Police Officer Preparation & Law Enforcement Resource - Archive

I get a call tonight to respond as a backup unit to a district Sgt, and that he had a possible DUI for me. So I respond out and make contact, she consents to doing field sobriety testing. I have her move to a location in a driveway to do them, and the Sgt walks over with me to watch. As I stand there between the Sgt and the lady, I feel something large...... with lots of legs...... Land on the right side of my face..........

Out of sheer fear/instinct, I take my right arm and draw back to El Paso Texas, and firmly slap myself across the right side of my face with enough force that I made Rick James jealous, along with letting out a scream, and sending my glasses flying to the ground along with what was found to be a large cochroach.

Thankfully it was a cochroach and not a spider. Also, the Sgt. laughed his *** off. The lady also ended up not being DUI, so I slapped myself for nothing.

Scared the hell out of me.

Did the cockroach receive the death penalty?

Was walking through a field 2 weeks ago looking for somebody. Got back in the car with my partner and started cruising to call out, got about half way there before I felt a large beetle on my stomach making its way into my shirt...

Needless to say I jumped out of the car before my partner could stop, stumbled and almost fell while simultaneously ripping my shirt off. That is the only time I've seen citizens stop and ask if I'm ok.

Did the cockroach receive the death penalty?

I'm quite sure it did and then some....

cntry what is it with you and bugs..? :) it's funny how something so tiny can cause us to almost kill ourselves...that happened to me one night in the shower of all places I was in mid shampoo looked down and there was a freaking scorpion beside my foot I literally almost tore down the shower curtain. we get them a lot due to all the pine trees in our yard plus my neighor is the Ocala National forest....:/

Bug's don't bother me. I thought it was a spider for how big it felt. Spiders will cause me to go nuts every time. They are not "bugs" but hairy eight legged freaks of nature that are out to get me.

Bug's don't bother me. I thought it was a spider for how big it felt. Spiders will cause me to go nuts every time. They are not "bugs" but hairy eight legged freaks of nature that are out to get me.

ohhhh in that case don't ever watch the movie arachnophobia or go on Harry Potter's forbidden journey ride at universal..you will scream like a girl :)

The lady also ended up not being DUI, so I slapped myself for nothing.


Rats. That would have been the greatest cross examination ever.

Defense lawyer: And you administered the sobriety tests?
cntryboy0531: Yes
Defense lawyer: and your professional assessment of her mental and physical ability was that she was impaired?
cntryboy0531: Yes
Defense lawyer: and after determining she was impaired, you began striking yourself in the face with your hand?

BIG has, on more than one occasion, been chased out of a vehicle by a couple of bee's, wasps & hornets. Vehicle stopped, doors fly open, BIG & partner tumbling out *** over tea kettle.

That's something I DON"T miss about the southern part of the US. You guys have too many snakes, bug and other critters that can kill you or at least do a lot of damage. Up here, the only poisonous snake is a Pacific Rattler, which is rare even in the Eastern Oregon desert. It's non-existant in the valley where I live. The only dangerous insect I've ever heard of here is the Brown Recluse spider. I've never even seen a Black Widow since I've been up here.

When I was kid in Texas, we had Black Widows all over the barn and I still have a cigar box full of rattlers I cut off snakes I killed in our yard back then..... Let's not even go into the scorpions, Coral snakes, Water Moccasins, etc.:nonod:

Several years ago we rented a very old house that had numerous spiders, I was laying on the couch watching TV and felt something run across my face and felt a sting at the same time. I got bit on the cheek, it swelled into a large lump resulting in a trip to the ER. I never found the damm thing but the Orkin man did I am sure when he was summoned the next day. :biggrin5:

I feel for ya Cntry.

BIG has, on more than one occasion, been chased out of a vehicle by a couple of bee's, wasps & hornets. Vehicle stopped, doors fly open, BIG & partner tumbling out *** over tea kettle.

I know of a career ending, on-duty, single vehicle motorcycle accident that was caused by a bee in the helmet. Ironically the duty was for funeral procession in LOD LEO death. Very sad and scary.

I still have a cigar box full of rattlers I cut off snakes I killed in our yard back then.....

One of the funniest things I ever witnessed was an officer getting struck by a snake on his boot. It was a harmless bull snake and didn't come close to penetrating the leather, but the girlish shriek and convulsive body movement by the officer was friggen hilarious. (I probably found it even more funny because he didn’t follow my instructions which caused him to get the strike in the first place.)

One of the funniest things I ever witnessed was an officer getting struck by a snake on his boot. It was a harmless bull snake and didn't come close to penetrating the leather, but the girlish shriek and convulsive body movement by the officer was friggen hilarious. (I probably found it even more funny because he didn’t follow my instructions which caused him to get the strike in the first place.)

Bull snakes aren't harmless to rattlers though! We loved it when one took up residence is the yard, no rattlers would come around.

I have to admit, bull snakes have startled me more than a few times.....

Bull snakes aren't harmless to rattlers though! We loved it when one took up residence is the yard, no rattlers would come around.

I know somebody who works for the UofA agricultural extension and has a series of photos of a bull snake killing and eating a diamondback. I'll try and get them to post them if anyone is interested?


I have to admit, bull snakes have startled me more than a few times.....

Yep, they mimic rattlers as a defensive measure, even shaking the tail like a rattler.

