OH NOES! THE PO-PO! Options

[fameONE]

After reminiscing about high school parties where me and my friends drank underage, then bolting out the back door when whatever house we were at got raided, I came to the realization that I've had several bad run-ins with police. To this day, I harbor a bit of resentment toward the police force (but I respect the institution of law enforcement, oddly enough).

What are some of your cop stories?

[superstitious]

Damn.

About six years ago, I had an incident where someone had been sending me letters, showing up at my garage, knocking at my door in the middle of the night, etc. I went to the police station only to be turned away by this female cop taking my story. She told me that I was some stuck white girl that didn't want to be hit on by a man of color (the guy was hispanic).

I'm a single parent, right? I mean, I was scared to death and I couldn't even get help from the police. It was the most dreadful feeling of helplessness I'd ever had.

Fortunately, my mom called the sheriff directly somehow when I called her from my car (right after the lady turned me away). I can't even imagine what she said, but apparently it was enough to have a male cop meet me at my car and take care of things (as much as they could at that point) right away.

Good thing they did. The stalker was dumb enough to sign his full name on one of his letters and as it turns out, was wanted by the law, awaiting trail (they could not tell me the reason) and I was told to stay away and not even make eye contact with him. To make matters even worse, that guy ended up being a maintenance worker at my apartment complex - meaning, he had keys and access to my apartment.

God that was a scary time.