Traffic Stop Stories

[Mac]

My graveyard partner and I were on a DUI stop on a city street....it was his "out", so he was up contacting the driver while I watched traffic. A car pulled in behind us and stopped, and an old guy gets out and staggers up to me, completely sloshed, and says "Oshiffer, I wanna turn myshelf in....I've had too mush to drink". I looked up at my partner to see if the guy we had originally stopped was going to be arrested, and told the old man, "OK, just hang on for a minute and I'll have my partner come back here and talk to you". He replied "No...just arresht me, I'm drunk", as he turned around and put his hands behind his back. I glanced briefly around to look for the candid camera van that I was sure was taping the whole thing, but never being one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I hooked him up. Just as I was putting him in the back seat, my partner came walking back saying "Naw, he was just tired.....WHAT THE......?!?". :lol: He was pretty bent that I took 'his' arrest, and I had a hard time convincing him of what had actually happened.....he didn't believe it any more than I did as it was going on!

[Your Mentor]

I tried to avoid telling high adrenaline war stories when I was an instructor. Everyone will get into a pursuit, a foot pursuit, a fight, or a verbal 415 on a stop. So I tried to tell stories that were so overwhelmingly unique that there was little chance another officer would experience the same thing in a lifetime. A live elk chained to a Chevy's push bumpers, putting down a critically injured deer with a blow to the head with the crowbar (sans paperwork), or arresting a transvestite auto thief. It's the weird stories we're looking for in this thread. So HAVE A GREAT TIME RELATING THE BEST STORIES YOU HAVE.

Just a small one from recent weeks. I stopped a mini-van for speed last week. It was driven by a very young mom. In the back was another young mom and FOUR car seats with infants in them. When I told her the reason for the stop she said, "My dog is having puppies and I'm in a hurry to get to a phone." I thought, of course, someone at her home told her about the pending litter and she was hurring to get back. When I probed a little further, she said, "No, you don't understand, our dog is having puppies." And yes, there was a bitch delivering in front of the second bench seat. It was cool. I'm such a sucker for dogs. It had already delivered two blind, roly-poly pups. I gave them a 10-10 blanket and told the driver to slow down (I'm a such a softy when it comes to dogs so I didn't give her a ticket). Very unique, very cool.

Share your favorite stories for others to read.

I had initially thought to post this in the Chippie only section but thought it was important to have candidates read these things. It keeps it all positive and shows them that this job is a blast.

PS - Has ANYONE delivered a child on duty and what were the details?

Have fun with this post and be as detailed and descriptive as possible.

[Welpe]

YM-

Thanks for posting this where the public can read it. I, for one, appreciate it. :smile:

[dw]

Mentor, "overwhelmingly unique" is a very fitting description of your stories.

I still remember your scientific determination of the critical speed for tumbleweed eradication.

One day working COZEEP, I'm sitting on the freeway adjacent to a closed off-ramp. 50 feet ahead of my vehicle is a large, orange construction sign reading "Ramp Closed." A car pulls into the closure and stops in front of my patrol vehicle (with his car directly in front of the sign.) I contact the driver who asks, "Is this ramp closed?" :rolleyes:

[Darth Choke]

:lol: :badgrin: :cool:


That is awesome! That is exactly what I would do to my graveyard partner! I would love to see his face when he comes back with his head down due to another sleepy driver and sees that I just hooked!! I hope that happens to me ...just once!!:razz:

[Darth Choke]

went 10-15X for DUI a few months ago. I had to take a picture of the odometer before I parked and locked the car!

What was it?

The odometer on her car read:

"23152"

Classic.

[4CHP]

My graveyard partner and I were on a DUI stop on a city street....it was his "out", so he was up contacting the driver while I watched traffic. A car pulled in behind us and stopped, and an old guy gets out and staggers up to me, completely sloshed, and says "Oshiffer, I wanna turn myshelf in....I've had too mush to drink". I looked up at my partner to see if the guy we had originally stopped was going to be arrested, and told the old man, "OK, just hang on for a minute and I'll have my partner come back here and talk to you". He replied "No...just arresht me, I'm drunk", as he turned around and put his hands behind his back. I glanced briefly around to look for the candid camera van that I was sure was taping the whole thing, but never being one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I hooked him up. Just as I was putting him in the back seat, my partner came walking back saying "Naw, he was just tired.....WHAT THE......?!?". :lol: He was pretty bent that I took 'his' arrest, and I had a hard time convincing him of what had actually happened.....he didn't believe it any more than I did as it was going on!

LOL!! That reminds me of when I was living in San Francisco...btw, I'm not with the CHP (hopeful wannabe), but I noticed something that made me chuckle, similar to that story.

I was coming into San Francisco from Oakland. I had been stuck in line at the Bay Bridge toll plaza for about 30 minutes and had just pulled of up to the toll. As I moved past the toll plaza, I noticed a couple of CHP officers on the right side, writing tickets to a couple of carpool violators. I look in my right side view mirror and notice this single occupant car blazing through the carpool lane. He was hoping that none of the two officers would see him drive by as they were both writing tickets (or so it seemed). Well, bad luck! One officer sensed a car was approaching; He stopped writing, and stared at the driver. The officer didn't even wave or gesture; I guess the driver knew he was busted then, and he stopped by himself, waiting for his turn, in front of the first car.

If I recall correctly from the signs posted on the approach to the bridge, the fine was $271. OUCH!! :shock:

[16528]

or arresting a transvestite auto thief

Reminds me of a stop I made on a speeding/out of lane truck on the Dublin grade. I approached the truck and as I opened the passenger side door I advised the reason for the stop and as "IT" looked up, I asked for his/her license, reg, medical card and log book. OK, the DL was a picture of a guy and when I asked about his/her co-driver; guess what? He/she was in the back and out came log book #2 and the second DL; also a picture of a guy... I could not win on this one.. Scratched the driver for speed and I was 98.. I was not even going to ask!!!:lol: :lol:

[carcop]

One of my comical ones was when I was working HOV lanes:

I'm hawking the HOV lane for solos from the #1 lane and notice this silver BMW coming up with just the driver. (traff jammed) He passes and I get in behind him. There is nowhere immediately to stop so I jsut follow at a real close distance. Just then I notice this guy start talking on his cell phone, he's making it plain as day that he has a phone in his hand. Then I see him look back and talk outloud, laughs and chuckles. Keeps talking as if he were talking to someone in the back. He even went as far as "handing" the phone to his "kid" in the back seat. I swear I could even see this guys lips moving and saying "do you want to talk to mommy?" I'm rolling with laughter. This goes on for about 2-3 miles before it opens up and I make the stop. I walk up to the car and see the solo driver. I ask who he was talking to, his kid? He smile and says it was worth a try. "Yes it was," as I smile then go back write him:cool:

[Tom]

There was this one time at band camp.....................................:biggrin: shock:ubt:

[Nellie]

I can tell you what happened once when my friend and I got stopped back in 1987 when we were both still in high school.

