Rural/ Quiet Town LEO's... How do you do it?

[Group9]

Would the Oklahoma Highway Patrol be considered country/small town?

Just thinking of the thread about the Trooper who arrested Timothy Mcveigh, who committed the largest mass murder in American history until 9/11 I believe...routine traffic stop. ;)


http://forums.realpolice.net/showthr...28#post1001028

Look at the small town officer who captured Eric Rudolf, after a task force of hundreds of big time officers had been hunting him for years.

Look at the INS officer, who stopped the 20th hijacker from participating in 9-11.

And, I've lost count of the number of our fugitives who have been caught in small towns after having been unsuccessfully chased by us and the U.S. Marshals for months or years.

Good, and bad, police work can be done anywhere.

[retdetsgt]

Look at the small town officer who captured Eric Rudolf, after a task force of hundreds of big time officers had been hunting him for years.

Look at the INS officer, who stopped the 20th hijacker from participating in 9-11.

And, I've lost count of the number of our fugitives who have been caught in small towns after having been unsuccessfully chased by us and the U.S. Marshals for months or years.

Good, and bad, police work can be done anywhere.

I joke about the few crime reports the cops in my town take, but they make a lot of arrests on warrants because they do a lot of traffic stops.

The hard thing for me to deal with would be the politics. I talked briefly to an even smaller town about the chief job. It took me about 10 minutes into the interview to realize I wanted no part of it. Several of my peers have taken those kinds of jobs and none lasted more than a few months.

[RT302]

Due to our remote location, the state capital was about 4 hours drive away, we had to be resourceful. We had no special ops/SWAT to back us up, we had no major crash to start fatal crash investigations (they would usually attend but it took them at least 5 hours to get there - and in that time we had to get everything pretty well done for them),

I know your pain!;) Then again, part of my area is where NASA did portions of the training for their lunar missions. My agency still lives by the "one riot, one ranger" philosophy, (and I kind of like it). You make friends with all the other badges (state, local & federal) in the area real quick, because that is your only back-up.

[ParadeRest]

I do midnights in a busy area, but this winter has been a complete dud for us. Except for the weekends which are always nonstop, I've had an average of 2 jobs per night. Many nights I have zero jobs. Yes, I've been going out of my mind.

[Group9]

I joke about the few crime reports the cops in my town take, but they make a lot of arrests on warrants because they do a lot of traffic stops.

The hard thing for me to deal with would be the politics. I talked briefly to an even smaller town about the chief job. It took me about 10 minutes into the interview to realize I wanted no part of it. Several of my peers have taken those kinds of jobs and none lasted more than a few months.

As I get near retirement, I have had a lot of people talk to me about taking the job of Chief over the 25 man department in the town I live in. I try to be polite, but there's not enough money in the world. :D

[Aussie George]

Complaint of cattle on highway. Owner called and had them
put up by the time I get there.

Ha! We went to a cattle on road call one night. About 200 of them. Gate was open. I pulled up in front of the gate and dropped my partner off to block the gate and push them in. I then drove past the mob until I got in front of them. The road was fenced either side so I just got in front of the leader, hit the lights and sirens and huntedthem back towards my partner. He stood on the road and they all ran in the gate. Job Complete. We drove away.

Then he realised that when he got out the car, he had dropped his phone. We went back to where I had originally stopped. He opened his car door to get out, and looked down and there it was!!! I had driven back and forth and 200 cattle had run across that patch of dirt and not one scratch on his phone!!

Go figure. :D