Why You Should Give A Cop A Hug Today: True stories from dedicated law enforcement officers

By Carl Peterson

The book primarily focuses on highlighting the positive aspects of police work, offering heartwarming and humorous short stories, as well as narratives capable of evoking a deep emotional response, possibly bringing tears to the reader's eyes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oxford Book Writers
• Release date: Jun 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9781961636187

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Why You Should Give A Cop A Hug Today?

True stories from dedicated law enforcement officers.

By: Carl Peterson

Copyright © 2023

All Rights Reserved

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all Law Enforcement Officers who want to make a difference.

A police officer told me: My favorite part of being a police officer is helping people. I find it rewarding when I help to bring criminals to book. There’s also nothing quite as fulfilling to me as knowing that my community members feel safe whenever I’m in the neighborhood. I think that feeling also drives me to put in my best efforts as a law enforcement officer.

Acknowledgment

I would like to thank my family members, Debbie and Steve Harris, for encouraging me to write this book. With love, I thank my wife, Sheila, for her support, understanding, and assistance in writing it.

The following are the names of the proud men and women that have contributed to this book:

Sheriff: Carl Peterson, British Columbia, Canada.

Staff Sergeant Lorne Briere, British Columbia Sheriffs.

Sergeant Dave Holbeche, British Columbia Sheriff’s Office.

Chief of Police: David W. Rothe, Bad Axe Police Department, Michigan, U.S.A.

Chief of Police: Jesse Poole, Bethel Police Department, Alaska, U.S.A.

Chief of Police: James Phil Morgan. Crewe Police Department, Virginia, U.S.A.

Sergeant Wyatt Mutch, British Columbia, Sheriff's Office.

Deputy Sheriff: June Price, British Columbia, Sheriff's Office

State Trooper, Corporal: Kenneth Wilson, Maryland State Police, U.S.A.

State Trooper, Sergeant: Frank Wilson. Maryland State Police, U.S.A.

CONTENT

Dedication

Acknowledgment

CONTENT

About the Author

Preface

Law Enforcement Code of Ethics

Some Mission Statements of Law Enforcement

Where Does the Word Cop Come From?

The First Case

Eat Your Vegetables

Goofy Laws - Pickles Must Bounce

Why The Laundry Basket?

A Crappy Evening

Do Not Mess with Cats

Where Did I Put the Diaper?

Some History

Five Finger Salute

Was I With Some Sheep?

How to Piss Off a Lawyer?

Don’t Smell Like Salmon

I Want to Pray For You

Goofy Law: No Nuclear Weapons

No Smoking

I Want a Cookie

The Invisible Juror’

New Canadian Citizen

He’s Deaf and Dumb

I Think I Made the Wrong Turn

Lawyer’s Story

He Was Asleep at the Steal

Chief Michael Cloutier's Poem: If You Could See

Thank You

I’m Getting Married

The Night I Was Killed in the Line of Duty But Survived!

Get Me in There

An Angel With a Badge

A Lawyer’s Story

The Lowest High There Is

This is Personal and Confidential

Man with Warrants Gives Fake Name, Arrested on Warrants for Fake Name

I Had a Great Resume

I’m in Jail

Santa Claus Impersonator

Follow the Trail

I Tried to Cash a Check

Finger Lickin’ Good

Don’t Commit a Crime Here

Another Goofball

Dumb Criminals All Over the World

Go Fly a Kite!

A Little History

Watch Where You’re Going!

Billy The Kid!

Witness Protection Program.

Short Story

Crooked Dick

Bringing The Evidence to Court

Jesus Has Unlimited Credit

45. No Leg To Stand On

Call of Duty

Strange Story

Disappearance

When The Canadian Government Used Gay Detectors To Try To Get Rid Of Homosexual Government Employees

I Got Run Over

A Few Scams To Avoid

Shshshshshsh to a Police Dog

In Some European Countries, Escaping from Prison Is Not a Crime

The Moral of The Story: Know Your Whiskey

Amber Hagerman

Can You Hear Me?

Here Is My Number

Officer Saved Baby in 2000, Last Week He Pinned a Badge on Her

No Parking

That’s Got To Hurt

Merry Christmas

What’s An Erection?

Call Me Anytime

Watch Out For That Lamp Post

I’m In A Pickle

Bad Job

Some Funny News Paper Articles

The Curious Case Of Ronald Opus

Who Is The Pig Now?