My friend was driving his AMC Spirit. He was going about 70 (back when the speed limit was 55). We got pulled over somewhere between Gonzales and Soledad on highway 101. One of the two officers stopped for a moment and stared into the hatchback window, then came over to my friend's window and asked, "what's that in the back?"

Well, we had a cache of rifles and two full military-style ammo boxes. We had an M1-Garand, M1 Carbine, AR-15, and a couple .22 calibers. The problem was, we had them covered with a blanket to keep the sun off them.

I said, "Oh, a bunch of rifles. We're headed down to Hunter Ligget to do some target shooting." This was the truth, and they ended up letting us go, but not until we got an earful about concealed weapons and how they could drag us off to jail. My friend also got ticketed for speeding.

[SB 405]

Hey guys I'm not an Officer but I'll share a story you may find funny.....Back in the early 80's three of my friends and me were coming home from the beach and driving along Pacific Coast Highway in the Malibu area. We were driving in my buddys 60's something Volvo which anytime you started going uphill somked like you can't believe. Anyway as we were getting close to Malibu Canyon we spotted a CHP unit coming the other direction and the old Volvo was smokin' up a storm. I looked back as we passed each other and the next words out of my mouth were "Bob,that cops turning around" So we get stopped and for some unknown reason my friend starts being a smart ass right off the bat to the Officer (again,not really sure why) Anyway as the Officer starts writing him up because of the smoking my friend jumps out of the car and starts pointing out about a dozen mechanical problems with the car which went a little something like this....FRIEND:Hey why not just keep writing Officer and jot down that my headlight is out ... OFFICER: Well turn them on for me and let's have a look...yep that left one is out... FRIEND: And hey check this out I'm missing a tail light lens... OFFICER: Thanks for pointing that out I'll make note of that as well...FRIEND:And go take a look at the front tires,ain't much rubber left...OFFICER: Oh right you are,okay got it ..anything else? Anyway this went on for another 15 minutes as my brain damaged buddy pointed out item after item. Man I thought that ol' Chippie was going to get writers cramp as he just kept shaking his head laughing and wearing out his Bic pen.

[HwyChaser]

OH man, the best stories CAN NOT be told on this site.:biggrin: Just letting the hopefulls know that some crazy stuff happens that you never hear about!

[Mac]

OH man, the best stories CAN NOT be told on this site.:biggrin:

LOL....I was thinking the exact same thing.

[Your Mentor]

Good show everyone!!! Keep this thread open and running along with your shifts. It's these kinds of stories that keep us from getting burned out, reminds us how every day is just another great time about to happen, and lets our candidates on this site, and hopefully some cadets who stay with this site, that this job is amazingly fun once you get away from the office and out on the beat. Well done.

[CHPwannaBE]

Speaking of the beat, how soon once you graduate the academy are you able to go on the beat? I'd imagine you start with a FTO.

[16528]

Speaking of the beat, how soon once you graduate the academy are you able to go on the beat? I'd imagine you start with a FTO.

Ummm day one with your FTO.. The reason I say ummm is my first day out I had a DUI T/C.. I handled the T/C and the arrest; spoon fed of course..

[x MAIT]

While working motors in ELA, made a stop for being solo in the car pool / bus lane on I-10. Advised the driver of the reason for the stop (you need 3 occupants for that stretch of I-10) and he pointed to the rear of his van. There were two bodies in the back that he was transporting to Rose Hills Mortuary. I told him that I didn't think he fit the definition of a car pool. He said that he felt it was one of their last rights. I told him that I didn't think they were in any hurry and signed him up (press hard, four copies). It was funny at the time, but better when I testified in Alhambra Court. After all of the laughing stopped, the judge found him guilty.

Good DUI story. While parking my motor at the old ELA Office on Via Campo, a vehicle pulled into the driveway and pulled right up to the gas pumps. Another officer walked up to see what the person needed. The extremely intoxicated driver said "fill her up." A short time later he was on his way to the gray bar hotel.

[dw]

While setting up a DUI checkpoint, a pickup pulls into the cone pattern and stops alongside three or four of standing around. Driver rolls down the window and points to us in sequence, "eeny-meeny-mieny-moesy-whichey-oney-gonna-goesy...." Turns out he was the one who "went-see."

At checkpoints, there always seems to be at least one drunk who is NOT in the selected vehicle to enter the checkpoint, but insists on pulling in anyway. Makes things much easier.

[Mac]

OK, this is one of my all-time classics for uniqueness. My partner and I spotted a car in front of us on the freeway that was weaving pretty erratically. Naturally, being good graveyard deuce cops, our interest was immediately piqued. We followed it for a bit, and then the weaving suddenly got REAL bad, like he was about to crash....cars around him diving to get out of his way, etc. We lit him up, and as we're pulling to the shoulder, a head pops up out of his lap that we hadn't seen before. Whoops! I approached, and the......evidence.....of what was going on was fresh and rather apparent, leaving no doubt whatsoever as to what was causing the erratic driving, and what caused the sudden worsening of it. My partner cited the driver for lane straddling/unsafe changing, and I cited the female passenger for interfering with the driver's control of the vehicle (21701 VC), and we sent them on their way.

I got a traffic subpoena several months later and didn't recognize the VC section right away. As soon as I looked it up in my cheater, I knew EXACTLY which cite it was (yep, you guessed it!). The court date came, and I was absolutely incredulous when she appeared in court....I figured she'd ask for traffic school once she saw that I was there, but nope....she answered up ready for trial. Now I'm really wondering....does she just think that I'm too shy to testify as to what I saw that night, or what? Does she have some kind of super whiz-bang defense she's going to present??? Then my biggest worry strikes me.....am I going to be able to keep a straight face as I testify to this?!?

