Week from hell
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Tampa Bay, Florida
Thanks all. It's getting better. Tomorrow is Friday, and I am off for Super Bowl w/e, the busiest DUI weekend of the year. The car will be fixed next week, and life will go on.
Thank you all for a large shoulder. I am not too proud, nor arrogant, to use it on occasion. Mine can be pretty broad as well.
Stay safe, drive fast and swerve!
Thank you all for a large shoulder. I am not too proud, nor arrogant, to use it on occasion. Mine can be pretty broad as well.
Stay safe, drive fast and swerve!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Dacula GA
Thanks all. It's getting better. Tomorrow is Friday, and I am off for Super Bowl w/e, the busiest DUI weekend of the year. The car will be fixed next week, and life will go on.
Thank you all for a large shoulder. I am not too proud, nor arrogant, to use it on occasion. Mine can be pretty broad as well.
Stay safe, drive fast and swerve!
Thank you all for a large shoulder. I am not too proud, nor arrogant, to use it on occasion. Mine can be pretty broad as well.
Stay safe, drive fast and swerve!
Didn't know SuperBowl weekend is the busiest DUI weekend of the year though.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,051
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From: Clearwater Florida
Wait a minute. Your ok with this until your wreck your own car that you where driving? A 20 old girl died and your worried about your Vette? I have owned 2 Vettes. A 08 and now a 2011 ZR1 and if I wrecked or damaged them I would of been maybe upset? Thanks for serving and protecting but you have issues if a girl being killed does not bother you more than a car? Bro that car can be fixed!
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Police work is tough man. Getting your mind "off" work is of most importance.
Picking a hobby, such as uhmm working on your vette is relaxing. I understand that if you hobby gets wrecked and that is your "safe" place it can put things off balance.
I hope you have a good weekend, get your hobby back on track and that you get over the recent events at work.
Cheers mate!
Picking a hobby, such as uhmm working on your vette is relaxing. I understand that if you hobby gets wrecked and that is your "safe" place it can put things off balance.
I hope you have a good weekend, get your hobby back on track and that you get over the recent events at work.
Cheers mate!
Racer
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 391
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From: Jersey Shore
I'm not one to discuss personal business on the internet, but this one hit home. The way I see it, you're shift went as expected and you succeeded in the #1 Goal of Law Enforcement. You WENT HOME AFTER YOUR SHIFT! Everything between your checking in service to your going 10-7 (Out of Service), were just "Jobs" and you got them done.
Tell my partner's family about your bad day. I'm sure they'd consider you pretty lucky to be able to step foot in your Corvette:
Police Officer
Christopher Matlosz
Lakewood Police Department, New Jersey
End of Watch: Friday, January 14, 2011
Police Officer Chris Matlosz was shot and killed by a man he had stopped to talk to on August Drive at approximately 4:00 pm.
Officer Matlosz was on patrol when he stopped his patrol car to speak with a man walking along the road. As they spoke, the male took one step back, drew a handgun and shot Officer Matlosz three times, killing him.
The suspect immediately fled the scene. He was arrested in Camden by members of the New Jersey State Police and United States Marshals Service 38 hours after the shooting when investigators received a tip on his whereabouts.
The subject was charged with Officer Matlosz's murder and another murder that had occurred the previous October.
Officer Matlosz had served with the Lakewood Police Department for five years. He had previously served with the Englishtown Police Department for two years and had also served as a special police officer with the Freehold Township Police Department, Long Branch Police Department, and Manasquan Police Department.
He is survived by his fiancee, mother, and brother.
Tell my partner's family about your bad day. I'm sure they'd consider you pretty lucky to be able to step foot in your Corvette:
Police Officer
Christopher Matlosz
Lakewood Police Department, New Jersey
End of Watch: Friday, January 14, 2011
Police Officer Chris Matlosz was shot and killed by a man he had stopped to talk to on August Drive at approximately 4:00 pm.
Officer Matlosz was on patrol when he stopped his patrol car to speak with a man walking along the road. As they spoke, the male took one step back, drew a handgun and shot Officer Matlosz three times, killing him.
The suspect immediately fled the scene. He was arrested in Camden by members of the New Jersey State Police and United States Marshals Service 38 hours after the shooting when investigators received a tip on his whereabouts.
The subject was charged with Officer Matlosz's murder and another murder that had occurred the previous October.
Officer Matlosz had served with the Lakewood Police Department for five years. He had previously served with the Englishtown Police Department for two years and had also served as a special police officer with the Freehold Township Police Department, Long Branch Police Department, and Manasquan Police Department.
He is survived by his fiancee, mother, and brother.
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From: Houston TX
...Officer Matlosz was on patrol when he stopped his patrol car to speak with a man walking along the road. As they spoke, the male took one step back, drew a handgun and shot Officer Matlosz three times, killing him.
The suspect immediately fled the scene. He was arrested in Camden by members of the New Jersey State Police and United States Marshals Service 38 hours after the shooting when investigators received a tip on his whereabouts.
The subject was charged with Officer Matlosz's murder and another murder that had occurred the previous October...
The suspect immediately fled the scene. He was arrested in Camden by members of the New Jersey State Police and United States Marshals Service 38 hours after the shooting when investigators received a tip on his whereabouts.
The subject was charged with Officer Matlosz's murder and another murder that had occurred the previous October...
that perpetrator is damn scum...hope his a** is totally fried.
of course, it goes without saying, condolences to Officer Matlosz's family...
Last edited by Gary '09 C6; Feb 4, 2012 at 03:27 PM. Reason: add'l. comment
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Milford NH
So....this was my week..Monday, 1st on scene of a shooting, 20 y/o female dies in my arms. Tuesday, we have a stand off for 6 hrs with nut who wants to end it. He doesn't. Wednesday, my partner wrecks out route to a disturbance, other passenger who cut in front of him dies.
I end up next on a hostage situation laid out on a grassy median as point AR 15 for 6 1/2 hrs...he stabs himself.
Strangely, I'm ok with all this until I'm driving my 05 coupe to work the next day, can't avoid a deep dip/separation in road, and literally bounce the front left wheel. The aluminum frame, I guess skid plate, cracks, wheel line rips off, tears front balance off and drives up into engine compartment breaking the radiator shroud.
That sucks. I actually filed a claim with the state, and they said get 2 estimates, but they don't guarantee they'll pay it.
Damage amounts to around $2800. Air bag light is on and active handling.
That's the straw.....
We shall see.
I end up next on a hostage situation laid out on a grassy median as point AR 15 for 6 1/2 hrs...he stabs himself.
Strangely, I'm ok with all this until I'm driving my 05 coupe to work the next day, can't avoid a deep dip/separation in road, and literally bounce the front left wheel. The aluminum frame, I guess skid plate, cracks, wheel line rips off, tears front balance off and drives up into engine compartment breaking the radiator shroud.
That sucks. I actually filed a claim with the state, and they said get 2 estimates, but they don't guarantee they'll pay it.
Damage amounts to around $2800. Air bag light is on and active handling.
That's the straw.....
We shall see.
