To serve and protect

The Cook · #1 03-22-2017, 04:56 AM

Couldn't get a cab after a night of drinking so my friend and me decided to stumble the three miles home. I saw headlights and thought it was a cab so I started waving. Turned out to be a RCMP cruiser that pulled over, I explained that we had been drinking and could not find a cab. The officer asked for our ID and ran a check on us and then told us we were a danger walking along a dark roadway so he then drove us home, all the while talking about local hockey and generally shooting the bull. This is what community is all about. So nice to meet a young fella willing to help out a couple of stumbling old fellas.

Lefty-Canuck · #2 03-22-2017, 06:31 AM

Awesome, sounds like something that would happen in the 70-80's. Good on him.

LC

58thecat · #3 03-22-2017, 06:47 AM

Just keeping the public safe!

Awesome to hear!

sns2 · #4 03-22-2017, 06:49 AM

Good on the cop, but even better on you and your buddy for not driving! Way to go!!

bb356 · #5 03-22-2017, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sns2

Good on the cop, but even better on you and your buddy for not driving! Way to go!!

yup

huntsfurfish · #6 03-22-2017, 05:47 PM

Good to hear!

Maxwell78 · #7 03-22-2017, 06:58 AM

Happened to us in our small town when i was 19. Three of us walked out of the bar just as the cop was entering. He offered us a ride home. Even let us put a 24 of beer in the trunk. Once we were in the car, he asked where we lived. I told him I lived out in the country 7.5 miles out of town. I am sure i heard him curse under his breath.

We arrived at my house only to find out that some of my friends decided to throw me a surprise party at my house. House was full of people. For a joke, we told the cop to throw on the sirens and lights. It was so funny to watch everyone in the house scramble around trying to hide.

We just grabbed our beer,thanked the cop and promised him that no one is leaving the house that night.

Small town cops were some of the nicest I have met over the years. For that, they really became part of the community and were well respected.

pikergolf · #8 03-22-2017, 07:01 AM

It's good to hear a nice story.

densa44 · #9 03-22-2017, 08:34 AM

First, good on you guys for not driving, that is wonderful news.

Second although it could be first, the Mountie should get a commendation too. That's the kind of Police work I can truly support.

A very happy ending.

rocpilefsj · #10 03-22-2017, 08:40 AM

The last time they told me they would give me a ride home I spent the night in the drunk tank lol, wont fall for that trick again. Still better then impaired driving though, plus I got a bacon and egger for breakfast before they sent me on my way the next morning. Kind of like a one star bed and breakfast.

Fur · #11 03-22-2017, 08:42 AM

Nice to hear!

RobertScorpio · #12 03-22-2017, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Cook

The officer asked for our ID and ran a check on us .

Does he have legal right to ask for your I.D.? You were not operating a vehicle. I suppose he can ask for anything and it's up to you to comply or not, but were you required to give your I.D.?

Then again, if you didn't he would have thrown you in the drunk tank like the guys above.

elkdump · #13 03-22-2017, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobertScorpio

Does he have legal right to ask for your I.D.? You were not operating a vehicle. I suppose he can ask for anything and it's up to you to comply or not, but were you required to give your I.D.?

Then again, if you didn't he would have thrown you in the drunk tank like the guys above.

There is no law in Canada that you have to carry ID on your person

Newview01 · #14 03-22-2017, 12:39 PM

Once many years ago I was waiting outside an establishment for a ride and the paddy wagon pulled up. I told them my ride was on the way. They proceeded to berate me for wasting their time and some other choice descriptive words. I told them they had no need to be there, and if they had better things to do then they should go and do those things as I was minutes from being on my way. This went back and forth for a bit and finally the cuffs were on, I was about to step (get thrown) in when my ride pulled up. They did not appreciate that. But I did not end up in the tank. They did not ask to see my ID.

CaberTosser · #15 03-22-2017, 12:59 PM

I recall walking home from the bar on one particularly warm New Years Eve all the way from 10th Ave south to Mount Pleasant, as I was jogging across 16th Ave north a CPS member flashed me his lights and gave me a stern finger wagging for the jaywalking. I just shook my head after that one. Normally I'm very pro-police but I thought that a bit dumb at 1:45 am with sparse traffic. What kind of a lemming stands & waits for pedestrian lights at that hour?

I do like the OP's example, a fine example of behaviour from both parties.

CaberTosser · #16 03-22-2017, 01:01 PM

..

brendan's dad · #17 03-23-2017, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobertScorpio

Does he have legal right to ask for your I.D.? You were not operating a vehicle. I suppose he can ask for anything and it's up to you to comply or not, but were you required to give your I.D.?

Then again, if you didn't he would have thrown you in the drunk tank like the guys above.

Intoxicated in a public place is an arrestable provincial offence. If positive identification can not be made then the officer has ground for arrest under PRICE. PRICE stands for Public Safety, Re-occurrence, Identity, Court, and Evidence. If any of the 5 areas is in jeopardy or not satisfied then an officer can arrest. This is basically the first then taught at any police academy. So if the OP did not provide his identification the officer could arrest to establish identity.

Deer_Hunter · #18 03-23-2017, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brendan's dad

Intoxicated in a public place is an arrestable provincial offence. If positive identification can not be made then the officer has ground for arrest under PRICE. PRICE stands for Public Safety, Re-occurrence, Identity, Court, and Evidence. If any of the 5 areas is in jeopardy or not satisfied then an officer can arrest. This is basically the first then taught at any police academy. So if the OP did not provide his identification the officer could arrest to establish identity.

Only because OP was drunk in public - otherwise the stop and check would not be 'reasonable'.

Unless like most Canadian they simply consented to an illegal search; consent would make it legal.

brendan's dad · #19 03-23-2017, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deer_Hunter

Only because OP was drunk in public - otherwise the stop and check would not be 'reasonable'.

Unless like most Canadian they simply consented to an illegal search; consent would make it legal.

Yes, there first has to be an arrestable offence, which there was in this case.

bobtodrick · #20 03-23-2017, 07:53 PM

Quite a few years ago I managed to accumulate a fair number of parking tickets...to the tune of about $150 (this at a time when they were no more than $30).
They'd gone to warrant, this before the days of just collecting when your registration was due, a cop came to my home and took me into custody.
In the cruiser he told me he'd be taking me downtown where I would have the option of paying the tickets or being arrested. He then told me what the amount would and asked if I had that much cash on me (and told me they wouldn't take a cheque).
I didn't.
He offered to drive me to a bank with a Instant Teller (long enough ago that they weren't that common) about 15 minutes out of his way...I accepted his offer and an hour later I was back home.
Luckily I've had very few interactions with the law...but anytime I have I've treated them reasonably and have been treated reasonably in return.

Little red riding hood · #21 03-24-2017, 01:05 PM

I was driving my car to work last winter because it's cheaper to drive than the old 4x4, and the weather was nice, so no big deal, well it just happened that while I was at work that everything got a big dump of snow! So I'm on my way home from work with the car and wishing I was driving the pickup, and I needed to make a stop at the bank in Edson, so I tried to get in the parking lot and got stuck as I was trying to leave the highway, a cop pulls up behind me and turns on his lights and gets out of his cruiser and gives me a push! Very nice fellow, I thanked him and shook his hand and went on my way thinking that there are some good people out there and it doesn't matter if they are wearing a uniform or not, good people are just plain nice to meet.