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15. The town cops in the NE corner of Nebraska where we lived in the...
Sun May 6, 2018, 08:50 AM
May 2018

90's made Barney Fife lock academy trained.

Our sheriff was a former bar owner who's only qualification was the required $20,000 bond the law requires of a sheriff. His wife was made the dispatcher for the town's volunteer fire fighters. She drank a bit and in one month managed to sent the fire dept to house fires on farms to quadrants 180 degree the wrong direction in the county.

The town council asked him to attend a meeting and when they brought up the bad fire call-outs and asked what could be done together to stop them before someone died, he stood up, told them he didn't answer to the town for anything and walked out. He made the State Trooper stay on State 9 through town while on duty, he was not allowed to drive anywhere else in town.

His son was his head deputy and he was known to pick up bags dropped in touch and go drops at the town airport, and was said to be the major source of drugs in the county.

The nra and 45 both need to be put on notice truthisfreedom May 2018 #1
What's the NRA have to do with this? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2018 #9
I hope so... druidity33 May 2018 #11
It does mention the gender of the off-duty officer. Glorfindel May 2018 #17
"The bullet went into the gym floor" orleans May 2018 #2
a Good Guy with a gym floor would stop a bad guy with a gym floor... AZ8theist May 2018 #22
It's not whether the guy is good or bad ProudLib72 May 2018 #3
"a good guy with a gun", or "a bad guy with a gun"? left-of-center2012 May 2018 #4
So the guy was just standing there, and the gun suddenly "went off" by itself while in his holster? NBachers May 2018 #5
We had a cop in the next town over shoot himself in the foot while twirling his pistol while.... marble falls May 2018 #12
--- while twirling his pistol. Not a surprise. He was probably used to twiriling somethin' else in 3Hotdogs May 2018 #13
The town cops in the NE corner of Nebraska where we lived in the... marble falls May 2018 #15
Irving Doc_Technical May 2018 #29
I'm laughing so hard I don't know if I can type CrispyQ May 2018 #23
Gets better.... marble falls May 2018 #24
You should write a screen play! CrispyQ May 2018 #25
Lots of crazy town cop stories from Nebraska and Iowa. marble falls May 2018 #26
It was around '87 and the town was (still is) Wells, Vermont. 3Hotdogs May 2018 #27
Thats pure Iowa and Nebraska stuff! But the big city cops goof, too.... marble falls May 2018 #30
It's not IF, but WHEN. aeromanKC May 2018 #6
no accident KG May 2018 #7
This link give a little more info-but not much TexasProgresive May 2018 #8
Thank you - the "officer" was a parent watching his son in the match per your link BumRushDaShow May 2018 #21
That is why I will never carry a gun HopeAgain May 2018 #10
I have never shot a person accidentally. Cold War Spook May 2018 #16
Nor do have any desire to ask any. HopeAgain May 2018 #19
Which yet does not deny that accidental shootings were the third leading cause LanternWaste May 2018 #28
A gun with a dumb guy. nt tblue37 May 2018 #14
Personal opinion, he should be suspended without pay. Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #18
Fixing a gym floor is really expensive. nt leftyladyfrommo May 2018 #20
Lucky it was not aimed at someone. riversedge May 2018 #31
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