Why Cops Take That Extra Step

Dog Crap For Christmas

But, Sir, We Are Only Wearing Issue Shoes

Remand Him/Her In Custody Overnight

Candice Delong, One Of The Best Profilers

The Law Enforcement Brotherhood, Help A Fellow Officer When You Can

Deputy, You Will Do More Time Than Me

Joseph Patrick Kenda, The Best Homicide Detective

Would It Be Okay If I Finished My Beer?

Sometimes I.A. (Internal Affairs) Goes Too Far

The Cooperation of Law Enforcement Across the Border

R.C.M.P Auxiliary

Clifford Olson

Who Shot The Sheriff?

We Are Afraid

Chucky the Police Dog

Eye-opening for Deputy Sheriff(s)

His Name Was: Beau Bandit Beschutzer

How A Police Chief Used Compassion To Combat His Community’s Drug Problem

They Were Dear-Ly Mistaken

Keep Your Nose Out Of My Way

About the Author

I was raised in a small town in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. I was raised to be honest and respect my parents and other adults. I never encountered police in my adolescent years, as I never got into trouble, and there was no police officer in our town.

After I graduated, I left home and wandered from town to town and job to job. I worked at many different jobs and moved to Vancouver, B.C. When in Vancouver, I still could not find the job I wanted to do.

There was an old Provincial Prison in a neighboring city, Burnaby, and in this city, there was this prison called Oakalla. I applied and was accepted and started work there. After working at Oakalla for several months, my partner Doug Lang and I were assigned to the graveyard shift[1].

After a short time, I was promoted to a great job as a booking officer. I guess the higher-ups saw some potential in me.

After a year, I saw a posting that the Province of British Columbia was expanding the Sheriff's Office, so I applied, was accepted, and was in class three at the training academy. While going through the training, I thought I would like to be an instructor. Five years later, I was an instructor and promoted from Corporal to Sergeant. I was at the Justice Institute of British Columbia for two and a half years. I trained, along with others, approximately ten classes of new recruits and refresher classes for Deputies in service.

My training courses were self-defense, handguns, handgun retention, civil law, and lifestyle fitness.

When I finished my term at the Justice Institute, I went back to my unit, and after a couple of years, I was promoted to a full Sheriff and transferred to a Northern Posting, and after four years, I was transferred to our Burnaby Office.

I retired after thirty years and have been wanting to write this book for many years.

Preface

Cops Say Low Morale and Department Scrutiny Are Driving Them Away from The Job

The recorded calls for police accountability, reform, and attempts at racial reckoning have left police departments nationwide struggling to keep the officers they have and attract new ones to the force.

The crisis comes as many cities continue to grapple with the fallout from the pandemic and sharp increases in shootings and murders.

In many places, police morale has plunged, and retirements and resignations have soared. A June survey of nearly 200 departments by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a non-profit think tank, shows a startling 45% increase in the retirement rate and a nearly 20% increase in resignations in 2020-21 compared to the previous year.

We are in uncharted territory right now, PERF’s Executive Director Chuck Wexler says. Policing is being challenged in ways I haven’t seen, ever.

Policing in America

The exodus is affecting departments large, small, and in between. The research group’s survey shows that in the largest departments with 500 hundred or more officers, the retirement rate increased by nearly 30%. Overall, new police hiring has dropped by 5%.

And the timing of these staffing problems couldn’t be worse: multiple cities are seeing startling increases in shootings and murders just as more areas start to return to a sense of normalcy following 15 months of pandemic-induced disruptions. Large cities have seen a 24% spike in killings so far this year, following a more than 30% rise in homicides last year. Overall crime figures, however, went down during the pandemic.

So, at that very moment, you’re hoping you can put police out there to try to deal with crime, you’re seeing the workforce shrinking with an unprecedented number of retirements and resignations.

The British Columbia Sheriff Service (BCSS) is a provincial law enforcement agency overseen by the Ministry of the Attorney General in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1857, it is the oldest law enforcement agency in the province. Sheriffs are provincial peace officers appointed under the BC Sheriff Act and BC Police Act with authority to enforce all relevant federal and provincial acts, including the criminal code, throughout British Columbia while in the lawful execution of their duties.

BC sheriffs provide protection and enforcement duties in support of the provincial, supreme, and appeal courts in British Columbia. The BCSS also assists local law enforcement agencies with additional resources to ensure public safety under the provincial Emergency Preparedness Program.