We got called up to the stand and I testified to everything I saw.....including the state of the driver's clothing and exposed anatomy when I approached, and a few items of evidence that were directly related, very telling, and somewhat more graphic (I'm trying to be discreet here, okay?). There was a large "peanut gallery" in the court that day, so the response was rather predictable...lots of giggles and snickers from the crowd (not the officers, I'm happy to add). The defendant was blushing crimson red, white-knuckling the podium and staring straight down at the floor the whole time. The judge asked her if she had any questions of me, and she replied "No". He asked her if she had any testimony she'd like to present.....another simple "No". She was found guilty, and I walked out of the courtroom scratching my head, wondering why anybody would willingly put themselves through that kind of embarassment. To this day, I still have no idea what was going through her head to take that to court and fight it.

[Welpe]

Mac could they have been charged with public lewdness or something along those lines?

Man what a weird story.... :lol:

[propeller26]

Here is another quick story.

While working in Oakland as a motor, I stopped a vehicle for HOV violation and found the driver to be suspended, so I towed his car, nothing too unusual. However, the very next day, on a different freeway, I stopped another car for speed and to my suprise it was the same guy from the previous day. I again towed his car and wrote him another ticket. It just keeps getting better! The third day working my normal beat, I stopped a vehicle for HOV violation and to my astonishment it was the same guy that I stopped the prvious two days. This time his car got towed and he went to jail. The violator demanded to speak to my SGT because he thought that I was harassing him, but it was just dumb luck.

[RoadDawg]

While working graves one night, my partner and I get a call of a ped sitting on an on-ramp. No biggie right, so we respond and verbal the guy off. He was a typical transient, wearing dirty clothes, back pack etc. About an hour goes by, and we get another call of this guy on the same on-ramp. So we go back, and give him a little stiffer verbal. About another hour goes by, and you guessed it, we get called back. This time though, the ped is sleeping, on the shoulder, with a sign resting against his back pack, stating he needs a ride. My partner rolls up to him, and puts the push bumper so close, I can no longer see him lying on the ground. After sitting there for a few, there is no response from the ped, even with the p/v engine right by his head. We then hit the code 3 lights, and there is still no response. My partner then hit the siren, and this guy goes crazy. He flies straight up, turns around and looks at us, while yelling and placing his hands over his ears, like he is seeing a ghost. Then he jumps backwards, and does back somersaults all the way down the embankment of the on ramp, which is covered in foxtails and weeds. I was laughing so hard, I couldn?t talk to the guy, but my partner gets out with a straight face and starts yelling at the guy, telling him we were en route to a call and almost ran him over. Needless to say, we didn?t get any more calls of this ped on the on-ramp.

[SB 405]

Here is another quick story.

While working in Oakland as a motor, I stopped a vehicle for HOV violation and found the driver to be suspended, so I towed his car, nothing too unusual. However, the very next day, on a different freeway, I stopped another car for speed and to my suprise it was the same guy from the previous day. I again towed his car and wrote him another ticket. It just keeps getting better! The third day working my normal beat, I stopped a vehicle for HOV violation and to my astonishment it was the same guy that I stopped the prvious two days. This time his car got towed and he went to jail. The violator demanded to speak to my SGT because he thought that I was harassing him, but it was just dumb luck.

Impound cost for HOV violation....$325.00

Impound cost for speeding violation....$325.00

Look on drivers face after being stopped by the same Chippie on the third consecutive day......PRICELESS!

[Tom]

Hey X-mait! Worked motors in ELA you must know the Horjes (sp?) family! I went to the academy with the younger one...obviously.

Tom

[x MAIT]

I worked with his father.

Dale

[SB 405]

I just thought of another story from my wild teenage days that happened to a friend of mine and yours truly. This didn't happen with the CHP but with two Officers from the LAPD,but still worth telling. Okay my friend drove a VW van and one night as the two of us are heading home from a party at about 2:30 in the morning (yes we were a little trashed) and driving along a street called Ventura Blvd. which is a major street that runs from both ends of the San Fernando Valley. So there we are motoring along minding our own business and because of the hour traffic is pretty light. All of a sudden (I'm talkin' in the blink of an eye) the inside of our van lights up as if it's daylight. In fact it's so bright that at first I can't even tell where the light is coming from and it's all I can do to keep my eyes open. Turns out it's two of LAPD's finest who thought It would be a kick in the ass to roll up along the drivers side and flip on the spot light on the right side of the light bar (which is mid window level on our van) These two cops rode along side of us for about three blocks with that flippin' light on and man I thought the cop in the passanger seat was gonna bust a gut from laughing so hard. My buddy driving was so sh#@ scared they were going to stop us he wouldn't even look over at them (remember this is going on for three city blocks and not another car in sight) and he just keeps looking straight ahead with that deer in the headlights look. So after these two guys are finished playing with us I'm not sure if they got a radio call or just figured they scared two teenage kids enough for one night and drove off ahead of us. Guess those morning watch guys are real jokers.

[Hammer]

That's hilarious, lol

[SB 405]

That's hilarious, lol

Sure, now that im in my 40's I can look back at it and get a good laugh. But that night I thought my whole world as I knew it was about to change. I can just hear these two talking to each other...."watch rookie, this is how I scare the crap out of teenage kids"....CLICK!

[bcjack]

Many moons ago, I was working patrol and was sent to assist a CHP unit that was following Mustang 5.0 that was stolen from a car lot in our city about 3 hours prior. As my partner and I (Both Reserve Officers) pulled in behind the CHP unit, the pursuit was on. After about a 20 minute pursuit at speeds of 80 to 110 mph, the suspect crashed into a parked car and he and his friend took leg bail. While we were looking for them, a VERY LARGE Hawaiian guy came toward us dragging the two suspects in a headlock. The VERY LARGE Hawaiian guy asked "Were you looking for these guys"??? The two were taken into custody, transported to a hospital for a check up and then to jail. During the interview, both guys denied being the driver, but the driver's side air bag in the Mustang had blood on it, and one of the suspects had a bloody nose (A clue???) After a medical check up, the doctor told us the "Driver" (The one with the bloody nose) had a preliminary BA of .22, AND HE WAS BLIND IN HIS RIGHT EYE!!! No one hurt, two thieves to jail and a truck load of paperwork to follow.

