Rave: Chicago Police

[4DoorBlackTop]

I get home and the wife tells me she has a confession to make. I tell her as long as I didn't notice anything, there was no need to confess. She then told me she had an orange envelope on the windshield of her truck this morning. This is when it get's interesting.

Assuming the worst, I thought it would be a ticket. Turns out early this morning she could not find her truck key. We keep a spare inside the truck and use the punchcode if we need to. She get's in and sees what appears as a ticket. She goes to get the orange envelope off of the windshield, opens it and instead of a ticket it's her truck keys.

An officer found her keys, must have pushed the lock button, found the truck and put them in a ticket envelope.... because no one wants to open one of those. The officer prevented theft of our vehicle and gave us our keys back. The only down side is I do not know how to thank the person. It turns out the wife had a hole in the pocket of her jacket.

Talk about serving and protecting.

Just think about it. A few days ago we have a thread on how to be respectful towards officers, then this happens.

I love Karma, it's never been bad to us.

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[Burtonrider10022]

That's great to hear!

A call to the local PD might not hurt, they could probably figure out whose "zone" your street was in and ask that officer.

 

[MrCarreraGTO]

Its always nice to hear about something like this.

 

[Euro]

Always nice to hear. Goes to show people that there are still good cops out there(especially Chicago..)

 

[ktraver97ss]

Started to read thinking your wife went to a Rave that got busted by the CPD. haha

Nice to know there are some good people still left out there.

 

[The Pun]

Started to read thinking your wife went to a Rave that got busted by the CPD. haha

Nice to know there are some good people still left out there.

I was thinking the same thing...


Yeah living in the West Loop I have met some awesome CPD. If you respect them they will be legit with you.

 

[syP]

most police officers are actually there to do there job and to serve/protect John Q Public.


Its just the rotten apples that stick out like a sore thumb. No one comments on when an officer does something good because its "expected"

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Nice

 

[SRT41320]

thats awesome!! i agree... a cop is not usually "out to get me" although im usually pissed when i get a ticket, i do generally realize its my fault, but in the heat of the moment i still hate the police

 

[Burtonrider10022]

I retract my previous statement, if you live in Chicago there's no way they'll ever figure it out. It was honestly most likely a meter maid/parking enforcement employee, and they are "civilians", not LEO's.

Either way, a little faith in humanity restored.

 

[syP]

Probably some sort of CSO... 3/4 the pay, more/less bullshit (depends on which way you look at it ) and no pension

 

[Burtonrider10022]

Chicago contracts a private company to do parking enforcement. They are not employed by the City AFAIK in any way and have no official affiliation with CPD.

 

[4DoorBlackTop]

I do not know. The police have seen me a number of times illegally working on my car in the street. They just gave me a look to what what I was up to. When they saw I was changing the oil and not stuffing the underhood area with drugs, I guess they were fine with it. Every once in a while they would check, I'd wave, they would wave and we would both carry on.

The parking enforcement I am not sure of. I believe that is Chicago Department of Revenue and they work for the city.

 

[skeezer]

I get home and the wife tells me she has a confession to make. I tell her as long as I didn't notice anything, there was no need to confess.

What the hell does that mean? Don't tell me if I don't catch you

Jesus Christ Patty.

 

[Donnie]

Parking enforcement is at least partially covered by Chicago Meters/LAZ Parking. Yet, I have run into guys on bikes with Ticket books, wearing vests labeled Department of Revenue. If there's a split in enforcement, or a sharing, one covering meters, another non-metered areas, I'm unsure.

 

[ChrisRac]

While you may not be able to track down the officer or whoever left the keys for you, you can always pay it forward and do something good for someone else.

Kinda balances each other out that way.

 

[SWORN]

most police officers are actually there to do there job and to serve/protect John Q Public.


Its just the rotten apples that stick out like a sore thumb. No one comments on when an officer does something good because its "expected"

^Very true!

 

[VenomousDSG]

Would track down, would buy many beers.