Sunnyvale Police

Shifting gears here, I have a story to tell. It involves a coworker and comrade in arms in the tech world.

He really pissed off the Sunnyvale Police on Friday. Long story short, I'm getting out of my car in the parking garage at the office, and I am getting my coffee out of the car, getting my laptop slung over my shoulder, etc etc. And I hear this siren coming. And the siren keeps getting louder and louder. And then it gets louder. And I think, jeez, that's really close. The next thing I know, I see my coworker blowing down the ramp with a Sunnyvale PD Crown Vic hot on his tail, lights flashing. My coworker realized the gig was up, and stopped. The Sunnyvale police officer jumped out of her cruiser and demanded he show his hands and turn off the engine. At that point, I figured it was time to take the elevator up to the office and notify his supervisor that he might be a few minutes late.

There had been something of an informal betting pool in the office about when he would get his next ticket, but he surpassed all our expectations when he ended up with his car impounded. The radar detector that I sold him that taken, along with the police apparently refusing to allow him to get anything out of the car. Frankly, I understand their position. I told him, if you don't want the police pissed at you, pull over for them when they turn on their blue and red lights and turn their siren on. I told him, you're lucky you didn't get arrested. You ought to be thankful all they did was impound your Lincoln. But I digress: as it turns out, the reason they impounded his car was because he supposedly had a suspended license (from all the speeding tickets), but he has a letter from the court showing it reinstated two days prior to the impound. Not sure how this will turn out, but I am hoping for the best - for both my coworker and the Police.