Bad boy, bad boy, whatcha gonna do....

Ski-doo?

I know it's a woody but he ain't surfin'.

Remember this dude?

Philly cop directing traffic in 1922, no gun, no nightstick, no safety vest.

He's a dead man.

You're right. It's 1922, and he looks to be pushing 40 - 45...

He's liable to drop dead any minute.

This thread title reminds me of the phrase commonly used to excuse police departments after a bad cop is exposed; "It's just one bad apple". The whole phrase is "One bad apple spoils the bunch." It's a terrible proverb for them to use for the purpose they intend.

It's not just cops who do it, but you might say they're one bad apple in terms of misusing (or accidentally correctly using) the proverb this way.

Philly cops always drove red cars with red lights until Rizzo became mayor in '72

...just haaad to be different.

They had always been red with red lights, but Frank Rizzo, the Police Commissioner from '67 to '71, hated it and fought with the mayor over it. His brother Joe Rizzo, the fire commissioner, agreed. So when Frank became mayor in '72 the Police cars became blue and white with red and blue lights.

Now they can sneak up on people while they protect and serve.

I'll be 50 yrs old this summer, if I somehow manage to not kill myfuckingself before then.

I've been to 35+ states. Most of those, multiple times.

I've had an interaction, or two;), with da pohleeses here and there.

I have never, ever, been in the presence of, or seen with my own eyes, a police car with red lights.

On tv, yeahyeah, suresure...

That's why the police commissioner and his brother the fire commissioner hated them so much.

I was up in MA on a nice straight smooth road with lanes about 15 ft wide and 6 ft shoulders, with no traffic. I saw a vehicle gaining on me with flashing blue lights and I moved over to the edge of the lane but not on the shoulder and didn't slow down.

Around here flashing blue is volunteer firemen, red is fire equipment, and cops use red and blue sometimes with white added. In MA local cops use blue only. :blush:

Here's body camera footage of a police chase and shootout in Vegas.
The bad guys ended up one dead, one wounded.
The cop ended up with enough adrenaline in his system to affect his performance, and last for years.

The short version...



The long version just adds more chase...