That’s the Ticket
When Tommy King got back to his car at a Baytown, Texas, apartment complex, he found a piece of paper on the windshield. It said he was parked on a curb, in a fire lane, with the car pointed the wrong direction, and it asked him to pay the apartment manager a $10 fine. The “ticket” wasn’t written by a cop: King is the cop, and the car was his patrol car. It was written by resident Annie James, 14. King laughed and bought James a Toys ’R’ Us gift card instead. “There’s a lot of responsibility and power that comes with a badge,” said King. “But every once in a while we can step back and say, ‘You know what, a lot of these people we’re protecting, not everyone is a bad guy.’” (AC/KPRC Houston) ...And not every cop, either.Original Publication Date: 13 April 2014
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.
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