[Lucky Seven]

There was this one time at band camp.....................................:biggrin: shock:ubt:



:lol: :badgrin: :shock:

[Nor-Cal hopeful]

I hate to drag up a really old post, but after a year and a half you guys have to have some more stories.

[gabriel]

This is an awesome thread, I dont think I even came across it. Thanks for reviving it!

[CHPGuy]

I'll share a ride-along story. We were working the N/B I-5 at the Grapevine, having some fun with the truckers. The Officer pulled over the rig for only having 1 mud flap. I stayed in the vehicle and ran the Trailer Plate on the MDC. He comes back and was like "Hey, I forgot to grab the trailer registration, run up there and get it for me" I was like "sure". As I approach the cab I notice an unusual liquid dripping for the door. As I open it I first notice a large bucket overflowing with a yellowish liquid! I look up and see the most horrifying sight I have ever seen in my life, a pippy long stockings transvestite lookalike!!! I almost jumped out of my boots. I look down the guard rail and the officer is laughing his ass off! I didn’t know what to do? "Excuse me, Ma'am", I said, "I need the reg. for the trailer". It freaked out and said that it had already given the paperwork to the officer. I said okay, and I slammed the door... I walk back and the officer thought it was the funniest thing he has ever seen in his life. I got back in the car and tried to reflect on what just happened!!!

[cg+fd2chp]

I'll share a ride-along story. We were working the N/B I-5 at the Grapevine, having some fun with the truckers. The Officer pulled over the rig for only having 1 mud flap. I stayed in the vehicle and ran the Trailer Plate on the MDC. He comes back and was like "Hey, I forgot to grab the trailer registration, run up there and get it for me" I was like "sure". As I approach the cab I notice an unusual liquid dripping for the door. As I open it I first notice a large bucket overflowing with a yellowish liquid! I look up and see the most horrifying sight I have ever seen in my life, a pippy long stockings transvestite lookalike!!! I almost jumped out of my boots. I look down the guard rail and the officer is laughing his ass off! I didn’t know what to do? "Excuse me, Ma'am", I said, "I need the reg. for the trailer". It freaked out and said that it had already given the paperwork to the officer. I said okay, and I slammed the door... I walk back and the officer thought it was the funniest thing he has ever seen in his life. I got back in the car and tried to reflect on what just happened!!!


Was it peeing in the bucket instead of pulling over?

[Nor-Cal hopeful]

You didn't tell us what was in the bucket, but I am sure we all know. That is stinking funny, that your partner would do that.

[CHPGuy]

That is stinking funny, that your partner would do that.

I am just an Explorer....

[kenny]

My graveyard partner and I were on a DUI stop on a city street....it was his "out", so he was up contacting the driver while I watched traffic. A car pulled in behind us and stopped, and an old guy gets out and staggers up to me, completely sloshed, and says "Oshiffer, I wanna turn myshelf in....I've had too mush to drink". I looked up at my partner to see if the guy we had originally stopped was going to be arrested, and told the old man, "OK, just hang on for a minute and I'll have my partner come back here and talk to you". He replied "No...just arresht me, I'm drunk", as he turned around and put his hands behind his back. I glanced briefly around to look for the candid camera van that I was sure was taping the whole thing, but never being one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I hooked him up. Just as I was putting him in the back seat, my partner came walking back saying "Naw, he was just tired.....WHAT THE......?!?". :lol: He was pretty bent that I took 'his' arrest, and I had a hard time convincing him of what had actually happened.....he didn't believe it any more than I did as it was going on!
That is pretty good

[kenny]

I'll share a ride-along story. We were working the N/B I-5 at the Grapevine, having some fun with the truckers. The Officer pulled over the rig for only having 1 mud flap. I stayed in the vehicle and ran the Trailer Plate on the MDC. He comes back and was like "Hey, I forgot to grab the trailer registration, run up there and get it for me" I was like "sure". As I approach the cab I notice an unusual liquid dripping for the door. As I open it I first notice a large bucket overflowing with a yellowish liquid! I look up and see the most horrifying sight I have ever seen in my life, a pippy long stockings transvestite lookalike!!! I almost jumped out of my boots. I look down the guard rail and the officer is laughing his ass off! I didn’t know what to do? "Excuse me, Ma'am", I said, "I need the reg. for the trailer". It freaked out and said that it had already given the paperwork to the officer. I said okay, and I slammed the door... I walk back and the officer thought it was the funniest thing he has ever seen in his life. I got back in the car and tried to reflect on what just happened!!!
HAHAHA now thats even better

[SB 405]

I love Mac's story about the duce. Guess you could say sometimes the fish just jump in the boat:lol:

[CTC III-05]

I guess I will throw in a couple of DUI stories.

My second phase FTO and I are working graves. We are traveling southbound and two vehicles merge onto the freeway we are traveling on at approximately 90 miles per hour and both immediately move to the #1 lane. I positioned the patrol vehicle behind the rear vehicle and begin my observations. I decided which one I think is driving worse and light them up. The vehicle exits and I pull in behind. As I am exiting, the other vehicle drive around 100 feet to the front and pulls to the side. I contacted the original vehicle and began to balance him out. My FTO proceeded to contact the other vehicle which turned out to be a friend of my vehicle. In the end, my FTO and I both hooked at about the same time. Gotta love the judgment of drunks.

While working graveyards with one of my classmates, I am assisting him with a DUI investigation. As my partner is putting this guy through the tests, an Asian girl in her 20's stops and asks for directions to the onramp that is directly to the right of her vehicle. As you guessed, my partner and I both ended up with a hook out of that stop.

[redhead]

Gotta love the judgment of drunks.

So true!

While on a ride along last year, we were eating dinner when a call came out of a 3 car crash. The officer I was with and his beat partner all responded and we get there AMR was there already. One guy had a clearly broken arm, but refused AMR. He was the third car that slammed the other two cars from behind. Guess who was sloshed.....He was waiting for his wife to pick him up and take him to the ER. Instead another officer that arrived on scene got the hook. Cuffed in front for his comfort and a ride to the ER.:hitwall:

[JM]

While working graves one night, my partner I stop a vehicle for weaving and speeding. It's my partners out and he contacts the intoxicated female driver, lucky him :rolleyes:. She is belligerent, verbally abusive, and combative. She refused all field sobriety tests and even slapped the P.A.S. out of my partners hand. She is immediately taken into custody and taken to jail, but not before she wets her pants. We are 1098 and don't give her a second thought.

