Cop cars behind the Dilboy

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

Every time I walk up Summer Street, day or night, I see at least 2 Somerville Cop cars parked in the lot behind the Dilboy VFW.   There are always cops sitting in the cars with the engines running or standing next to the cars chatting and often at night they are taking a leak on the fence in the back corner (I've seen that enough to know it ain't no anomaly).   What's the deal?  Don't Somerville Cops have real crime to fight?

And while we're talking stupid cop tricks, why do the cops drive up the bike path in their cruisers?  Get a cop bike, dammit!    I've almost been taken out a few times when I wasn't expecting a car to drive up behind me. 

Comments

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

This lifelong pedestrian has this sense you are ever-so-slightly exaggerating your case for the sake of bellyaching. You didn't notice the headlight? Or hear the engine noise? The Crown Vic is a lot of things, but stealthy isn't one of them.

[ron_newman]

Probably no headlight if it's daytime.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. And I suppose their iPod could be blasting, but honestly, you shut out the world at your own risk.

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

And deaf people walking on the bike path? Same inane reasoning?

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Are you deaf? If so, then we'll talk. If not, nice try.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_mattt/]

When I read this, I sprayed soda out my nose, I laughed so hard.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I don't know whether to be flattered or wince. Hopefully said soda wasn't carbonated TOO much!