The Director's Desk: Been a long time

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Been a long time

…since I’ve seen one of these. If we were still using them when I started, it must have ended pretty soon thereafter. Anyone out there remember?

12 comments:

Anonymous said...: Wow another great one I can have made into a bumper sticker....
Jim J; March 8, 2011 at 5:27 AM
Anonymous said...: Do I ever remember these. In fact, I recall working two accidents involving a motor officer who was enroute to another accident from the station. It was one of these snowy early PM rushes and he was in a cruiser enroute to 70th & Vine I believe. There were a few cars out there that had a bunch of them on the right side of the windshield.

242; March 8, 2011 at 6:10 AM
Anonymous said...: Chief-Forgot about them until now. I think the theory was that a damaged vehicle without a release sticker should be investigated for hit and run. In the olden days we had a "hit and run" officer that followed up on those accidents.

256; March 8, 2011 at 7:36 AM
Anonymous said...: I think I saw these stickers three times in 1978. Then, my own car, a Honda Civic, was in the shop being repaired from a never-solved hit and run. So I borrowed my father's car. I parked it at my friend's house, and we took his car to an event downtown. I came back to it about midnight to discover my father's car, with this sticker and a cop's business card on the wind shield, and the entire driver's side of the car basically ripped off.

Seems a teenager, driving on his 16th birthday, and super drunk, was being chased by police. He turned a corner at a high rate of speed, lost control, and hit my dad's car.

So now, I had pretty much destroyed 2 cars and was no where near them either time. It was hard calling my dad at midnight to explain why I needed him to come get me. For some reason, the police had not called them, and I am grateful for that.

The teenager was the son of some friends of my parents; and his parents made him come to their house and apologize to them. I think he was still hungover at the time. Luckily, he was uninjured.

Later that same year, the Civic was again hit and badly damaged while parked and I was no where near it. 1978 was not the best year for me carwise.; March 8, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Anonymous said...: After explaining an accident on private property in '73' officer replied it must have been truthful cause NO-ONE could make up such a story.Still had to wait 2 weeks to see if any hit & run reports matched damage,none did ,so sticker was issued.
Some form of this law might be revisited.; March 8, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Anonymous said...: Totally off Topic but for those of you that follow Arrrrrg's comments I have to let you know he has branched out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2At0Z7JKBI&feature=player_embedded

Sorry Chief but I figured we needed to know this.

Gun Nut; March 8, 2011 at 12:00 PM
ARRRRG!!!! said...: Gun Nut,

Surprised it came in first considering it was a pirate horse.; March 8, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Were these used because of a city ordinance or was it just something the police department did?; March 8, 2011 at 3:47 PM
car54 said...: Gun nut

ROFLMAO

CAR 54; March 8, 2011 at 4:17 PM
Steve said...: You gotta love a good Arrrg!; March 8, 2011 at 6:57 PM
Anonymous said...: Can't find Arrrg's YOUTUBE. Any suggestions? I'd love to see it!; March 8, 2011 at 9:21 PM
Anonymous said...: 9:21PM,
Try copy & paste into your browser or go directly to YouTube and paste it into their search box. I tried the URL posted on the Chief's blog but it directed me to Simpl or some or page.
Gun Nut; March 9, 2011 at 1:32 PM

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