A month later we receive a call of a two vehicle head on collision. We arrive on scene, my partner checks one vehicle and I check the other and I find the same female driver who was dead on arrival. BTW, she was UI again.

Obviously not a funny story, but shows how dangerous drunks can truly be! :hitwall:

[Kman]

Okay. Heres one for you guy's. My partner and I were in line (drive through), at a fast food place one night when we received the call of a possible jumper. Of course most of these calls are bogus so we finished ordering. After paying for our food (30 seconds later), we received an update from dispatch reporting someone seeing a body in a white T shirt falling past their car. Needless to say we were rollin as fast as possible to the scene. When we arrive, we find the jumper (deceased). I'm approached by a female wearing a suit. She tells me she might have run over the body. I scan the body (don't see anything to indictae she ran him over) and ask her if she's sure. She's positve. Long story short, I find tire track marks on his shirt. The female tells me she's stopped apprx. 600 ft. north of us in the center divider. I tell her to back her vehicle up to the scene. She tells me she has to go because she has a BODY in the van. It caught me off gaurd and I asked her to repaet it. She says it again and this time tells me she works for the county coroners office and just picked up a body from the hospital. Eventually the Deputy Coroner arrives, and has the same female who ran the body over scoop it up and take it away.

[Nor-Cal hopeful]

That's awesome. Come on guys, any more? These stories are great.

[Eagl5]

Reminds me of a stop I made on a speeding/out of lane truck on the Dublin grade. I approached the truck and as I opened the passenger side door I advised the reason for the stop and as "IT" looked up, I asked for his/her license, reg, medical card and log book. OK, the DL was a picture of a guy and when I asked about his/her co-driver; guess what? He/she was in the back and out came log book #2 and the second DL; also a picture of a guy... I could not win on this one.. Scratched the driver for speed and I was 98.. I was not even going to ask!!!:lol: :lol:

I stopped something on Telegraph Ave in Oakland for a red light violation. Approached "it" and asked for the usual, hands me everything a driver should. I go back to scratch the cite and run it's DL, which returns unlicensed, no record. So now I'm confused, I go back and talk to "her" Just taking a chance I asked, "What was your name when you were a man?" (No complaint there) She told me, I ran it, returned valid with endorsements for haz-mat etc...."Her" huge hands gave it away, lol.

Semper Fi

[kissyc]

Here's a great one courtesy of a Chippy friend. :biggrin:

DUI female broken down along side the highway in her old truck. Not only has she urinated all over herself, she is sitting in the truck eating peanut butter out of the jar with her fingers. When they pull her out to hook her up, the mosquitos are instantly all over her, so to be nice they spray her down with bug repellent. Add that to the smell of liquor, peanut butter and urine and it makes for a nice stop.

[x MAIT]

Make a stop for speed on the I-710 in ELA. Contact the Asian driver and ask for the usual paperwork. During the contact I see two pieces of electrical tape on the windshield from top to bottom, directly in front of the driver. I inquire as to the reason for the tape. The driver informs me that he uses the tape as a guide to "keep the car between the lines on the road."

Issued the cite and an invitation to visit DMV asap.:rolleyes:

[cg+fd2chp]

scary

[jcalder]

Make a stop for speed on the I-710 in ELA. Contact the Asian driver and ask for the usual paperwork. During the contact I see two pieces of electrical tape on the windshield from top to bottom, directly in front of the driver. I inquire as to the reason for the tape. The driver informs me that he uses the tape as a guide to "keep the car between the lines on the road."

Issued the cite and an invitation to visit DMV asap.:rolleyes:

there's a lot of these on 10 between fremont and baldwin; re-eval candidates, I mean.

[Cadet CTC II-09]

I love the DUI stories... something to look forward to.

[CHIPY55]

Mentor, "overwhelmingly unique" is a very fitting description of your stories.

I still remember your scientific determination of the critical speed for tumbleweed eradication.

One day working COZEEP, I'm sitting on the freeway adjacent to a closed off-ramp. 50 feet ahead of my vehicle is a large, orange construction sign reading "Ramp Closed." A car pulls into the closure and stops in front of my patrol vehicle (with his car directly in front of the sign.) I contact the driver who asks, "Is this ramp closed?" :rolleyes:

Let me guess, you work southern division. Because only someone in L.A would do that :lol:.

[PTR-Jason]

Here is my story, not really a traffic stop. But while I was a police officer in Arkansas, my partner and I were on patrol downtown when I observed a male staggering down the side walk.

We ped check him and he is wasted, so I conducted a pat down and removed a folding knife from his pocket and set is WAYY back on the trunk and then the rest of his property closer to him. He is so drunk he is moving in slow speed and when I tell him to put his stuff back in his pockets he SLOOOWWWWYYYY makes a move for the knife, I just grab it and move it even further and then tell him, "No that is staying there."

He just mubles at me, looks at my partner then I and then takes off running, down the CENTER DOUBLE YELLOW of main street. We tackle him about 100 feet away and hook him and take him in.

While booking him, his name does not add up and he has no ID. But while I gave him his phone call, I listened closely to what he was saying to his friend and got a different name. My partner and I then went back downtown after it cleared out looked for his vehicle, and did a visual check and was able to get a part of another name. After using a combo of the names we had we finally found him.

He had a 25K No Bail warrant from Missouri, and when we called the Dective for that case, he said hold him I will be there in an hour and this was 3 in the morning. He WANTED this guy bad.

