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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 25 views
There is the story of a preacher who got up one Sunday and announced to his congregation: I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it's still in your pockets. ------------------------------------------------- While driving…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Police Chief Joshua Potvin lost his law enforcement license after the Main Criminal Justice discovered that he had an officer text him while he was in a meeting. He created a cover story by entering a false entry about a suspicious person at the Fryeburg fairgrounds, using a fairgrounds employee’s license…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
When Amina Mohammed gave her eight-year-old son his birthday money, she was surprised when he said he wanted to give it to the local police department. Mohamed said her son wanted to donate the money, because he liked how the officers took care of everybody and how he felt safe when they were around.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
When Fairfield, CA police responded to a report of an automobile crash they arrested the impaired driver. But the story doesn’t end there. It was Mother’s Day and the driver was in the process of delivering flowers. So, the officers made the rest of the deliveries that the driver could not make. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/fairfield-police-deliver-mothers-day-flowers-after-driver-arrested-for-dui/2540322/…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Mateusz Fijalkowski, 23 decided it was time to end it all. He attempted to drown himself in a Virginia swimming pool. Police officers rescued him but Fialkowski is suing the officers, not for saving him, but for not saving him soon enough. He is grateful to police officers who rescued him after he tried…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Edward and Cheryl Patton finding trash coffee cups in their yard for nearly three years. They tried mounting a camera in a tree in front of their home to catch the person involved. The pictures never provided much information, but the couple’s neighbors got involved and one of them followed a minivan…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A Dallas Texas court convicted a former Dallas police officer of murder. The officer, Amber Guyger, had mistakenly entered the wrong apartment and fired her service weapon when she mistook the resident for an intruder. The victim’s brother, Brandt Jean embraced the police officer and told her, “I love…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Some law enforcement officers have joined protesters over the killing of George Floyd, For instance, Camden County Police Chief Joseph Wysocki held a banner that read, “Standing in Solidarity” as he joined protesters in Camden, New Jersey. —Jim L. Wilson and Jason Blankenship https://people.com/crime/police-join-protesters-marches-across-country/…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A Chinese physics professor provided traffic police with a two-page report filled with complicated equations and diagrams to prove he could not have caused a traffic accident. Police admitted they were baffled by the physics, and turned to a simpler technology. They said the professor was driving a black…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
An emergency dispatch officer in eastern China received an unusual emergency call from a young woman and realized she was sending a coded message. The woman said she wanted to order a takeout of a pair of chopsticks and an egg. Police immediately understood that the woman was in danger because the call…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Pennsylvania Police officer Bridgette Wilson noticed Sharon Markle’s flushed face and pulled her squad car over and offered to saw take over her lawn mowing duties. Markle, who suffers from arthritis, was grateful, and allowed the officer to finish the lawn. However, that is not the end of the story.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A lot of people will go the extra mile to help a person in need, but few have gone as far Airzona Police officer Jeff Turney. Turney was called to the home of a 94 year-old man, after the man’s son told police he was concerned because his father had loaded a trailer was preparing to drive himself to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Police in Taiwan, investigating an accident discovered that a 5-year-old boy caused the accident when he crashed his bicycle into a Tesla. The law says that all motorists are to get their blood-alcohol level checked after an accident. The officers dutifully followed the law and hooked the 5-year-old…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
First responders in Bulgaria used cheerful face masks to combat fears over the spread of the coronvirus. The masks were printed with owls, dinosaurs, llamas, and monkeys and were given to hundreds of doctors and police officers at no cost. The company that made the special masks normally produced sleeping…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Bloomfield Colorado police officer Carolyn Becker has a special connection to a young man she has never met and has found ways to go above and beyond the call of duty to help him. Becker had wanted to help someone by being a live organ donor. She inquired about one person, but was not a suitable match.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
An Arizona man, Matthew Disbro, flipped on the police lights of his black Dodge Charger to pull over a flashy yellow Ford Mustang containing two men. The problem was the two men in the Mustang were police officers and Disbro is not. The real police officers charged the fake policeman with impersonating…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Georgia authorities suspended two police officers after they used a coin toss to decide whether to arrest a 24-year-old driver they stopped for speeding. The Police dash cam captured the entire incident on video. The driver told them that she was running late and the officers discussed whether they should…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A herd of 16 cows helped Florida police capture a suspect who jumped out of crashed car and tried to escape. A sheriff’s helicopter captured the incident on video and the crew guided officers on the ground. At one point, a member of the helicopter crew told officers on the ground, “If you see a large…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
When police officer Jason Smith saw a kitten stranded on the barrier wall of the freeway, he immediately stopped to rescue the cat. Footage from his body camera shows Smith removing the cat from the wall and bringing it into his patrol car, where it quickly calmed down and stopped making distressed cries.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
An Arizona police officer went beyond the call of duty to help an elderly woman who had been scammed and abandoned in the Phoenix area. Officer Adam Walicke met the woman at a department store where she had been sitting for almost a full day. She told Walicke that she had spent the last of her money…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 29 views
Police pulled over a Louisiana driver for expired license plates. The man admitted he had been putting it off for a while. Actually, he had put it off for 23 years that is how far out of date his registration was. He gave the officer his excuse, “I’ve been busy lately and totally forgot to renew my vehicle…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Police in Miami Beach, Florida say a man they identified as Kenneth came into the station to ask for their help with his proposal. The department agreed and they arranged for the couple to be pulled over as they drove down a city street. When the officer pulled the couple over, he asked them to get out…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Clearwater, Florida police were able to recover a stolen van filled with crispy crème doughnuts. The van was reported in the morning, and by late that day, it was recovered 190 miles away. The store manager donated the cargo to the officers, who saved some to eat, and then handed out the rest to homeless…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Twenty-five year old Matthew Rosenburg offered police officers a bribe if they would not arrest him. What did he offer them? It sound cliché, but it actually happened. The suspect said he “worked at Krispy Kreme and would give them doughnuts.” —Jim L. Wilson http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/26/man-offered-doughnuts-for-freedom-police-say.html…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
When Cumberland, Wisconsin police arrived at the local high school responding to a report of an automobile accident, they discovered an elaborate senior prank instead. The student had used a junk car, bricks, tape, and a black tarp to make it look like the car had crashed into the principal’s office.…