The one that stuck the officer had him and the homeowner freaked out. I knew it was a bull snake and had its neck pinned down with a hard rake. I told the officer to grab it behind the head and when he had it, I would take the pressure off the rake and he could pick it up and put it in a sack we had ready. The intent was to drive it out of town and let it go.

He was too chicken to grab the snake, so I told him to take the rake and I would pick it up. I warned him to keep the pressure on because the snake was in decorative gravel outside of a mobile home and it had almost gotten away from me once. The female homeowner was standing a few feet away, hands up to her mouth in that frightened sheep mode watching the event unfold.

I held the rake as the officer got hands on. I asked if he had it and he nervously answered yes. I once again reminded him to hold it tight and I let go to go get the sack which he had left a few feet away.

Right after I let go and took a step, the snake got loose because dumb*** wasn’t holding it tight enough. It turned and struck his boot in the ankle area. It was cool because you could hear the snap against the leather.

He dropped the rake and ran away screaming like a little girl. The woman started screaming and ran the other way to get in her trailer. The snake (I couldn’t hear if it was making any screaming noises) hauled tail under the mobile home.

This pissed me off but I couldn’t chew on him at the moment because I was laughing so hard my stomach and face muscles got sore. I kept trying to ask him if he wanted me to call Rescue because he looked pale as a ghost and shocky. I couldn’t get a sentence out for a couple of minutes, though. It was friggen hilarious.

He made me promise not to tell the guys at the next briefing. If I would have been an officer there would be no way I would have kept quiet, but since I was his sergeant I honored his request. The guys would have torn him apart!

Out of sheer fear/instinct, I take my right arm and draw back to El Paso Texas, and firmly slap myself across the right side of my face with enough force that I made Rick James jealous

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As a young lad I was taught "SWEEP don't SWAT!" to dislodge confused critters who mistakenly took my face for their home of residence. "Swattin' only gets em' mad boy! Just sweep em' away real gentle like, and they'll leave without bitin'."

That advice served me well over the years, as I blindly plowed face first through countless spider webs while heading to tree stands before sun up, or leading patrols in the dark through forest/swamp/jungles without ever being bit. Feeling those legs crawling around sure does give one the "willys" though....


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I know somebody who works for the UofA agricultural extension and has a series of photos of a bull snake killing and eating a diamondback. I'll try and get them to post them if anyone is interested?


After I got to thinking about it, I think it was king snake I was thinking about, not bull snake. It was a long time ago and I'm old......

You are absolutley correct, Jim. It is acutally a king snake whacking the rattlesnkake. My source is loodking up the pics as this is being written.

I have been reminded by the warden that I should be riding on the short bus! (She works for the UofA)

I have been reminded by the warden that I should be riding on the short bus! (She works for the UofA)

I'm the one that initially screwed it up so you can at least tell her you'll have company on the bus.....

I'm the one that initially screwed it up so you can at least tell her you'll have company on the bus.....


Heh. I stand corrected again. I was correct the first time; it was a bull snake that was eating the rattler, not the king. The warden set me right, even though I was right. Isn't it something how they can do that? (Women setting us right, not bull snakes eating rattlers. LOL)

Heh. I stand corrected again. I was correct the first time; it was a bull snake that was eating the rattler, not the king. The warden set me right, even though I was right. Isn't it something how they can do that? (Women setting us right, not bull snakes eating rattlers. LOL)

That's because in their logic model "two wrongs don't make a right."

Same principle when they give directions too. Nothing is ever "drive 2 miles North on Central and then turn West on Jefferson, it's always "turn left at the second walmart and go until you see a big sign and then turn left again (while they point right)." I once was given directions with 4 consecutive left turns. I pointed out that 4 lefts was a circle. That didn't go over well in the logic model either.

Looking forward to seeing those Cat_Doc.

-Shark2k

Looking forward to seeing those Cat_Doc.

-Shark2k

Okay, I am getting old myself. I asked her if she remembered to send me the photos of the bull snake eating the rattler. She gave me a strange look and said, "I told you, it is a king snake eating the rattler, not a bull snake."

So, I went and started researching myself and RetDetSgt was correct, it was the king snake who is the enemy of venomous snakes. She insists that I need a hearing aid, then changes it to, "You only hear what you want to hear." WTF?

She said she would "try" and remember to send the pics from her work. When she does, I'll post them.

"I told you, it is a king snake eating the rattler, not a bull snake."



Only two choices and you've been wrong three times. Sounds about right.

We have the 13-year cicadas going on right now in middle Tennessee. You want to talk about a bug infestation? These things are cloggin up my windshield and we're sweeping them up by the dozens outside the firehall.

Only two choices and you've been wrong three times. Sounds about right.

Yep. I also thought you were a squared away guy! LOL

I'm just wondering if any of the spiders in this video were the ones who unscrupulously attacked Country Boy?!?!?

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I think of him every time I see this commercial. I wonder if he screams like this girl does?????

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Only two choices and you've been wrong three times. Sounds about right.


Yep. I also thought you were a squared away guy! LOL

Doh. Shoulda added "Sounds about right when talking with a woman." I have that problem too.

"Do you think I need to go to the gym?"
"Yes" I mean "No". I mean "yes?"

All three answers are wrong and there is only two choices.

We have the 13-year cicadas going on right now in middle Tennessee. You want to talk about a bug infestation? These things are cloggin up my windshield and we're sweeping them up by the dozens outside the firehall.

It's stinkbugs here....

I think of him every time I see this commercial. I wonder if he screams like this girl does?????

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No, but I do scream like that guy does and frantically try to kill it like that.