The suspect also was wanted for questioning by ATF and was one of those anti-government militia freaks. He is also a member of the "Kingdom of Yahweh Ministries." Which is a big anit government movement in the Midwest/Southeast area. He was also a known friend of a subject that is wanted by the Missouri HP for the shooting death of a MHP Officer, who was shot through a window in his own residence.
http://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/MostWanted/timothyThomasCoombs.html

"(The above photos, especially the full face photo, make Coombs look bigger than he actually is.) TIMOTHY COOMBS, commonly known as JAMES WILSON or Cal Liberty, is wanted for First Degree Assault, Armed Criminal Action and Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution. He is a suspect in the shooting of a Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper, who was shot, sniper-style, through the kitchen window of his home. The Trooper's 12-year old daughter was standing near him when he was shot. A 762x39 caliber rifle was used in the assault. Warrants have been issued for Coombs' arrest in this assault. He may be armed with two pistols, one in the center of his back and one in a holster on his ankle. Coombs has worked as a tree planter for private contractors in National Forest areas. He has also worked as a paramedic and volunteer firefighter. Coombs talks freely about his Christian Identity beliefs, and proudly identifies himself as an Ambassador for the "Kingdom of Yahweh Ministries." The F.B.I. has offered a $100,000.00 reward in this case for information leading to Coomb's arrest. The person providing this information may remain anonymous. Any department having information as to the whereabouts of TIMOTHY COOMBS, AKA/James Wilson, is asked to contact Sgt. Curt Wirths, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop F DDCC, Jefferson City, MO (573) 751-1000 or Missouri State Highway Patrol, Division of Drug and Crime Control-OCAT Unit, Jefferson City, MO (573) 526-6122. "

All in all it was a good bust and was the result of a lot of follow up after just booking him. If the name and info he gave upon arrest checked out, he would have been out in a few hours on public intox.

[Kevz]

Just a couple of stories none of which I can take credit for.

A grave car down south hooks a guy for Duece. Ofc #1 is sitting in the front seat filling out the booking paperwork. Ofc #2 is doing the 180. All of a sudden the the 10-15 goes nuts screaming at the top of his lungs using every name in the book "you mother f***er" and what not. Ofc #1 is confused until he looks at his partner. Ofc #2 is chowing down 10-15's In-n-Out burger that was untouched. Ofc #2 is taking a bite and giving the 10-15 the thumbs up in approval.

Grave car in SF make a stgop and arres driver for Duece. Passenger female has a cut and they offer an ambulance which she declines. They have her call a ride. It shows up and the officers hook another duece. Another call for a ride another duece they gave to a beat partner. One more call both cars double hook. All rides came from the party the first car left to take the female passenger to the hospital. The next request for a ride was directed to come from another location.

[bplusmc]

[quote=Kevz;75357]Just a couple of stories none of which I can take credit for.

A grave car down south hooks a guy for Duece. Ofc #1 is sitting in the front seat filling out the booking paperwork. Ofc #2 is doing the 180. All of a sudden the the 10-15 goes nuts screaming at the top of his lungs using every name in the book "you mother f***er" and what not. Ofc #1 is confused until he looks at his partner. Ofc #2 is chowing down 10-15's In-n-Out burger that was untouched. Ofc #2 is taking a bite and giving the 10-15 the thumbs up in approval.


:lol: That is funny.

[Jeff Rhea]

While working King City Area many years ago my partner and I hook a duece on the streets of Solidad (just passing through). While my partner is working with his duece another car stops in front of us. I walk over to ask what he needs and the guy asks me if I need help with the "accident". I tell him there is not an accident but notice he is drunk. I ask him where he is going and he tells me he is going to the bar across the street. About that time realizes it is closed. He says, "I guess I'll just go home." Not tonight. So I get him out and arrest him. He has a cut and a growing shinner on his left eye. He says some guy just hit him in the bar at the bowling alley. I stuff him in our car and start another vehicle storage report. Suddenly our two drunks are yelling at each other in the car (one front seat one back seat). Turns out the first drunk is the guy that hit the second drunk! :lol:

[bplusmc]

What are the odds on that. :lol:

[SB 405]

Sometimes the fish just want to jump into the boat.:lol:

[not5150]

Just a couple of stories none of which I can take credit for.

A grave car down south hooks a guy for Duece. Ofc #1 is sitting in the front seat filling out the booking paperwork. Ofc #2 is doing the 180. All of a sudden the the 10-15 goes nuts screaming at the top of his lungs using every name in the book "you mother f***er" and what not. Ofc #1 is confused until he looks at his partner. Ofc #2 is chowing down 10-15's In-n-Out burger that was untouched. Ofc #2 is taking a bite and giving the 10-15 the thumbs up in approval.


Can't let an In-and-Out burger go to waste... that's just criminal.

[CHPwannaBE]

While working King City Area many years ago my partner and I hook a duece on the streets of Solidad (just passing through). While my partner is working with his duece another car stops in front of us. I walk over to ask what he needs and the guy asks me if I need help with the "accident". I tell him there is not an accident but notice he is drunk. I ask him where he is going and he tells me he is going to the bar across the street. About that time realizes it is closed. He says, "I guess I'll just go home." Not tonight. So I get him out and arrest him. He has a cut and a growing shinner on his left eye. He says some guy just hit him in the bar at the bowling alley. I stuff him in our car and start another vehicle storage report. Suddenly our two drunks are yelling at each other in the car (one front seat one back seat). Turns out the first drunk is the guy that hit the second drunk! :lol:


Priceless. You have some great stories Jeff.

[quaylie]

While working King City Area many years ago my partner and I hook a duece on the streets of Solidad (just passing through). While my partner is working with his duece another car stops in front of us. I walk over to ask what he needs and the guy asks me if I need help with the "accident". I tell him there is not an accident but notice he is drunk. I ask him where he is going and he tells me he is going to the bar across the street. About that time realizes it is closed. He says, "I guess I'll just go home." Not tonight. So I get him out and arrest him. He has a cut and a growing shinner on his left eye. He says some guy just hit him in the bar at the bowling alley. I stuff him in our car and start another vehicle storage report. Suddenly our two drunks are yelling at each other in the car (one front seat one back seat). Turns out the first drunk is the guy that hit the second drunk! :lol:

I wonder if they got to finish their "argument" in the drunk tank. :lol:

[LadyVol@330]

I love these stories, plus the ones from the courts. Truth really is stranger than fiction, isn't it? On one of my first ride-alongs, we came up to a red light that had three lanes that are right turns. We stopped behind a car that braked and was just about to go on and the corner just happens to be a No Turn on Red for all three lanes. I think we were in the middle lane and in the outside lane one of our motors rolled up and stopped the female driver before she had a chance to make an illegal turn. Then when the light finally turned green for all of us, she just sat there. With a little prompting she finally got going. We followed her out onto the freeway, and it was clear that she was having trouble driving, so the motor pulled her over and we stopped too and it turned out that she was driving home from work to across the Bay a way, and she was a bus driver! She was clearly under the influence of something, which couldn't be determined at the scene. Her car was towed, of course, and she probably lost her job.

