway Patrol.---A local HP officer gave HIS WIFE a ticket for 
rolling a stop sign near their home, something she frequently did.   His own 
insurance rate went up as a result---talk about no personality!!!!  Don't 
trifle with a NC state man.  The meanest cops I have ever come into contact 
with.

Hank