Ask a cop

fonzo179 · 08-28-2013, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ElVee

2) When I see a cop in a car either while driving, stopped at a stoplight, or just sitting along the road, should I wave? I know cops are people, too, and I want to be friendly and supportive, but I also don't want to draw unnecessary attention to myself.

As long as you're not here in Fargo during the "Bar Closing Hours". Cops are like Pumas (yes, the large, vicious cat): Just looking at them while you pass by prompts them to turn around and at the least ask you, "How's everything tonight? You headed home?"

Can't really blame them though. The drunk driving fatalities here in Fargo are rare because our cops OWN the night. Personally, I just go about my business. Small-town North Dakota is different though. Cops/sheriffs out in the south/southwest will wave and honk and smile all the time.