Aggressive doesn’t pay
A motorcycle officer stops a man for running a red light. The guy is a real
jerk and comes running back to the motor officer and demands to know why he is
being harassed by the Gestapo! So the officer calmly tells him of the red
light violation. The ‘Motorist’ instantly goes on a tirade, questioning the
officer’s ancestry, sexual orientation, etc., in rather explicit terms. The
officer, being a professional, takes it all in stride, figuring ‘battleship
mouth and rowboat ass’.
The tirade goes on without the cop saying anything. When he gets done with
writing the citation he puts an ‘AH’ in the lower right corner of the narrative
portion of the citation. He then hands it to the ‘Violator’ for his signature.
The guy signs the citation angrily, tearing the paper, and w hen presented his
copy points to the ‘AH’ and demands to know what it stands for. The officer
then removes his mirrored sunglasses, gets in the middle of the guy’s face and said, ‘That’s so when
we go to court, I’ll remember you’re an Ass Hole!’
Three months later they are in court. The ‘Violator’ has such a bad record
he is about to lose his license and has hired an attorney to represent him. On
the stand the officer testifies to seeing the man run the red light. Under
cross-examination, the defense attorney asks, ‘Officer, is this a reasonable
facsimile of the citation you issued my client?’ Officer responds, ‘Yes sir,
this is the defendant’s copy, his signature and mine, the same number at the
top.’
Attorney: ‘Officer, is there any particular marking or notation on this
citation you don’t normall y make?’
Officer: ‘Yes sir, in the lower right corner of the narrative there is an
‘AH’, underlined.’
Attorney: ‘What does the AH stand for, officer?’
Officer: ‘Aggressive and Hostile, Sir.’
Attorney: ‘Aggressive and hostile?’
Officer: ‘Yes, Sir.’
Attorney: ‘Officer, are you sure it doesn’t stand for Ass Hole?’
Officer: ‘Well, sir, you know your client better than I do!’