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[1]See page 174 for this story.

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Law Enforcement Code of Ethics

As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve the community; safeguard lives and property; protect the innocent against violence or disorder; and respect the constitutional rights of all to liberty, equality, and justice.

I will keep my private life unsullied as an example to all and will behave in a manner that does not discredit my agency or me. Being honest and behaving with integrity are two of my most crucial attributes as a police officer. Without these fundamental characteristics, I can never expect the public to believe in me.

I will maintain courageous calm in the face of danger, scorn, or ridicule; develop self-restraint; and be constantly mindful of the welfare of others. Honest in thought and deed both in my personal and official life. I will be exemplary in obeying the law and regulations of my department. Whatever I see or hear of a confidential nature, or that is confided to me in my official capacity, will be kept ever secret unless revelation is necessary for the performance of my duty.

I will never act officiously or permit personal feelings or prejudices. Political beliefs, aspirations, and animosities of friendships influence my decisions. With no compromise without fear or favor, malice, or ill will, never employing unnecessary force or violence, and never accepting gratuities.

I recognize the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith, and I accept it as a public trust to be held so long as I am true to the ethics of police service. I will never engage in corruption or bribery; no, I will condone such actions by other police officers. I will cooperate with all legally authorized agencies and their representatives to pursue justice.

As an officer, I can use force to enforce laws and prevent, detect, and combat crime. As a law enforcer, I recognize that no legislation has more authority than human rights. It is a well-established legal concept that all laws must be read and executed in line with human rights standards.

I know that I alone am responsible for my own standard of professional performance and will take every reasonable opportunity to enhance and improve my level of knowledge and competence.

I will constantly strive to achieve these objectives and ideas, dedicating myself before God to my chosen profession Law Enforcement.

Some Mission Statements of Law Enforcement

It is the mission of the Bethel Police Department to provide the diverse community of Bethel with unbiased, effective, and professional police services; to improve their quality of life using commitment, honor, and integrity while at all times conducting ourselves with the highest ethical standards to maintain public confidence.

Core Values:

Commitment

Honor

Integrity

The Bethel Police Department recognizes that without the support, trust, and cooperation from the citizens of Bethel, our ability to effectively perform our job is greatly restricted. As community members, we also deal with the same issues and concerns every other citizen of Bethel must face. With cooperation from other agencies and the citizens of Bethel, we, the Bethel Police Department, are vigilantly addressing the community's public safety needs and concerns.

The Sheriff's Office's mission is to protect the lives and property of the people we serve, to reduce the incidence and fear of crime and to increase public safety for those living in and visiting Any County, and to house inmates in a controlled environment that is safe, humane, and cost-efficient. We commit to carrying out our mission with honor and integrity and retaining public confidence by conducting ourselves with the highest ethical standards.

The Buchanan Police Departments' fundamental duty is to serve mankind; to safeguard life and property; to protect the innocent against deception; the weak against oppression or intimidation; the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the Constitutional Rights of all persons to liberty, equality, and justice.

It is the mission of the Plumas County Sheriff's Office to serve our community by delivering fair and ethical law enforcement, protecting the innocent, apprehending criminals, maintaining public order, providing for the care and custody of prisoners, and establishing the cause, manner, and mechanism of death in Coroner's cases. This mission is accomplished through commitment, dedication, and the provision of excellent services to the residents and visitors of our community.

It is the mission of the Payson Police Department to provide the highest quality of police services to our community. Our responsibility is to ensure that the people we serve can feel safe in their homes, at their places of employment, in our schools, and wherever they may travel with the Police Department service areas.

To bridge the community, the town, and our officers through servant leadership roles that exemplify Back to the Basics functions of community policing, partnerships, and investments in our youth. Crewe Police Department, Virginia, U.S.A.

With a steadfast focus on Selfless Service For All, we will continue to foster public trust and strengthen community relationships while striving for excellence through employee development, self-discipline, and strong leadership. 

The Sedona Police Department is committed to working in partnership with the community to improve quality of life and safety and actively engage in problem-solving. We are dedicated to reducing harm and safeguarding our community through maintaining public order, preventing and suppressing crime, and being responsive to needs within the city.

The staff members of the Sedona Police Department are part of a larger city team of talented public servants, all of whom are devoted to and guided by the city's mission: The mission of the City of Sedona government is to provide exemplary municipal services that are consistent with our values, history, culture,