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<meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/stephenramil/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <wunctuationKerning/> <wrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</wrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <wrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</wrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <wisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</wisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <wisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</wisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <wontGrowAutofit/> <wontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <wontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 2 1 2 1 8 4 8 7 8; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 65536 0 -2147483648 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> Yep, sure did. Don’t worry, wasn’t a DUI for me . This is my third “arrest” for a drunk driver that I called in on. I won’t go into the other stories, which were a little more action packed than this most recent one (thankfully).
So anyways, I am on a trip from Los Angeles to Seattle, WA. One of my stops was in Portland, OR for my uncle’s retirement party (30yrs as a police officer). So I am cruising along after 12hrs of driving and see a GMC Yukon enter into the lane to his left and then back, then to the right lane, then back, and continuing this numerous times. I pulled alongside him to check to see if he had kids or any other passengers. Then I pulled in behind him with my hazards on and dialed 911. Got dispatch and continued to follow the gentlemen and give our location. Then we exited off the freeway and proceeded to go 30 in a 45 zone with numerous occasions of almost running into the curb.
I continued to list direction and cross streets coming up as I could hear the dispatcher furiously typing in the background. Then I see two officers driving opposite direction (no lights or sirens) and I blow my horn at them to turn around. Because I had to slow to alert them the Yukon carried on through the light at the upcoming intersection and I got caught at the red. The officers pulled a U-turn after the median and came barreling my way (with lights this time). One cabbie that wasn’t paying attention came into the intersection right as the officers approached and the officer almost sideswiped me as he had to slam on his brakes and steer right. Luckily the cabbie also hit his brakes and the officers continued on. I was instructed to pull up behind the officers and hung up with dispatch. The officer came back to me and laughed when he realized I was from CA catching drunks in OR haha. Thanked me for the deed and let me know that he was undeniably drunk. Glad I was able to get him off the street before anything bad happened. Time from initiation of 911 call to intercept – 7min 42sec. Thought it was a good way to honor my uncle’s 30yr retirement party
Anyone else have a story to share? Would love to hear them!
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So anyways, I am on a trip from Los Angeles to Seattle, WA. One of my stops was in Portland, OR for my uncle’s retirement party (30yrs as a police officer). So I am cruising along after 12hrs of driving and see a GMC Yukon enter into the lane to his left and then back, then to the right lane, then back, and continuing this numerous times. I pulled alongside him to check to see if he had kids or any other passengers. Then I pulled in behind him with my hazards on and dialed 911. Got dispatch and continued to follow the gentlemen and give our location. Then we exited off the freeway and proceeded to go 30 in a 45 zone with numerous occasions of almost running into the curb.
I continued to list direction and cross streets coming up as I could hear the dispatcher furiously typing in the background. Then I see two officers driving opposite direction (no lights or sirens) and I blow my horn at them to turn around. Because I had to slow to alert them the Yukon carried on through the light at the upcoming intersection and I got caught at the red. The officers pulled a U-turn after the median and came barreling my way (with lights this time). One cabbie that wasn’t paying attention came into the intersection right as the officers approached and the officer almost sideswiped me as he had to slam on his brakes and steer right. Luckily the cabbie also hit his brakes and the officers continued on. I was instructed to pull up behind the officers and hung up with dispatch. The officer came back to me and laughed when he realized I was from CA catching drunks in OR haha. Thanked me for the deed and let me know that he was undeniably drunk. Glad I was able to get him off the street before anything bad happened. Time from initiation of 911 call to intercept – 7min 42sec. Thought it was a good way to honor my uncle’s 30yr retirement party
Anyone else have a story to share? Would love to hear them!
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