[Jeff Rhea]

One day an Asian lady walks into the Los Banos office and asks if it is okay for her to drive on SR-152 now. The officer at the counter tells her the road is open and yes she can drive on it. She asks if her privilige has been reinstated. :question: The officer asks if her license is suspended or was suspended. She say no, but that an officer (who is now retired but shall remain nameless just the same) had stopped her the year before and, no doubt in frustration and true to his character, told her he was suspending her priviledge to drive on SR-152 (his regular beat) - for one year! He also told her she needed to go to the DMV and get a clue. So for the past year she had been taking a very long detour!! :doh: :hitwall: She also said the DMV didn't know what the officer was talking about, they don't have a clue. :lol: No wonder he "suspended" her priviledge to drive on his beat. The officer was renowned for such creative enforcement actions.

[wannabehp]

One day an Asian lady walks into the Los Banos office and asks if it is okay for her to drive on SR-152 now. The officer at the counter tells her the road is open and yes she can drive on it. She asks if her privilige has been reinstated. :question: The officer asks if her license is suspended or was suspended. She say no, but that an officer (who is now retired but shall remain nameless just the same) had stopped her the year before and, no doubt in frustration and true to his charicter, told her he was suspending her priviledge to drive on SR-152 (his regular beat) - for one year! He also told her she needed to go to the DMV and get a clue. So for the past year she had been taking a very long detour!! :doh: :hitwall: She also said the DMV didn't know what the officer was talking about, they don't have a clue. :lol: No wonder he "suspended" her priviledge to drive on his beat. The officer was renowned for such creative enforcement actions.

:shock:....:lol:

[Jeff Rhea]

One day while working radar speed enforcement on a county road I pick up a car going the other direction doing 65 in a 55. Nothing to write home about, but a good cite when working Federal grant over time. I make a U-turn and the driver pulls over before I even get up to speed. Dang! Now I have to give him a verbal warning because he is a good guy and stopped on his own!

I make my approach and contact the driver. I explain the reason I was going to stop him was because he was doing 65 mph. The driver, looking straight ahead with his hands at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel, says, "Yeah, I know; and my registration is expired and my license is supended and I have a warrant for my arrest."

:think:

"But you have a current registration tab." Says I.

"I stole it from a junk yard where I work in San Jose."

I go back and check, and sure enough, it has been cut off a plate (metal and all) and is clued on.

"Is this your car?"

"No, it's my mother's"

"Does she know you have her car?"

"Yes."

"Does she know your license is supended?"

"Yes"

I go back to my car and run his license and indeed it is suspended for failure to appear in court and there is indeed a warrant for his arrest from the same court; so I arrest him and impound the car for 30 days.

On the way to the jail he is sitting next to me, wearing handcuffs, all dejected, and he says, "Man this sucks..."

"No. You know what really sucks?"

"What?"

"I was just going to give you a warning and let you go."

"What?!"

"Yeah. Because you were a good guy and pulled over before I even turned the lights on, I was just going to give you a warning and send you on your way." (I'm a good guy that way believe it or not)

"But you would have asked for my license and registration and when I didn't have a license you would have run it and found out it was suspended and that I have warrant. And you would have found out the registration was expired and the tab was stolen."

"Nope." Says I. "I wasn't going to ask you anything. Since you pulled over I wasn't even going to ask to see your license. I was just going to thank you and tell you to be careful and have a nice day."

"OH MAN!!! THAT REALLY DOES SUCK!!! You could just pull over and let me go..."

"Too late for that, sorry."
:lol::lol:

It was just like I was dealing with Jim Carey from the movie Liar, Liar.

[LadyVol@330]

:badgrin::badgrin::badgrin:

[cg+fd2chp]

:lol:

[alpine]

Working COZEEP one night, we had the entire freeway closed and I watched as a car stopped by the "Freeway closed" sign, pushed it out of the way with his car, and then drove onto the closed freeway right by my patrol car. I was amazed when I caught him and he said, "but I don't know any other way to get home." Could have been the fact that he was a .18%.

Lastly, had a guy tell me to f**k off and die cause we had a lane closed and then he floored it to leave in a hurry. He made it about 100 feet and then promptly flipped his car over by hitting the center divider. About 20 seconds later, a guy driving on the wrong side of the K-rail didn't realize he was on the wrong side of the K-rail (that area was under construction) so he drove into an 18 inch depression of cutout roadway and ripped the bottom of his car off.

What a riot. :lol:

[quaylie]

Working COZEEP one night, we had the entire freeway closed and I watched as a car stopped by the "Freeway closed" sign, pushed it out of the way with his car, and then drove onto the closed freeway right by my patrol car. I was amazed when I caught him and he said, "but I don't know any other way to get home." Could have been the fact that he was a .18%.


What a riot. :lol:

Karma baby, gotta love it. :biggrin:

[trent123]

One night I am working with my partner and we find a car that is having a hard time staying within its lane. We pull the car over and I approach the driver who is covered in vomit and urine. He was obviously a little to intoxicated to drive so I placed him under arrest. Thankfully we had a few fatal blankets to wrap him in. We take him to our office to complete the breath test. Once he finished the test, he asked to use the restroom. I led him into the restroom to let him use the urinal. He finishes and flushes the urinal. He then sticks his cupped hand into the urinal waterfall and filled his hand. I see this and I am began to scratch my head. He then takes his hand full of urinal water and drinks it. He stated, "Aaahhhh I was thirsty". He then takes the same hand with the left over water and rubs it on his face. He looks at me with a blank stare as if this was normal. At this point I am staring at him with my jaw on the floor. I then took him to the sink and made him wash his face and hands using soap and water.

[TylerC]

One night I am working with my partner and we find a car that is having a hard time staying within its lane. We pull the car over and I approach the driver who is covered in vomit and urine. He was obviously a little to intoxicated to drive so I placed him under arrest. Thankfully we had a few fatal blankets to wrap him in. We take him to our office to complete the breath test. Once he finished the test, he asked to use the restroom. I led him into the restroom to let him use the urinal. He finishes and flushes the urinal. He then sticks his cupped hand into the urinal waterfall and filled his hand. I see this and I am began to scratch my head. He then takes his hand full of urinal water and drinks it. He stated, "Aaahhhh I was thirsty". He then takes the same hand with the left over water and rubs it on his face. He looks at me with a blank stare as if this was normal. At this point I am staring at him with my jaw on the floor. I then took him to the sink and made him wash his face and hands using soap and water.

just.........wow.

