Props for Havasu PD in the Channel

[Keith E. Sayre]

Unfortunately we're always eager to post the bads and not the goods. I suppose that is human nature. With that in mind, I give props to the Havasu
PD guy (and stupid me, I didn't get his name) for being a great guy.
I was standing in front of Crown Royals 32 DCB (nice boat!) when a lady sat
an empty beer bottle on the sea wall. I'm sure that her intentions were to
put it int he trash whenever she climbed over the wall. But as life is, she
was greeting some friends and probably forgot about the bottle. A few minutes later a Havasu Police Officer slowly and with a very big grin on his
face approached on his 4 wheeler, stepped off and picked the bottle up and
put it in the trash. When he returned, the lady gave him that embarrassed
"I'm sorry" look, he smiled and said something about if it gets broke, it'll cause
10 people to get stitches in their feet before it all got picked up. She apologized and off he went. Oh, yes some will say "well that's what he is
supposed to do" but I say, thank you officer whatever his name was.
Maybe we couild have a thread once in a while talking about how much
the local PD or sheriff have helped people we know. Oh, never mind
noone would probably read that one!
I'll go one better, and see if I'm wrong. Last summer at the mouth of the
channel at the Thompson Bay end, I watched a young kid come out of the water with a big gaping slice in his leg. It was pumping blood. I watched
a Havasu PD grab that kids leg like a vice grip and stand there waiting for
the firedept emergency boys to get there. The reason that it deserves props
from me is because he didn't have any gloves with him and let's face it, that
is risking his own life to benefit another. If any guys from the PD's watchdog
group read this thread, NO I didn't get his name either; since I don't want
to get him in trouble for doing something that he probably deserves a medal
for.
Well, anyone else got a Prop for the boys in our city?
Keith Sayre

[79 HUSTLER]

Good thread... I got lit up while pulling up to my storage unit. The cop had followed me for a while then I pulled of the 95 and he lit me up pulled along side of me. He let me know that I had no lights lit up on my trailer (10:00pm) then drove off and he said to have a good night. Thought that was awsome, especially since I was pulled over before there just for having no front plate...
I have never once had a problem with the PD and have had many times where we could have been written up but did not. I think they do a good job overall...

[Schiada76]

I was almost home from a 5.5 hour tow back from Parker doing about 75 in the number three lane. A CHP pulled up next to me and painted me with his spotlight, I lifted and he waved.

[Kilrtoy]

That must be Officer Friendly as we call him, He is a really cool person.

[I DIG IT !]

nice woork

[riverroyal]

whats even greater is your new work address

[Ziggy]

My episode involved the Highway Patrol.
As usual for a Calif. guy coming in on friday nite, I was hauling ass on the 95 between Bill Williams and Havasu. Way ahead of me I saw blinking red/blue lights. By the time I reached that area no cars were around. I kept on going at my speed. A short distance later I passed an old Datsun going 40ish with barely any lights functioning so I figured thats probably who was pulled over a ways back. Still on the throttle.
As I was approaching town I saw more taillights ahead but couldn't identify just yet....by the time I could I realized it was the Highway Patrol.
I slowed and followed. He pulled to the side and let me go by.......ah geez, I'm busted!
Sure enough, he lights me up. I'm just north of the SARA park entrance.
He approaches the truck on my wifes side, looks at me and says, "You were booking right along huh?" Yes sir, road is pretty empty at this time. He then says "Its also a stretch of road with many fatalities." He then points towards the lake and says, "you know it'll be here tomorrow, have a nice evening and drive safe please."
DAMN!!!! Flabergasted, how cool was that?
And the biggest thing is, ever since this time I have not driven in that manner because what he said made 100% clear as a bell sense.....what's an extra 20-30 minutes of driving over 5 hr period? I'd bet money that if he'd written a ticket to me it would not have had the same effect on me, if anything just the opposite.
As the saying goes, most times you can get more done with Sugar than you can with Spice.... So true, so true.
So thanks to this annonomous Az Highway Patrol officer.

[Ziggy]

whats even greater is your new work address
Hey RR, you got a little brown left on your nose

[riverroyal]

Hey RR, you got a little brown left on your nose
there something he sells now I may want around xmas:idea:

[JB in so cal]

there something he sells now I may want around xmas:idea:
They're still working the bugs out.