[HonkingAntelope]

One night I am working with my partner and we find a car that is having a hard time staying within its lane. We pull the car over and I approach the driver who is covered in vomit and urine. He was obviously a little to intoxicated to drive so I placed him under arrest. Thankfully we had a few fatal blankets to wrap him in. We take him to our office to complete the breath test. Once he finished the test, he asked to use the restroom. I led him into the restroom to let him use the urinal. He finishes and flushes the urinal. He then sticks his cupped hand into the urinal waterfall and filled his hand. I see this and I am began to scratch my head. He then takes his hand full of urinal water and drinks it. He stated, "Aaahhhh I was thirsty". He then takes the same hand with the left over water and rubs it on his face. He looks at me with a blank stare as if this was normal. At this point I am staring at him with my jaw on the floor. I then took him to the sink and made him wash his face and hands using soap and water.

Laying down the insanity defense? :lol::lol::lol:

[cjincognito]

He then sticks his cupped hand into the urinal waterfall and filled his hand. I see this and I am began to scratch my head. He then takes his hand full of urinal water and drinks it. He stated, "Aaahhhh I was thirsty". He then takes the same hand with the left over water and rubs it on his face.

Eeewww...ok, your story wins...gosh I wish I hadn't read it. :shock:

DW, we need a smiley for disgusted. :think:

[preventable]

Working the yard on Fri, Mar 17th, you guess what that means. My beat partners are westbound on a surface st. when a very nice Mercedes passes them by eastbound, the windshield is covered in a thick green fluid and the driver is trying to wipe open a view spot with his hand. Yeap puked green beer - a total projectile vomit. He went to jail, car got towed, nobody would move to a parking lot.

My best story is getting rear ended by a buck ass naked lady - trashes my patrol car. I'm reasonably okay so I go to check on her. After dark so all I have is my flashlight - I thought she was wearing a furry bikini, must have been my head bouncing off the cage. She was okay, I was okay - she went to jail wearing a yellow blanket.

[greenhorn]

Working speed enforcement on S/B I-5 (the slab) one night. My beat partner and I were just discussing how quiet it was. I see car traveling N/B, hit the radar at 95...Oh yea!! I turn through the center median, and my partner had to put his hands on the dash to brace himself:lol::lol::lol:. I catch up to the vehicle, red lights, then siren, then spot lights, then PA, finally he slows and stops on the shoulder. Its my out, so I contact the driver. I ask him for the usual stuff. While searching, I ask him if he knows the speed limit and his reply is 90-95. My eyes are now wide open because I can't believe what he just said. I reply are you "SERIOUS". he replys "don't you guys usually give us 20-25mph cushion" I reply "I have never heard of that until now." So he begs for a verbal while opening the glove box, and searching for the reg. I counted 6 citiations while he fumbled around. I then ask what took him so long to pull to the shoulder, and his reply was "I am used to the blue lights not the red ones." Sit tight I'll be right back with your citation. I have a huge grin walking back to the patrol car. My partner asks what going on? I tell him what was said, and we both start laughing. Good times...Good times.

[Mustang_Boy]

Love these stories!:biggrin:

There's only a few things though- I want to hear more '69 Polara stories... or how you guys coped with a certain car used in 1981....

[Tha Dunn]

My partner and I were workin the 23109s at Manville in South LA, soon as we show up they all scatter like roaches, the one we catch (a red honda civic) blows the stop sign and has a ton of correctibles. I contact the driver, get my usual paperwork and pull out my 215 and 215 (s) and start going to town. My partner requests the driver to open the hood and he finds more mods. As I am about to send him to the State Ref, another unit in the area gets a failure to yield out of one of the 23109s. I quickly have him sign the cite and warn him next time I will send him to the REF! Fast forward 2 weeks later, my partner and I are working the 23109s at Ana & Reyes another spot in South LA. And what do we find, the same red honda civic from before, we stop him and soon as he sees us... "Ohhh, $HIT!!!!" Yeah, I made an appointment for him to see the State Ref, it was classic.

[_J_]

Keep the stories coming, its fun to read what all you guys are getting into. :)

[iwannabeachp]

A year ago I was called to a single vehicle collision on a two lane country road. When I arrived there was no one around the car, but I found plenty of alcohol containers (sealed and empty) all over the inside of the car and on the ground around it. As I began to fill out the paperwork for the call, a driver pulls up and tells me that there are two guys walking down the road about 3 miles away and they appear to be drunk. I drive down the road and come upon two men walking down the road, the nearest town being 5 miles away. I was driving a unmarked pickup truck and it was dark. I pulled up to them and stuck my head out the window and asked if they were ok. One guy said "man I wrecked my car back there but I had to get out of there before the cops showed up!!!". I said "I know" and hit the red and blues. Both guys said "well S@^*" and simply ducked their heads. My partner couldn't stop laughing.

[highwaybs]

So....its the early 90's and I am working in Central LA. At that time we had started having an early A watch overlap shift, I believe that I started at 0430 and went 10-8 at 0445. This allowed that graveyard units time to finish up their reports without getting stuck on a call at end of shift.

I usally worked 15-72, (US-101, Hollywood Freeway, Vermont to Lankershim) but was free to roam anywhere until the rest of shift started going 10-8.

So I am out on the Santan Monica Freeway westbound and had made a speed stop, I think it was around La Brea, I remember there being a collector road to my back side.

So as I contact the violater, another car pulls up behind my vehicle and stops......Ok whats up, someone lost or wants to report a collision or hazard to me.

I approach the vehicle stopped behind mine and contact the 40 something female driver and ask if I could be of some assistance. She tells me no, that she will just wait for me to clear the lane and be on her way.

Yea I did....I checked to make sure I was on a shoulder and not some lane that had appeared overnight....I was fully on the shoulder. Told her I would need her keys and that I would give them back as so as I was done clearing the lane.

long story, short......in custody for DUI